Beto is good at giving people a sense that they are involved in this. He's used the abortion issue to pivot to health care. The biggest other challenge you didn't mention is on gun control. A new Quinnipiac University poll of more than 1200 Texans shows there are solid majorities who want to see stricter gun laws.
Republicans have firmly held the Texas governorship since 1995. Beto O’Rourke’s campaign is both a long shot and Democrats’ best challenge in decades.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Efim Shapiro and Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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