Quinnipiac has Abbott ahead of White 48-41 in a head-to-head matchup. The current governor’s lead is slightly larger on Valdez, 49-40.<\/p>\n
\nHowever, Quinnipiac says Abbott still has a 54 percent approval rating statewide. “Governors with 54 percent job approval ratings rarely lose,” Quinnipiac Assistant Director Peter Brown stated.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nThe last Texas governor with a “D” by their name was Ann Richards, whose one term ended in 1995. She was defeated by George W. Bush, who of course would go on to become the 43rd president of the United States.<\/p>\n
White’s father Mark, also a Democrat, served as the governor of Texas for one term in the 1980s.<\/p>\n
Bettors Like Valdez<\/b><\/h2>\n
Gambling on election results is predominantly illegal in the US, but online prediction market PredictIt.org uses an educational loophole that allows people to take “shares” of political outcomes.<\/p>\n
A poll conducted by the University of Texas and Texas Tribune <\/i>in February, the last Democratic primary poll released, had Valdez far ahead of White at 43-24 percent.<\/p>\n
PredictIt users agree, as shares of Valdez winning the May 22 runoff are selling for 85 cents, while White shares can be purchased for just 20 cents. Winning shares will each be paid $1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Declaring an “educational emergency,” Texas gubernatorial candidate Andrew White (D) revealed a $9 billion plan to improve the public school system throughout the Lone Star State. And under his governorship, he says casinos would help cover the increased costs. White says he’ll pay for the massive spending package by removing commercial property tax breaks, redirecting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":75925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,13,18,61],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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