2018 Texas gubernatorial election

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The 2018 Texas gubernatorial election was the statewide contest in which Texas voters chose their governor for a new four-year term, ultimately resulting in the re-election of Republican incumbent Greg Abbott.

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2018 Texas gubernatorial election canonical 3

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Texas state election ⓘ
gubernatorial election ⓘ
ballotAccess statewide ⓘ
ballotType secret ballot ⓘ
candidate Greg Abbott ⓘ
Lupe Valdez ⓘ
Mark Tippetts ⓘ
candidateParty Greg Abbott; Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Greg Abbott

Lupe Valdez; Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ
Mark Tippetts; Libertarian Party (United States) ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
electionCycle midterm election ⓘ
electionDate 2018-11-06 ⓘ
electionLawFramework Texas Election Code ⓘ
electorate registered voters in Texas ⓘ
governorAfterElection Greg Abbott ⓘ
governorNumber 48th Governor of Texas (Greg Abbott) ⓘ
governorPartyAfterElection Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
incumbentBeforeElection Greg Abbott ⓘ
incumbentPartyBeforeElection Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
locatedIn Texas ⓘ
mapCaption Results by county ⓘ
nextElection 2022 Texas gubernatorial election ⓘ
officeContested Governor of Texas ⓘ
ongoing no ⓘ
partOf 2018 United States elections ⓘ
2018 United States gubernatorial elections ⓘ
popularVote Greg Abbott; 4,656,196 ⓘ
linked to: Greg Abbott

Lupe Valdez; 3,546,615 ⓘ
Mark Tippetts; 144,207 ⓘ
previousElection 2014 Texas gubernatorial election ⓘ
primaryDate 2018-03-06 ⓘ
primaryElection 2018 Texas Democratic gubernatorial primary ⓘ
2018 Texas Republican gubernatorial primary ⓘ
primaryRunoffDate 2018-05-22 ⓘ
reElected Greg Abbott ⓘ
result Republican hold ⓘ
runnerUp Lupe Valdez ⓘ
runnerUpParty Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Party
termLength 4 years ⓘ
type presidential-style election ⓘ
votePercentage Greg Abbott; 55.8% ⓘ
linked to: Greg Abbott

Lupe Valdez; 42.5% ⓘ
Mark Tippetts; 1.7% ⓘ
votingMethods early voting ⓘ
in-person voting ⓘ
mail-in absentee voting ⓘ
winner Greg Abbott ⓘ
winningParty Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party

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Greg Abbott → electedIn → 2018 Texas gubernatorial election ⓘ
2014 Texas gubernatorial election → followedBy → 2018 Texas gubernatorial election ⓘ
2022 Texas gubernatorial election → previousElection → 2018 Texas gubernatorial election ⓘ