Texas GOP closing in on another Election Day sweep

By Paul Weber

Published October 19, 2014 8:11pm ET

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Texas GOP closing in on another Election Day sweep — FILE- In this Sept. 30, 2014, file pool photo, Texas State Senator Wendy Davis, Democratic Gubernatorial candidate, responds to a question during the final gubernatorial debate in a KERA-TV studio in Dallas. Davis, a state senator, is scheduled to cast her ballot Monday, Oct. 20, in Fort Worth. Her television ads that magnified Abbott's use of a wheelchair and a 1990s rape lawsuit have drawn national attention and put her on the defensive from critics, but Davis hasn't backed down while trying to become the first Democrat in the governor's mansion since Ann Richards. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Andy Jacobsohn, Pool) | Andy Jacobsohn

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The biggest shake up of Texas politics in decades is two weeks away.

As early voting begins Monday, little has changed since campaigns launched a year ago: Republican Attorney General Greg Abbott is still favored to become the next governor, George P. Bush is poised to win his political debut and Democrats remain longshots to break a 20-year losing streak in statewide races.

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