Greg Abbott
What this job does: Runs the state's executive branch. The governor signs or vetoes bills (and can veto single items in the budget), calls special sessions of the Legislature, appoints people to state boards and fills open judge seats until the next election, and leads the response to disasters. A term is four years.
- Current office
- Governor of Texas (since 2015)
- Occupation
- Governor; attorney
- Lives in
- Austin
Background
- Born in 1957 in Wichita Falls, Texas. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Business degree in finance from the University of Texas at Austin (1981); law degree from Vanderbilt University Law School (1984). source: en.wikipedia.org
- State district judge in Houston (129th District Court), then Texas Supreme Court justice from 1996 to 2001. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Texas Attorney General from 2002 to 2015. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Governor since January 2015; seeking a fourth term. Won the March 3, 2026 Republican primary with 81.8% of the vote. source: en.wikipedia.org
In their own words
What the candidate says they will work on, from their campaign site or their answers to news-outlet questionnaires. We list it as stated and do not rate it.
- Affordability (the "Abbott Affordability Agenda") source: gregabbott.com
- "Protect Communities, Not Criminals": tougher bail and targeting violent repeat offenders source: gregabbott.com
- Lower taxes and keep the ban on a state income tax source: gregabbott.com
- Secure the border source: gregabbott.com
- Make data centers pay for their own power and reuse their own water source: gregabbott.com
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