O Rourke has made Abbott s handling of the power grid central to his campaign, tweeting about his plans to fix it, and highlighting it more than 75 times during his two week, 2,100-mile Texas tour.
Beto O Rourke did well with Latinos in 2018, but it wasn t enough to win. Now he faces Governor Greg Abbott, who fared better with Hispanics in 2018 than Ted Cruz did against the Democrat.
If O Rourke runs, he would be facing an uphill battle in a bedrock red state that has voted Republican since 1980. But there are signs Texas has changed since he last ran statewide in 2018.
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