Let’s remember two factors here.
First, Voter ID was upheld eventually by the courts meaning it was more difficult for illegals to actually vote.
Second, the wave of Yankees moving to Texas during the Obama Depression apparently were either fleeing conservatives or not all that interested in politics because they didn’t turn the state blue as some have predicted.
Then toss in a soaking rain statewide and you have depressed most but the most enthusiastic voters - all factors working against Abortion Barbie and the Dems.
Whatever it takes.