When Texas’s gubernatorial candidates meet on Friday evening for their first and only debate this season, there will be many more eyes than just those of Texans watching the TV.
Beto O’Rourke is set to square off against Republican Gov Greg Abbott, the incumbent, as Democrats seek to flip the governor’s mansion blue in one of the reddest states in the country while the former congressman Mr O’Rourke seeks to prove that he can win a nationally-prominent election.
