Republicans Choose Among 8 Candidates For Governor

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Republicans and Democrats throughout the state today are choosing primary candidates for federal and state offices who will face candidates of the opposite party in the general election in November.

Eight candidates are running in the Republican primary election for governor of Texas.

Governor since 2015, Abbott previously served as the 50th attorney general of Texas from 2002 to 2015 and as a member of the Texas Supreme Court from 1996 to 2001.  Facing a challenge from his right flank in the Republican primary, Abbott is looking to silence his critics with a strong showing in the primary.

Polls show Abbott with a comfortable lead over his closest competitors, former Rep. Allen West and former state Sen. Don Huffines. (Although West and Huffines have produced what are thought to be unscientific "internal polls" showing them both doing substantially better than scientific polls done by media outlets and Universities.)

West, a retired Army lieutenant colonel, served as Texas Republican Party chairman before stepping down from the post and entering the race. Previously, he served as a congressman in South Florida from 2011 to 2013. West has attacked Abbott for the governor's 2020 mask mandate and closure of churches across Texas during the pandemic, as well as his failure to close the border with Mexico.

Huffines has been relentless in his attacks on Abbott for failing to act fast enough to close the Southern border. Huffines has proposed eliminating property taxes and closing the border to trade, both economically questionable tactics, but proposals well designed to stir up populist voters in the primary. Still, his campaign has struggled to gain traction.

Chad Prather is an American conservative political commentator, comedian and internet personality known for a series of YouTube videos in which he comments on life, right-leaning politics and current events. He is polling in single digits in the governor's race.

Also running in the primary are Paul Belew, Daniel Harrison, Kandy Kaye Horn, and Rick Perry (not the former governor.)

(Full story HERE.)
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