Progressive Views: Statewide Offices: Governor and Lieutenant Governor
The Democratic candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor are Gina Hinojosa and Vikki Goodwin. Their Republican opponents are Greg Abbott (Governor) and Dan Patrick (Lt. Governor). According to the Texas Tribune, Abbott has accepted over $10M in donations from million/billionaires and has demonstrated a “willingness to draw from his deep campaign coffers to support his preferred candidates and to oust Republican incumbents who disagreed in particular with his signature policy issue, school vouchers.” Patrick is “a close ally of President Donald Trump who chaired all three of his presidential campaigns in Texas” and champions “targeting LGBTQ+ Texans and restricting how race and gender can be discussed in classrooms” (per the Texas Tribune).
