TEXAS — With the primary election just about a month away, a new poll from the Dallas Morning News and the University of Texas-Tyler shows Gov. Greg Abbott widening his lead over Democrat Beto O’Rourke in a potential showdown.

What You Need To Know

  • The latest poll from the Dallas Morning News and University of Texas-Tyler shows Gov. Greg Abbott with an 11-point lead over Democrat Beto O’Rourke, up 5 percentage points since November

  • Abbott is polling favorably against his Republican primary challengers as well, with 59% support among respondents

  • O’Rourke has a wide lead over his Democratic primary competition, with 58% support

  • The poll also shows Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick favored over their Republican primary challengers

Abbott is doing well against his Republican primary challengers as well, the poll shows.

The survey shows Abbott with an 11-point lead over O’Rourke, 47 to 36%. That's up 5 percentage points from the last poll. Sixteen percent of respondents selected “someone else” and 1% responded “not sure.”

The poll shows Abbott with an enormous lead over his Republican primary rivals. The governor garnered 59% support. His closest competition, former congressman and past Texas GOP chairman Allen West, is favored by 6% of respondents. Former Republican state senator Don Huffines has 4% support and 20% of respondents selected “not sure.”

The poll yielded some other interesting results as well. Despite his well-documented and ongoing legal issues, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton leads all primary challengers. Paxton nabbed 33% support, followed by Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush with 19%, Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert with 8% and former Texas Supreme Court justice Eva Guzman with 7%.

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick leads all Republican primary challengers with 42% support.

O’Rourke fared extremely well against his Democratic primary challengers, garnering 58% support. His closest opponent is southwest Texas pastor and community leader Michael Cooper with 6%.

The poll was conducted by surveying 1,082 registered Texas voters Jan. 18-25. It has a margin of error of +/- 3.0 percentage points.