GINA, ABBOTT IN VIRTUAL DEAD HEAT; SOME POLLS FAVOR HER AS EARLY VOTING STARTS TODAY. GO GIRL, GOT YOUR BACK!

Team Gina

Two new polls just came out showing me ahead of Greg Abbott by 1-2 points.

That’s the fifth and sixth poll in the last month to show us leading this race. Not tied. Ahead.

If you’d told me a year ago, when we launched this campaign, that we’d be here, I’m not sure I would have believed you. But here we are, and it’s because of people like you.

Here’s what the numbers tell me:

Texans know Greg Abbott, and they’re tired of him. 52% of likely voters view him unfavorably, and only 44% favorably. After more than a decade of corruption that’s left Texas families to fend for themselves, voters across the political spectrum are ready for change.

And the more Texans get to know me, the more they like what they see. My name ID has jumped to 79% in just the last few weeks, and I’m still viewed favorably by a 12-point margin (45% to 33%), even after Abbott has spent millions attacking me.

Here is a closer look at the poll and other recent October polls. Greg Abbott, Gina Hinojosa statistically tied in Texas governor's race The ReconMR Texas Poll surveyed 617 Texas likely voters and has an overall margin of error of 4.4 percentage points. 

The poll found that both candidates hold their partisan bases, with Abbott leading Republicans 92% to 5% and Hinojosa leading Democrats 94% to 2%. 

Hinojosa leads likely independents 57% to 34%.

Together, we’ve turned this race from a long shot into a dead heat. A few months ago, people said we’d never get this close to taking Texas back. Now we’re on the edge of making history.

But Abbott knows it too. He’s raised more than $141 million in this campaign and already spent over $120 million of it trying to stop us. He still has $17 million left to spend on false attack ads right as voting begins. The undecided voters who will decide this race are about to be buried in them, and we need to make sure they hear from us too.

If you’ve been meaning to give, now is the time. Can you make your first gift before early voting starts so we can stay on the air in the final weeks?