Abbott won with 55.8% of the vote (4,655,344 votes), ahead of Valdez with 42.5% (3,545,673 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 13.3 percentage points (1,109,671 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 13.3 points.
8,341,613 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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