Beto O’Rourke plans to challenge Greg Abbott in run for Texas governor, report says
Since he lost a senate race to Republican Ted Cruz in 2018 by just over two percentage points and launched a failed presidential bid in 2020, O’Rourke has spent his time advocating for voting rights. He launched a political action committee focused on registering and turning out voters called Powered by People, and along with other activists, he led ato the state’s capital city of Austin this summer, part of an effort to stop a voter suppression bill that Abbott later signed into law.
Beto’s chances aren’t looking bad, although he would likely face an uphill battle in the state that twice voted for President Trump. Abbott’s approval rating has recently fallen to 41 percent, with 50 percent disapproving. And according to aand the University of Texas at Tyler, O’Rourke only trails Abbott by five percentage points.
While O’Rourke has not publicly announced his intent to run, he has hinted at the possibility. In an interview within June of this year, O’Rourke said he will consider a run after the Texas voting bill is defeated. “If we can get this done,” O’Rourke said, referring to fighting the bill. “I’ll think about what other role I can play in public service whether that is as a candidate in 2022 or supporting great candidates in 2022. Our democracy is on the line.”
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