Matthew McConaughey has been flirting with a run for Texas Governor…
Abbott does better in this poll than the last one a month ago when he trailed the actor by 12% points….
The actor has NOT said which party he run with IF he ran for Governor…
But?
McConaughey is up the bed over Abbott he runs as a Democrat….
We’ll keep our eye on this but remember….
Beto O’Rourke could elect to run for Governor and Democrats tend to start out strong in Texas and then fizzle out come Election Day….
Democrats would fall over themselves if they could capture the Texas Governorship….
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) holds a slight lead in a new poll over potential challenger Matthew McConaughey, as the actor mulls a bid against the two-term governor.
The poll, released Sunday by The Dallas Morning News and the University of Texas at Tyler, found that 39 percent of registered voters in Texas support Abbott, while 38 percent say they would back McConaughey over the governor.
The margin between Abbott and McConaughey narrowed over the past two months. A similar poll released in April found that 45 percent of registered voters surveyed would support McConaughey, while only 33 percent would vote for Abbott…
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McConaughey attracted majority support among Texas Democrats, according to the new poll, with 56 percent saying they would support him over Abbott, who attracted support from 15 percent of Democratic respondents. That margin, however, was an improvement for Abbott, who trailed McConaughey by 58 percentage points among Democrats in April.
The actor also attracted support from Texas independents, 39 percent of whom said they would support him, as opposed to 29 percent who said they would back Abbott. That margin, however, narrowed from April, when McConaughey led Abbott among independents by 16 percent.
The actor’s support trailed significantly behind that of Abbott, however, among Texas Republicans, with 69 percent supporting Abbott. Only 22 percent threw their support behind McConaughey. In April, Abbott led among Republicans by just 26 percent….
Gov. Abbott has two Republican primary challengers from the right: Allen West (outgoing TXGOP chair & former Florida congressman) and former Texas state Rep. Don Huffines.
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<b?Former Rep. Allen West launches GOP primary challenge against Texas Gov. Greg Abbott
¶ Retired Army officer and former congressman from Florida now running for Texas governor
By Paul Steinhauser | Fox News
Saying that he can no longer “sit on the sidelines,” Allen West on Sunday announced a run for Texas governor, launching a primary challenge against Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.
The outgoing Texas GOP chair – a controversial and outspoken former congressman from Florida – made his announcement in a campaign video he played during a July Fourth appearance at the Sojourn Church in Carrollton, Texas.
“There comes a time when a warrior understands that maybe he has to go back and pull out that sword,” West, who served in the Gulf War and the Iraq War before retiring from the U.S. Army as a lieutenant colonel, said in the video. “I am now drawing my sword.”
“I have not been in elective political office for about a decade. But I can no longer sit on the sidelines and see what has happened in these United States of America, what is happening in the place that I call home,” West declared.
And he emphasized that he’s running to be “governor of the Lone Star State so that we can protect and defend our home.”
“I couldn’t think of a better place and a better day to make that announcement,” West told fellow parishioners after the conclusion of his video. “Let’s stand up for God, for country, and for Texas.”….
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/allen-west-texas-govern-gop-primary-challenge-greg-abbott
West is wasting his time…
Beto and the actor would roll over him…
Abbott does NOT have to worry about the two challengers within his party I would think
Beto is not about to “roll over” anything in Texas. He’s also unlikely to run.
If that nut Allan West is nominated I think any center left Democrat would be favored in the general.
Sunday, July 4
Race/Topic (Click to Sort) Poll Results Spread
Texas Governor – Abbott vs. McConaughey Dallas Morning News Abbott 39, McConaughey 38 Abbott +1
Texas Governor – Abbott vs. O’Rourke Dallas Morning News Abbott 45, O’Rourke 33 Abbott +12
RCP….
(Beto isn’t the one to run against Abbott)
TX-Gov: Gov. Greg Abbott’s re-election campaign has released internal polling from Public Opinion Strategies that confirms what everyone already knew — any GOP primary challenge to Abbott is dead in the water. Per the poll, Abbott has an 87% approval rating from Texas Republicans. Against all hypothetical GOP primary challengers, Abbott leads at 69%, Ex-Florida Rep. & TX GOP Chairman Allen West is at 13%, TX Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller (R) (Miller has announced he is running for re-election and will not challenge Abbott) is at 3%, and Ex-state Sen. Don Huffines (R) is also at 3%. Abbott’s release of the internal polling coincided with his campaign reporting a massive fund raising haul. Over the last 10 days of June, Abbott raised a staggering $18.7 million and has $55 million on hand….
RRH…
Please check with what the guy has ‘on hand’….
Abbott Challenger Reports Raising $9 Million
Don Huffines (R), who is challenging Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) in the Republican primary, says he has raised $9.1 million since launching his bid in early May, the Texas Tribune reports.
Huffines did not disclose how much of that figure was self-funded.
Politicalwire