Texas Gov. Greg Abbott leads Beto O'Rourke by 5 points, UH poll finds

AUSTIN — 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%.

In the latest, conducted between June 27 and last Thursday, Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Attorney General Ken Paxton each holds a 5-point lead in his November matchup with a Democrat.

The online poll surveyed 1,169 YouGov respondents who are registered voters. Of them 46% identify as Republican, 41% as Democrat and 111% are independent. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.9 percentage points.

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