Actor and entrepreneur Matthew McConnaughey holds a nine percentage point lead over incumbent Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott in a way-too-early poll of the November 2022 election in the state. McConnaughey, a non-partisan who as yet has not definitively announced a candidacy, is rumored to be considering a bid for office.
In another head-to-head matchup, Abbott leads former Democratic Congressman Beto O’Rourke 42-37 in a Dallas Morning News poll.