The candidate running this year is Greg Abbott. It is likely he will serve at least 8 years, hence no open election until 2022. It is likely he will be succeeded by the person who will be elected Lieutenant Governor, Dan Patrick, and so then there’s the next Governors up until January 2031.
Cruz is not going to go to Austin when his expertise is Washington.
As for Perry, aka La Raza Rick, he has never been a Conservative, merely an old Carter-Gore Democrat who switched parties when he realized he couldn’t get elected statewide as one. A Karl Rove recruit, a RINO, and a subpar Governor who served too many years too long. I wouldn’t vote for that two-bit phony for dogcatcher, let alone President.
GO CRUZ !
Go Ted go! Take America back!