among Latino voters though his performance with them was still worse than past nominees. Republican primary On June 4, 2021, Texas Republican Party chairman Allen West announced his resignation as party chair. West criticized Gov. Greg Abbott's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in Texas. The history of conflict between West and Abbott included a lawsuit by West and other Republicans challenging Abbott's extension of the early voting period in 2020, as well as a protest outside the Governor's Mansion over pandemic-related shutdowns as well as mask mandates. On July 4, 2021, West announced that he would challenge Abbott in the 2022 gubernatorial primary. Both West and fellow gubernatorial candidate Don Huffines were considered more conservative than Abbott. On March 1, 2022, Abbott won the Republican primary by a smaller margin than in 2018. Candidates Nominee Greg Abbott, incumbent governor Eliminated in primary Paul G. Belew, criminal defense attorney Danny Harrison, businessman Kandy Kaye Horn, philanthropist Don Huffines, former member of the Texas Senate Ricky Lynn Perry, staffing agency employee Chad Prather, BlazeTV talk show host, activist, and stand-up comedian Allen West, former chair of the Texas Republican Party and former U.S. representative for Withdrawn Martin Holsome, former Rusk city councillor Kurt Schwab, military veteran Declined George P. Bush, Texas Land Commissioner and member of the Bush family (ran for Attorney General) Christi Craddick, Texas Railroad Commissioner Glenn Hegar, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts (running for re-election) Sid Miller, Texas Agriculture Commissioner (running for re-election) Rick Perry, former governor and former U.S. Secretary of Energy Joe Straus, former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives Endorsements Polling Graphical summary Results Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Beto O'Rourke, former U.S. Representative for , nominee for U.S. Senate in 2018 and candidate for President of the United States in 2020 Eliminated in primary Inocencio Barrientez, fitness trainer Michael Cooper, pastor, candidate for lieutenant governor in 2018, and candidate for U.S Senate in 2020 Joy Diaz, reporter Rich Wakeland, former advisor to Public Utility Commissioner Ken Anderson Disqualified Jack Daniel Foster Jr., teacher R. Star Locke, veteran Declined Steve Adler, Mayor of Austin Joaquin Castro, U.S. Representative for (endorsed O’Rourke) Julián Castro, former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, former Mayor of San Antonio, and candidate for President of the United States in 2020 Wendy Davis, former state senator, nominee for governor in 2014, and nominee for in 2020 Veronica Escobar, U.S. Representative for