REPORTERS COVERING RACES IN UVALDE AND THE GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES IN MCALLEN AND EL
PASO TONIGHT.
REACTION COMING IN FOR THE RACE
FOR GOVERNOR WERE EXPECTED.
GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT TO SPEAK
AT ANY MOMENT. HE HAS BEEN
DECLARED THE WINNER TONIGHT.
WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A CLOSER
LOOK AT THE RESULTS STATEWIDE.
IF WE CAN.
>> GO TO THAT GRAPHIC RIGHT NOW
SO THAT WE CAN SHOW PEOPLE THE
RESULTS. DO WE HAVE THEM?
GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT THERE WITH
55% SUPPORT COMPARED TO A BIT
THE OR WORK WITH 44% SUPPORT
RIGHT THERE. SO AN 11 POINT
GOVERNOR ABBOTT HOLDING OVER.
BUT THE WORK ACTUALLY WAIT.
BUT THIS RIGHT HERE, IF YOU
COMPARE THAT TO THE RESULTS IN
BEXAR COUNTY WERE JUST LOOKING
AT THE BEXAR COUNTY RESULTS
RIGHT NOW WHERE YOU CAN SEE IT.
IT WAS FLIPPED, THAT IT WAS A
BIT THERE OR WORK THERE WITH
58% SUPPORT COMPARED WITH GREG
ABBOTT’S 40% SUPPORT. BUT
OBVIOUSLY THAT’S NOT HOW IT
WORKED OUT FOR THE REST OF
THE STATE. OUR JOHN PAUL
BARAJAS AND ALICIA BARRERA HAVE
TEAM COVERAGE ON THIS RACE.
WE’RE GOING BIG WITH JOHN PAUL.
>> IN MCALLEN WITH GOVERNOR
ABBOTT’S CAMPAIGN AGAIN, WE’RE
EXPECTING HIM TO SPEAK AT ANY
MOMENT. JOHN PAUL.
>> OUR GOVERNOR SAI GUYS, IT’S
HARD TO HEAR YOU GUYS. BUT YES,
EVERYBODY TOGETHER ON THE STAGE
RIGHT NOW. THEY’RE TO AN END TO
COMING UP ON THE STAGE.
>> AND IT IS WE’RE GOING TO
THE GOVERNOR SAY WHAT HE’S GOT
TO SAY RIGHT NOW. AND ALWAYS
GET IN THIS TIME.
AS HE COMES UP AND TAKING
THOSE. AND WE ARE IN MCALLEN.
I MEAN, WHY WE’RE MCALLEN IS
THE GOVERNOR’S PUSH WIN OVER
THE HISPANIC VOTE? ALSO BECAUSE
ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES THAT
PITCH TO VOTERS IS BORDER
SECURITY. AND WE’RE JUST A FEW
MILES FROM THE BORDER RIGHT
HERE IN MCALLEN. THE CROWD HERE
HAS BEEN A STATIC GROWING, A
MORE ENERGETIC BY THE MINUTE.
AS YOU HAVE MENTIONED, HE WAS
DECLARED THE AND THEY FELT THAT
HE WAS PULLING AWAY FOR QUITE
SOME TIME FOR THIS PARTY HAS
REALLY JUST ROCK AND THE ENTIRE
TIME. AS SOON AS THE FIRST
NUMBERS STARTED TO TRICKLE IN
THROUGH. SO A LOT OF FANS BEEN
ROCKING OUT AND EVERYBODY HERE
HAS BEEN HAVING A GREAT TIME
AND NOW WE’RE IN IT.
>> GIVE IT OVER TO THE
GOVERNMENT.
>> THAT’S WHAT I CALL A WARM
SOUTH, TEXAS AS WELL. COME
RIGHT BACK.
>> AND TO THE MAYOR, I WANT
TO SAY IS AN HONOR, BUT A BAY
IN YOUR TOWN TO CELEBRATE THIS
INCREDIBLE NIGHT RIGHT HERE
IN MCALLEN, TEXAS.
I WANT TO START OUT BY THANKING
THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON TO
ME. AND THAT IS THE BAD AS
FIRST LADY OF GRACE IN TEXAS.
MY LIGHT
>> AND WE’RE SO PROUD TO HAVE A
YOUNG LADY THAT WE ADMIRE MORE
THAN ANY OTHER YOUNG LADY IN
THE WORLD. AND THAT’S OUR
WONDERFUL DAUGHTER, ANDREA.
AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE
VOLUNTEERS, ALL OF OUR
SUPPORTERS AND MY FELLOW TEXANS
FOR MAKING THIS VICTORY NIGHT
POSSIBLE.
SO LET’S GO BACK.
WE STARTED THIS CAMPAIGN IN
SOUTH TEXAS. WE CELEBRATED MY
PRIMARY VICTORY IN SOUTH TEXAS
TONIGHT WE RETURN TO SOUTH
TEXAS TO CELEBRATE MY
REELECTION FOR BEING YOUR
GOVERNOR.
AND TO TO TO BE CLEAR ABOUT
THIS, WE PLANTED OUR FLAG IN
SOUTH TEXAS AND WE SHOW IN
AMERICA THAT SOUTH TEXAS IS
NOW ELECTING REPUBLICANS TO
OFFICE IN OUR GREAT STATE.
RIGHT BEFORE COMING OUT HERE.
THE NUMBERS STAY THE SAME.
I THINK THEY WILL STAY THE
SAME. I’LL BE ABLE TO TELL YOU
SOMETHING THAT’S NEVER BEEN
SAID BEFORE THE GROUND ON WHICH
YOU ARE STANDING RIGHT NOW IS
NOW GOING TO BE REPRESENTED FOR
THE FIRST TIME BY HISPANIC
REPUBLICAN WOMAN MONICA DE LA
CRUZ.
SHOGO IN CONGRESS. AND THE
FIRST THING SHE WILL DO IS TO
FIRE NANCY
BUT THIS IS BIGGER THAN THAT
BECAUSE REPUBLICANS THAT WE
ENDORSED WERE ELECTED FROM
NUECES COUNTY TO CAMERON
COUNTY, HIDALGO COUNTY AND ALL
THE WAY OVER TO TERRELL COUNTY
ON THE BORDER AND COUNTIES IN
BETWEEN. SO I WANT TO SAY
TONIGHT, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE
NEXT GENERATION OF REPUBLICANS
WHO WERE ELECTED TONIGHT.
THEY WILL BE TREMENDOUS
REPRESENTATIVES AT WHATEVER
LEVEL THEY SERVE.
SO I RAN THIS CAMPAIGN FOR
TEXANS TO HAVE SAFER STREETS
FOR HOMEOWNERS WHO ARE BURDENED
WITH SKYROCKETING PROPERTY
TAXES.
>> FOR, FOR OUR FOR OUR OIL
FIELD WORKERS WHO BAD FOR ME TO
PROTECT THEIR JOBS.
FOR PARENTS WHO JUST WANT TO
CHOOSE THE SCHOOL THAT’S BEST
FOR THEIR CHILD.
AND FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
WHO THANKED ME IN EVERY
LOCATION. I WENT TO FOR KEEPING
THEIR JOBS OPEN AND BUSINESSES
OPEN DURING THE TIME.
AND I RAN FOR THE FOR THE
FARMERS AND RANCHERS DOWN HERE
ON THE BORDER WHO PLEADED FOR A
MORE SECURE BORDER IN THE STATE
OF TEXAS.
I RAN FOR THE THOUSANDS OF
TEXAS. IT CAME OUT TO ME AND
THEY SAID GOVERNOR, JUST KEEP
TEXAS, TEXAS.
AND ALL OF US FIRE ME AND ALL
OF YOU PROPEL ME TO WHAT HAS
NOW BECOME A RESOUNDING VICTORY
FOR MY REELECTION.
SO NOW IT’S TIME TO GO TO WORK
FOR ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE.
AS LONG AS WE’RE GOING TO GO
BACK AND HEAR FROM
THE GOVERNOR HIMSELF IS TOUTING
THAT PREDOMINANTLY BLUE.
>> YEAH. RIGHT NOW WE’RE GOING
TO GO OVER TO THE U.S. CANADA
AND MEXICO THAT WE FULLY AND
ALL THAT. BUT AT LEAST YOU HAVE
YOU SEEN ANY SIGN A BET ON IT.
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>> STILL NO SIGN OF THAT KNOW
WE’VE BEEN WAITING AND
SUPPORTERS 6 ON THE STAGE KIND
OF LIKE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT
WITH GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT.
I JUST FEEL THE DISAPPOINTMENT
AMONG SUPPORTERS OF THE WAR.
NO OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT TO
HEAR MY NAME. I D PRESS
SECRETARY. WOW. HE TELLS ME
NO STATEMENT FROM HIS CAMPAIGN
AND RIGHT NOW THEY STILL DON’T
HAVE A TIME WHEN.
>> HE WILL BE HERE TONIGHT.
BUT YOU KNOW THAT THE
DISAPPOINTMENT REALLY STARTED
EARLIER IN THE NIGHT WITH ALL
THOSE NUMBERS START TO TRICKLE
IN SPECIFICALLY WHY THE TOWN
WHERE THEY DON’T WORK AND A
PART.
>> BUT A LOT OF TIME WITH
FAMILIES JUST LAST WEEK THERE
TO CELEBRATE THE
READ FOR GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT.
HOWEVER, FOR OTHERS, THIS
DOESN’T COME AS A BIG SURPRISE
AS DID SHOW.
GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT. AND
THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT. I DID
SPEAK TO SOME OF HIS
SUPPORTERS, A YOUNG GIRL, HE
SAYS FOR HER, THE REPRODUCTIVE
RIGHTS, A REALLY IMPORTANT
ANOTHER WOMAN WHO HAD THE LEAD
IN TEXAS FOR 3 AND A HALF
MONTHS. THE FIRST TIME VOTING
AND AND WE’RE REALLY HOPING
THAT HE WOULD WIN TONIGHT.
BUT ONE OF THE CHANGE IN
LEADERSHIP. THAT’S NOT THE
CASE.
AND SEE THAT THE CROWD IS JUST
FIXATED ON THAT STAGE, HOPING
THAT HE WILL SHOW UP
>> TO MAKE ANY ANNOUNCEMENT.
BUT AGAIN, THE HERE TONIGHT
FOR SUPPORT.
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♪ ♪ >> ALL RIGHT. SO YEAH, THERE,
YOU KNOW, PASO REPORTING,
OBVIOUSLY, THERE’S A LOT OF
COMMOTION AS WITH THE BUT THERE
WERE CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS
RIGHT THERE AS PEOPLE WERE
WAITING FOR THOSE RESULTS.
BUT OBVIOUSLY NOT TOO HAPPY
WITH THOSE RESULTS BECAUSE THEY
WERE SO MUCH THAT WENT INTO
THIS BUT OBVIOUSLY IT’S IT’S