AUSTIN, Texas — Republican Gov. Greg Abbott leads Democrat Beto O’Rourke by 5 percentage points in the Texas governor’s race, according to a new poll released Wednesday.
Among likely voters, Abbott edges the former El Paso congressman, 49% to 44%, the poll by the Hobby School of Public Affairs at the University of Houston found.
In the last Hobby School poll in January, Abbott led O’Rourke among likely voters, 48%-43%.
