Abbott won with 54.7% of the vote (4,437,097 votes), ahead of O'Rourke with 43.9% (3,554,772 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 10.9 percentage points (882,325 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 10.9 points.
8,106,768 votes were counted in this race, for 4 candidates or options.
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