Greg Abbott wins Texas governor election 2022 - MSNBC

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has been re-elected for a 3rd word successful office, beating retired Democrat Beto O’Rourke, NBC News projects.

Donald Trump endorsed Abbott past year, though it’s unclear whether helium ever needed the boost, fixed his accordant pb successful the polls. His notable achievements successful caller years person included loosening weapon laws, including signing a permitless transportation bill — which critics particularly condemned aft the mass shooting astatine an simple schoolhouse successful Uvalde, successful which 19 students and 2 teachers were killed by a gunman who lawfully purchased assault-style rifles.

In 2021, Abbott signed a measure banning trans-student athletes from schoolhouse teams that align with their sex identities and helped shepherd successful classifying providing gender-affirming attraction for minors arsenic “child abuse” nether authorities law. He signed a six-week termination prohibition earlier the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade and criminalized helping a idiosyncratic person termination care. During the pandemic, Abbot focused connected protecting the rights of the unvaccinated and shielding businesses that reopened from being sued. In August it was reported that $12 million had been spent connected a much-publicized run busing migrants from Texas to “sanctuary” cities similar Washington, D.C.

Such moves person inspired anti-Abbott governmental groups similar Mothers Against Greg Abbott and Coulda Been Worse LLC (a sanction that mocks his quality league effect to the Uvalde shooting). But his hard-line authorities did not animate capable votes to oust Abbott successful favour of O’Rourke, whose ain run strategies to galore amounted to a missed accidental to galvanize wide voting powerfulness capable to nudge the perennially reddish authorities toward the left.