Texas governor race: Abbott, O’Rourke in border towns on Tuesday

DALLAS — The candidates for Texas governor have chosen the place they are going to be on election evening Tuesday — alongside the southern border.

Gov. Greg Abbott has made border safety a focus of his reelection marketing campaign. 

And the border is the place his marketing campaign will finish.

The incumbent spent the election nights of 2014 and 2018 in Austin. But, he’s chosen McAllen for his 2022 election evening watch occasion.

His marketing campaign says it’s a becoming shut since he introduced his bid for reelection from McAllen greater than 300 days in the past.

The marketing campaign additionally acknowledges it’s a nod to Abbott’s perception that South Texas and the Latino vote will end up in larger numbers for Republicans than ever earlier than.

Abbott’s marketing campaign is coming to a quiet shut. He held no rallies and made no appearances Monday and has none scheduled earlier than his occasion at Quinta Mazatlan in McAllen Tuesday evening.

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Abbott’s democratic challenger, Beto O’Rourke, did simply the other.

He’s nonetheless barnstorming throughout Texas, with a specific focus on turning out younger voters, notably on faculty campuses.

O’Rourke was at Texas A&M University in College Station Monday after which Texas State University in San Marcos just a few hours later.

His message on the day earlier than the election targeted on well being care, schooling, jobs and abortion.

“As governor, I want to find a way to work with Democrats, Republicans, Independents alike on our big priorities: rural class public schools, the ability to see a doctor, making sure the best jobs in America are found here in Texas and restoring the right for every woman to make choices about her own body and her own future,” O’Rourke stated in College Station on Monday.