The 2022 midterm election season opens in Texas, where voters will pick their nominees for governor, attorney general, congressional seats and more. Here are the key points to know.
Cuellar and Taylor are facing tough primaries in their districts.Cuellar, a nine-term incumbent and one of the most conservative Democrats in Congress, has long bucked his party by voting against abortion rights and gun control. That record has again put him in a tough reelection against progressive challenger Jessica Cisneros, who first ran against Cuellar two years ago.
Abbott set his sights on a third term with Trump’s endorsement, a formidable $56 million in campaign funds and his signature on a long list of divisive new laws — on guns, abortion and immigration — thatBut that didn’t insulate him from challengers on the far right, including former Florida congressman Allen West, the one-term tea party firebrand. West and other primary rivals leaned into anger within the GOP base over Abbott’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, including an early mask mandate.
During O’Rourke’s 2018 run for U.S. Senate, he underperformed in South Texas in both the primary and general election. Republicans are making a strong push in that region after Trump flipped some border counties in 2020. High GOP turnout along the border during Tuesday’s primary could be a warning sign for Democrats.The most heated statewide primary is the attorney general’s race.
His challengers, including Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush and U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert, are running on a message of restoring order to an office that has experienced upheaval under Paxton.
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