Both candidates for Texas Governor are rehabilitated Democrats running as republicans. See, until recently, and for 100+ years, no Republican could be elected to statewide office, had something to do with Abraham Lincoln being one I'm pretty sure.
Nowadays, it is just the opposite, if you are a Democrat you cannot win a statewide election, so they all register and run as Republicans. Of course once in orrifice (the taxpayer's to be specific) they spend like TPT that just won the lottery.