A trigger law banning abortion in Texas with no exceptions for rape or incest went into effect Thursday, and Beto O’Rourke wants to make sure voters there don’t forget it was entirely GOP Gov. Greg Abbott’s doing.

The Democratic nominee for governor stopped at a women’s health clinic in Houston on Thursday, where he held a news conference with patients and providers who already find themselves in excruciating situations because of the law, which went into effect following the reversal of Roe v. Wade earlier this summer.

The Dallas Morning News and the University of Texas at Tyler released a new poll Sunday that asked Texas voters their thoughts about the November midterm elections, including the race between Gov. Greg Abbott and Beto O’Rourke, and other issues affecting the state.

The poll, conducted Aug. 1-7, surveyed 1,365 registered voters and has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8 percentage points.

Beto O’Rourke on Wednesday cursed at a heckler who laughed at his remarks on the Uvalde school shooting during a campaign event in Mineral Wells, sparking a viral moment as the confrontation spread across the internet.

The encounter came as O’Rourke, the Democratic nominee for governor, slammed the state laws that allowed the gunman who massacred 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School to legally purchase the AR-15-style rifle used in the shooting.

Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday he has agreed to debate Democratic opponent Beto O’Rourke on Sept. 30 in the Rio Grande Valley.

O’Rourke said he would debate Abbott in the Valley but did not commit to the Sept. 30 debate. Without ruling it out entirely, he also called for three “town hall-style debates.”

They say nothing changes in Texas politics — until it does.

The same is being said now by some Texas mothers who are tired of Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who is running for re-electionagainst former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, a Democrat. Mothers Against Greg Abbott, a new political action committee, excoriates Abbott in a compelling online political ad blasting his stances on women’s rights and trans rights, blaming him for the state’s failing power grid and implicating him in a long list of grievances that makes your head spin.

In the November race for Texas governor, two prolific fundraisers are vying to be the chief executive of the state.

Despite predictions of a Republican wave election this fall, Beto O’Rourke and other Democratic candidates for governor in traditionally red states including Florida and Georgia continue to raise big money and produce polling numbers that suggest they have a legitimate shot this fall.

Democrats haven’t had a governor in any of those three states since the 1990s, yet even with President Joe Biden’s approval ratings in the tank and the midterms shaping up as a referendum on the lagging economy, O’Rourke in Texas, Stacey Abrams in Georgia, and Charlie Crist are scoring early.

Thousands of gun owners, throngs of protesters and some prominent Republican politicians are expected in Houston for the National Rifle Association's annual meeting Friday, just three days after 19 children and two adults were shot to death at an elementary school in South Texas.

The event, which is being held in the George R. Brown Convention Center and will last through Sunday, "will showcase over 14 acres of the latest guns and gear," the NRA said on its website, describing it as "a freedom-filled weekend for the entire family."

Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke (D) on Wednesday confronted Gov. Greg Abbott (R) during a press conference on the Uvalde, Texas, elementary school mass shooting, yelling, "You're offering us nothing!"

Why it matters: O'Rourke is challenging Abbott for the governorship and has been highly critical of the incumbent's support of gun rights.

19 kids and at least 2 adults died in the massacre.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke attempted to derail Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's response to the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, on Wednesday.

Abbott spoke for roughly ten minutes before attempting to transfer the microphone to Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, at which point O'Rourke approached the stage.

Only some of O'Rourke's words were audible, but he was pointing aggressively at the stage even as those on it shouted him down.

"You are doing nothing," O’Rourke said at one point.