Republican Gov. Greg Abbott will face Democrat Beto O'Rourke after voters in Texas opened what could be a lengthy, bruising primary season poised to reshape political power from state capitals to Washington.
Both easily won their party's nomination for governor on Tuesday.
A much tighter race is the one between nine-term Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and Jessica Cisneros, who's been endorsed by prominent progressives in the party including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Cuellar also had to campaign after the FBI raided his house, though he's denied wrongdoing.
Cisneros is among the Texas progressives who could secure Democratic nominations in House districts blue enough to all but guarantee they'll be headed to Congress.
A 28-year-old immigration attorney who supports Medicare for All, Cisneros nearly toppled Cuellar during Texas' 2020 primary.
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