Texas governor poll: Gov. Greg Abbott extends lead over Beto O'Rourke
http://www.fox4news.com/news/texas-governor-poll-gov-greg-abbott-extends-lead-over-beto-orourke
Governor
With just 50 days until the November 8 election Gov. Greg Abbott extended his lead to nine percentage points over Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke, according to a new poll released Monday.
The poll from the University of Texas at Tyler and the Dallas Morning News shows the Republican governor with a 47% to 38% lead heading into this November's election.
1,268 voters responded to the poll from Sept. 6-13. The poll's margin of error was +/- 2.8%.
In addition to the two major party candidates, the Green Party's Delilah Barrios and Libertarian candidate Mark Tippets each earned 3%. Just 2% of respondents said they didn't know who they would be voting for.
A similar poll in August by UT-Tyler and the DMN showed Abbott with a 7 point lead over O'Rourke.
I suspect Gov. Abbott will beat Beto by double-digits. My guess? 15%.
Lt. Governor
The UT-Tyler-DMN poll showed Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick with an 11 point lead over Democrat Mike Collier.
The poll shows Patrick with a 39%-28% lead. 20 percent of poll respondents said they did not know who they would be voting for in November.
An August poll from UT-Tyler and the DMN showed Patrick with an 8-point lead.
Attorney General
Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton has also extended his lead over Democrat Rochelle Garza to 7 points.
The UT-Tyler-DMN poll shows Paxton with a 37% to 30% lead over Garza.
An August poll showed Paxton with just a 2-point lead (34%-32%).
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