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19. Beto lost to Cruz in 2018 by 223,000 votes or 2.6%.

Mon Jan 3, 2022, 06:32 PM

Jan 2022

That's a more reasonable gap to bridge, especially with Abbott's dismal record.

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Texas: 600,000 votes [View all] brooklynite Jan 2022 OP

Well, golly blogslug Jan 2022 #1

Your attitude AND your sarcasm are much appreciated. 👍 nt Atticus Jan 2022 #16

He doesn't. BlueTsunami2018 Jan 2022 #2

Can you cite a poll? ColinC Jan 2022 #3

Indeed. BlueTsunami2018 Jan 2022 #5

Here's a pretty good site. BlueTsunami2018 Jan 2022 #8

It appears those are 2013 numbers ColinC Jan 2022 #10

But Beto was over-the-top LeftInTX Jan 2022 #11

Banning AR15s is a wildly reasonable thing to do. ColinC Jan 2022 #13

Well . . . . WINTERS COMING MagickMuffin Jan 2022 #4

Only if we have weather like that again. LeftInTX Jan 2022 #12

D/FW will be roller-coasting the next few days. MagickMuffin Jan 2022 #14

He doesn't moose65 Jan 2022 #6

Hopefully Abbott will meet him halfway lame54 Jan 2022 #9

percent is what matters not raw number dsc Jan 2022 #15

Absolutely wrong... brooklynite Jan 2022 #17

nope dsc Jan 2022 #18

Beto lost to Cruz in 2018 by 223,000 votes or 2.6%. panader0 Jan 2022 #19