Texas Governor’s Race Narrows After Uvalde Shooting, Poll Shows
- Republican Abbott has 5-point lead over Democrat O’Rourke
- Majority think stricter gun laws would decrease mass shootings
Greg Abbott
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s lead over Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke has narrowed in the three weeks since the Uvalde elementary-school massacre renewed a national debate over gun control.
Abbott, a Republican seeking a third term in November, has a lead of five percentage points over O’Rourke, according to a Quinnipiac University poll published Wednesday. In a December poll by the same institution, the incumbent had a 15-point lead.