2022 Texas Presidential Election (Divided States of America)

The 2022 Texas Presidential Election was the fifth quadrennial presidential election in the Federal Republic of Texas. Incumbent President Greg Abbott of the Constitution Party defeated the Civic Unity ticket of El Paso Senator Beto O'Rourke and Austin Mayor Steve Adler.

Due the absence of term limits in the Texas Constitution, incumbent President Abbott was able to run for a third term. He easily won re-nomination, sweeping aside challenges from Allen West, the former chairman of the Constitution Party. Meanwhile, in Civic Unity, the race was torn between O'Rourke, Lupe Valdez, the 2018 Vice President nominee, and Steve Adler, the mayor of Austin.

Eventually, O'Rourke secured the nomination, and selected Adler as his running mate. The election was mainly centered on domestic policy, as O'Rourke challenged the Texan ban on abortion, and supported outlawing "assault" (automatic) rifles, despite the Texan Constitution's explicit clause stating gun outlawing was unconstitutional.

O'Rourke also supported higher taxes, more corporate regulations, and legalization of homosexual marriage. In the election, Mark Tippetts of the Freedom Party also ran, and attempted to get in the debates, but was unsuccessful.

On election day, Abbott prevailed, flipping Louisiana and improving on his 2014 and 2018 margins. O'Rourke, meanwhile, would cost his party the legislature of Crockett, and was barely able to win the typical CUP strongholds; Rio Grande, Crockett, and Bexar.