, former El Paso commissioner, and former El Paso county judge (running for re-election) Lina Hidalgo, Harris County Judge Endorsements Polling Results Green primary Candidates Declared Delilah Barrios, environmental activist Libertarian convention Candidates Declared Mark Jay Tippetts, attorney, former Lago Vista city councilman, and nominee for governor in 2018 Withdrew/disqualified Dan Behrman, software engineer, internet personality, candidate for Texas House of Representatives in 2014, and candidate for President of the United States in 2020 Andrew Jewell, industrial maintenance technician, Secretary of Libertarian Party of Dallas County, Chair of Texas Libertarian Party Radical Caucus, and candidate for Dallas County Commissioner District 3 in 2020. Independents and other parties Candidates Declared Deirdre Dickson-Gilbert, public educator (previously ran for Democratic nomination) Ricardo Turullols-Bonilla, retired educator and write-in candidate for U.S. Senate in 2020 Disqualified Patrick Wynne, software engineer, data scientist and U.S. Navy veteran (Reform Party) Declined Matthew McConaughey, Academy Award-winning actor (no declared party affiliation) General election Predictions Debates Endorsements Polling Aggregate polls Graphical summary Greg Abbott vs. Julián Castro Greg Abbott vs. Beto O'Rourke with Matthew McConaughey as an independent Greg Abbott vs. Don Huffines Greg Abbott vs. Matthew McConaughey Greg Abbott vs. generic Democrat Greg Abbott vs. generic opponent Results Analysis While Texas Democrats hoped for Beto O'Rourke to achieve an upset over the incumbent Greg Abbott, one did not materialize. Abbott won by about 10.9 points, a margin slightly larger than aggregate polling, but virtually in line with the last poll conducted. He won the vast majority of counties, mostly rural, and by significantly wide margins. 34 counties, in particular, gave Abbott over 90% of the vote, the most by any Texas Republican gubernatorial candidate, and the most for any candidate since Democrat Allan Shivers' 1954 re-election. He won several mid-sized metro areas which include Corpus Christi along the coastal bend; Beaumont–Port Arthur, Tyler and Longview in East Texas; Lubbock and Midland-Odessa in West Texas; and Amarillo in the Panhandle. Abbott also did well in the suburbs of the Texas Triangle, winning Brazoria, Galveston, and Montgomery counties around Houston; Comal and Guadalupe around San Antonio; Collin, Denton, Ellis, Kaufman, Rockwall, and Tarrant in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex; and Williamson in Greater Austin. In DFW and Austin specifically, Republican strength has collapsed much faster in these metros than anywhere else in Texas, with Abbott carrying Collin, Denton, Tarrant, and Williamson by 10.07%, 12.81%, 4.11%, and 0.62% respectively, down from his