2018_Texas_gubernatorial_election

2018 Texas gubernatorial election

2018 Texas gubernatorial election

Election for the governorship of the U.S. state of Texas

For related races, see 2018 United States gubernatorial elections.

The 2018 Texas gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the governor of Texas, concurrently with the election of Texas's Class I U.S. Senate seat, as well as other congressional, state and local elections throughout the United States and Texas. Incumbent Republican Governor Greg Abbott won re-election to a second term in office[2] defeating Democratic nominee Lupe Valdez, the former sheriff of Dallas County, and Libertarian nominee Mark Tippetts, a former member of the Lago Vista city council.

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The Republican and Democratic party primaries were held on March 6, 2018, making them the first primaries of the 2018 electoral season.[3] Abbott won the March 6 primary with 90% of the vote to receive the Republican nomination, while Democratic candidates Lupe Valdez and Andrew White advanced to a May 22 runoff.[4] Valdez defeated White in the runoff with 53.1% of the vote and faced Abbott in the general election as the Democratic nominee.[5]

Valdez's nomination made her the first openly gay person nominated for governor by a major party in the state.[6]

Tippetts was nominated at the Libertarian Party of Texas' state convention in Houston April 13–15, 2018. He defeated three challengers, as well as the None Of The Above option, on the first ballot and received more than 70% approval from Libertarian party delegates.

Despite considerably closer contests in other Texas state elections, Abbott handily won a second term with the highest margin of victory of any state official on the ballot, although Valdez also won the largest vote share for a Democratic gubernatorial candidate since Ann Richards in 1994.[7] Tippetts' showing exceeded the previous record for most votes for a Libertarian nominee for Texas governor; that record had been set in 1990.

The election also took place alongside a closer, higher-profile Senate race between Beto O'Rourke and Ted Cruz, which may have played a factor in making the Democratic gubernatorial candidate considerably more competitive than in 2014. Abbott won a majority among white Americans (72% to 26%), while Valdez won majorities among African Americans (80% to 16%) and Latinos (63% to 35%).[8]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominated

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Endorsements

Greg Abbott
U.S. executive branch officials
U.S. senators
Statewide officeholders
Organizations
Newspapers
Larry Kilgore
Religious leaders

Polling

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Results

Primary results by county
Abbott
  •   Abbott—≥90%
  •   Abbott—80–90%
  •   Abbott—70–80%
  •   Abbott—60–70%
No vote
  •   No vote
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Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominated

Eliminated in primary

Withdrew

Declined

Endorsements

Jeffrey Payne
Newspapers
Lupe Valdez
U.S. cabinet and cabinet-level officials
U.S. representatives
Texas state senators
Texas state representatives
Local officeholders
Individuals
Organizations
Newspapers
Andrew White
Texas state representatives
Local officeholders
  • Cedric Davis, former mayor of Balch Springs and candidate for the 2018 gubernatorial Democratic nomination[95]
Individuals
  • Michael Cooper, pastor and candidate for the 2018 Lieutenant Governor Democratic nomination[95]
Organizations
Newspapers

First round

Polling

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Results

Initial primary results by county
Valdez
  •   Valdez—60–70%
  •   Valdez—50–60%
  •   Valdez—40–50%
  •   Valdez—30–40%
  •   Valdez—20–30%
White
  •   White—100%
  •   White—50–60%
  •   White—40–50%
  •   White—30–40%
  •   White—20–30%
Davis
  •   Davis—60–70%
  •   Davis—20–30%
  •   Davis—<20%
Yarbrough
  •   Yarbrough—20–30%
  •   Yarbrough—30–40%
Payne
  •   Payne—70–80%
Wakely
  •   Wakely—30–40%
  •   Wakely—20–30%
Tie
  •   Tie
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Runoff

Runoff results by county
Valdez
  •   Valdez—>90%
  •   Valdez—80–90%
  •   Valdez—70–80%
  •   Valdez—60–70%
  •   Valdez—50–60%
Tie
  •   Tie
White
  •   White—50–60%
  •   White—60–70%
  •   White—70–80%
  •   White—80–90%
  •   White—>90%
No vote
  •   No vote

Lupe Valdez and Andrew White proceeded to a run-off on May 22 since neither received 50% of the vote in the first round of the primary.[4] Lupe Valdez won the runoff.[110]

Results

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Libertarian nomination

Candidates

Nominated

  • Mark Tippetts, former Lago Vista City Councilman[111]

Defeated at Convention

  • Kathie Glass, attorney and previous nominee[112]
  • Patrick Smith[111]
  • Kory Watkins, activist[113]

General election

Debates

Endorsements

Greg Abbott (R)
Federal officials
U.S. Senators
Statewide officeholders
Texas state senators
Texas state representatives
Local officeholders
Individuals
Organizations
Newspapers
Lupe Valdez (D)
U.S. cabinet and cabinet-level officials
U.S. representatives
Texas state senators
Texas state representatives
Local officeholders
Individuals
Organizations
Mark Tippetts (L)
Governors
Individuals

Predictions

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Notes
  1. The Fox News Midterm Power Rankings uniquely does not contain a category for Safe/Solid races

Polling

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Hypothetical polling
with Andrew White
with Julian Castro
with Wendy Davis

Results

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Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

Abbott won 25 of 36 congressional districts, including two that elected Democrats.[161]

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