Texas 2022 megathread

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

McConaughey isn't going to beat Abbott head to head. However there's a slight (very slight) possibility he could allow Beto to eke out a plurality if he ran as an independent, if he becomes a repository for disaffected Republicans, so I'll go with that.

That somewhat happened in 2006. Both Carole Strayhorn (who basically was a Republican) and Kinky Friedman who ran a bit of left-leaning campaign but kind of collapsed at the end and basically came a generic protest vote probably took more votes from Perry. However Chris Bell was a pretty lousy candidate who bled a lot of support to them as well, allowing Perry to win with a <40% plurality. Democrats should've ran Bill White that year, he actually might've stood a chance under those circumstances.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Guzman is probably the most tolerable Republican running for AG (simply by process of elimination, the others YECH) so her making the runoff would be a good outcome, although based on these results she probably has no chance of winning it. Can Democrats crossover to a runoff after voting in the D primary?