Greg Abbott, Beto O'Rourke Hold First and Likely the Only Debate in Race for Texas Governor

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

40% : Abbott and O'Rourke are eager to spotlight starkly different issues with just three weeksRepublican Gov. Greg Abbott said Friday night that Texas would send busloads of migrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border to more cities and Democrat challenger Beto O'Rourke pledged tighter gun laws as parents whose children were killed in the Uvalde school shooting stood outside an auditorium hosting the only debate before November's election.
20% : On abortion, which is now banned in Texas, Abbott didn't waver over signing a law that allows no exceptions for rape victims as the restrictions create stumbles for some Republicans who have been wary of voter backlash.
17% : The debate had no live audience, but outside the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, parents of some of the 19 children killed in the Robb Elementary School massacre stood in support of O'Rourke after lashing Abbott over his rejection of new gun laws.

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