US Midterms 2026
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Greg Abbott, a Republican who has been governor of Texas since 2015 and earlier served as state attorney general, is seeking a fourth term in 2026.
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Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott will face Democratic challenger, state Rep. Gina Hinojosa in the Nov. 3 election. Both candidates have made education issues a pillar of their campaigns.
Last month, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott repeated a claim he’s made for the past five years.
DALLAS -- Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday he wants the Legislature to put his restrictions on data centers into law next year, rejecting Democratic challenger Gina Hinojosa's push for quicker action to rein in the…
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has edged ahead of Democrat Gina Hinojosa just before early voting. The Oct. 13 ReconMR poll puts Abbott at 48% and Hinojosa at
ODESSA, Texas – Governor Greg Abbott championed Texas’ energy leadership and booming economy during a fireside chat at the University Lands Energy Forum.
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Gregory Wayne Abbott, born in Wichita Falls, Texas, on November 13, 1957, is the son of Doris Abbott and Calvin Abbott, a stockbroker and insurance agent. He grew up in Longview and then Duncanville, where he finished high school; his father died while he was a sophomore.
He took a business administration degree in finance at the University of Texas at Austin in 1981 and a law degree at Vanderbilt University Law School in 1984, then practiced at Butler and Binion until 1992. He uses a wheelchair and is the first Texas governor to do so.
Abbott sat for three years as a state trial judge on Houston's 129th District Court. After Governor George W. Bush named him to the Texas Supreme Court in 1995, he was elected to the court in 1996 and to a six-year term in 1998, then resigned in June 2001 to seek the lieutenant governorship.
When John Cornyn gave up the attorney general's office to run for the Senate, Abbott switched races; he won in 2002 with 57% of the vote, was reelected in 2006 and 2010, and served until 2015, the longest tenure of any Texas attorney general. He argued Van Orden v.
Perry at the U.S. Supreme Court in 2005, which upheld a Ten Commandments monument at the state Capitol, and filed many lawsuits against the Obama administration.
Elected governor in 2014 over Wendy Davis, Abbott won again in 2018 and 2022. His record in office includes keeping the state's total abortion ban, easing gun laws, increasing police funding and tightening voting rules, a law requiring weatherization of power plants after the February 2021 winter storm, and the 2021 launch of Operation Lone Star against illegal immigration. As of 2025 he had the longest tenure of any sitting U.S. governor.
Abbott secured the Republican nomination in the March 3, 2026 primary with 82% of the vote. His Democratic opponent on November 3 is state representative Gina Hinojosa, who took 59% in her primary. If he is reelected and serves a full fourth term, he will hold the record for the longest tenure of any Texas governor.
