![]() In rapidly changing Texas - a booming juggernaut of 29 million people that is becoming younger, less white and a magnet for major companies - Abbott remained a bulwark for the GOP in the face of a high-profile and hard-charging challenger. “Tonight, Texans sent a very resounding message," Abbott said during a victory speech in the southern border city of McAllen. Senate loss that was the closest by a Texas Democrat in decades. Despite record spending in the race that topped more than US$200 million combined, O'Rourke was in danger of losing by double-digits just four years after his narrow U.S. The victory underlined Abbott’s durability. ![]() Greg Abbott decisively won a third term Tuesday night, defeating Democrat Beto O’Rourke in a midterm race that tested the direction of America’s supersized red state following the Uvalde school massacre and a strict new abortion ban.
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