Texas Tribune: Allen West announces he is running against Abbott

The Texas GOP chairman made his campaign official Sunday, the Texas Tribune reports.
Author: PATRICK SVITEK Texas Tribune
Published: 12:56 PM CDT July 4, 2021
Updated: 1:29 PM CDT July 4, 2021
TEXAS, USA — Texas GOP Chairman Allen West announced Sunday
 he is running for governor, challenging fellow Republican Greg Abbott.
The announcement was made during at appearance by West at Sojourn Church in Carrollton, where he played a video launching his campaign.
"I can no longer sit on the sidelines and see what has happened in these United States ... and the place that I call home," West said in the video.
West's campaign launch comes about a month after he announced his resignation as state party chairman. The resignation is effective July 11, when the State Republican Executive Committee is set to meet to pick West's successor as chair.

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