Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has faced withering criticism for using federal pandemic dollars to fund his border crackdown and arguing that immigrant children shouldn’t be entitled to a public education. Even so, the incumbent Republican maintains a seven-point lead in the state’s gubernatorial race, according to a recent poll by the Dallas Morning News and the University of Texas at Tyler The survey of 1,232 registered voters between May 2 and May 10 found that 46% of voters favor Abbott, while only 39% plan to vote for O’Rourke.