Abbott and O'Rourke win Texas gubernatorial nominations, CNN projects, as state primaries offer early tests for 2022
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a two-term incumbent, defeated a crowded field of GOP challengers to secure the gubernatorial nomination, while Beto O'Rourke, a former congressman and Senate and presidential candidate, won the Democratic nomination, CNN projected Tuesday night.
Votes are being counted in Texas in the first primaries of the 2022 midterms, which are headlined by a feisty Republican scramble in the attorney general's race. Contests on both sides of the aisle are poised to set the landscape for elections in November that could swing control of Congress to Republicans.
But as the results came in, Texas shared the spotlight with President Joe Biden's State of the Union address on Capitol Hill and the rapidly escalating crisis in Ukraine, where invading forces from Russia are moving in on major cities across the country.