Abbott: UTRGV to host 'one and only' gubernatorial debate

EDINBURG — Gov. Greg Abbott accepted an invitation on Tuesday to debate his Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in September.

The Nexstar Media debate will be “the one and only debate of the 2022 election,” Abbott’s campaign staff said in an email.

“Governor Abbott is looking forward to debating Beto O’Rourke and explaining to all Texans about the Governor’s efforts to secure the future of Texas by securing the border, defunding cities that defund the police, lowering property taxes, and protecting our oil & gas industry,” Abbott’s campaign chairman Gardner Pate said in the email.

O’Rourke’s campaign also sent an email shortly after, saying he looked forward to attending a forum “at a mutually agreed upon date and time,” but added that “one debate in one community for the entire state of Texas is not nearly enough.”

“The people of Texas deserve better,” O’Rourke’s team said.

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