Will Texas Gov. Abbott concede a close race? Challenger O’Rourke isn't 'counting on it'

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Democrat Beto O’Rourke on Tuesday suggested that his opponent, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, would not concede if he were to lose a close race. “I’m not counting on it,” O’Rourke told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s editorial board. He said Abbott has openly embraced former President Donald Trump, “who himself tried to subvert this democracy.” Abbott’s campaign previously told the Texas Tribune that the governor will accept the results in the gubernatorial race. O’Rourke referenced an audit of the 2020 election results in Dallas, Harris, Tarrant and Collin counties after ...