Texas Governor's Race Narrows After Uvalde Shooting, Poll Shows
(Bloomberg) -- Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s lead over Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke has narrowed in the three weeks since the Uvalde elementary-school massacre renewed a national debate over gun control.
Abbott, a Republican seeking a third term in November, has a lead of five percentage points over O’Rourke, according to a Quinnipiac University poll published Wednesday. In a December poll by the same institution, the incumbent had a 15-point lead.
The June 9 to June 13 survey of 1,257 Texans registered to vote has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8 percentage points.
The fresh poll suggests that O’Rourke, a former US representative, is gaining momentum as he calls out Abbott’s ardent support of gun rights in the wake of the Uvalde shooting. An 18-year-old with a rifle fatally shot 19 children and two teachers before he was killed by police.
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