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Greg Abbott

Greg Abbott

Republican Incumbent

Candidate for Texas Governor

About

Governor of Texas (2015–present), Attorney General of Texas (2002–2015), Texas Supreme Court Justice (1996–2001).
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Notable Quote

“We must end H-1B abuse. I’m directing state agencies and universities to freeze new H-1B visa petitions. Texas taxpayers invest billions to train our workforce. Those jobs should go to Texans.”

Positions on Texas Eagle Forum Legislative Priorities

Border Security & Immigration
  • DEPLOYED TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD, DPS, AND OTHER RESOURCES to deter illegal crossings and build border barriers.[1][2][3][4][5]
  • ENHANCED STATE ENFORCEMENT by signing laws to create a Homeland Security Division and improve cooperation with federal authorities (Senate Bills 8 and 36, 2025).[1][2][3][4]
  • AUTHORIZED STATE TROOPERS and local law enforcement to support deportations of criminal illegal immigrants.[1][2][3][4][5]
  • THREATENED TO WITHHOLD STATE FUNDING FROM SANCTUARY CITIES that limit police cooperation with ICE.[1][2][3][4]
  • SUPPORTS AGGRESSIVE STATE-LEVEL ENFORCEMENT as a necessary response to federal immigration inaction.[1][2]
Secure Our Elections
  • SIGNED THE ELECTION INTEGRITY PROTECTION ACT, enhancing poll watcher access, uniform statewide voting hours, and restrictions on drive-through voting (Senate Bill 1, 2021).[1][2]
  • SIGNED AN ELECTION FRAUD BILL to make counting invalid votes or refusing to count valid votes an election fraud offense and increase the offense of all election fraud to a second-degree felony (House Bill 5115, 2025).[1][2][3]
Education Issues
  • SIGNED THE SCHOOL CHOICE BILL, creating a $1 billion universal private school voucher program (Senate Bill 2, 2025).[1][2]
  • EMPHASIZES PARENTS' RIGHTS to choose the best education for their child, moving beyond government-assigned public schools.[1][2][3]
  • SIGNED A BILL TO REPLACE STAAR TESTING with shorter beginning-, middle-, and end-of-year assessments to end the “one test, one day” high-stakes STAAR model (House Bill 8, 2025, 2nd Session). [1][2][3][4]
Protect Childhood Innocence
  • SIGNED THE READER ACT, banning sexually explicit books/materials from public school libraries and establishing rating systems (House Bill 900, 2023).[1][2][3]
  • SIGNED THE BILL GIVING PARENTS AND SCHOOL BOARDS MORE CONTROL over library materials, approving new books, and addressing indecent content (Senate Bill 13, 2025).[1][2][3]
  • DIRECTED STATE AGENCIES TO REJECT “woke gender ideologies,” recognize only biological sexes, and limit transgender-related policies in schools and state programs.[1][2][3]
  • SIGNED THE BILL BANNING DRAG PERFORMANCES in public in front of minors and supporting restrictions on performances or events deemed sexualized for minors (Senate Bills 12, 2023).[1][2][3][4]
Gender Issues
  • SIGNED BILLS TO BAN GENDER TRANSITIONING OF MINORS, create restrictions on transgender athletes in women’s sports, and create limits on sexually oriented performances and drag shows in front of minors (Senate Bills 12, 14, and 15, 2023).[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
  • DIRECTED STATE AGENCIES to recognize only biological sex (male/female), reject gender ideology, and protect parental rights.[1][2][3]
  • SIGNED THE BATHROOM BILL to require transgender people to use bathrooms according to their sex assigned at birth in public schools, universities, and government-owned buildings (Senate Bill 8, 2025).[1][2][3]
  • OPPOSES LGBTQ+ CURRICULUM in Texas public schools.[1][2][3][4]
Government-Sanctioned Addiction
  • HAS EXPRESSED CAUTION on making the constitutional changes needed for widespread casinos due to risks of addiction, social harms, and community impacts.[1][2]
  • HAS SHOWN OPENNESS TO SPORTS BETTING, saying he has “no problem” with it.[1][2]
  • OPPOSES RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION.[1][2]
  • VETOED THE THC BILL, which would have banned most intoxicating hemp-derived THC products, issuing an executive order to regulate them instead (Senate Bill 3, 2025).[1][2][3][4]
Protect Life
  • SIGNED THE TEXAS HEARTBEAT BILL, banning most abortions after six weeks (Senate Bill 8, 2021).[1][2][3]
  • BACKED MEASURES AGAINST MAIL-ORDER ABORTION PILLS and against taxpayer funding and government support for abortion providers.[1][2][3]
Islamification of Texas
  • DESIGNATED THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND CAIR AS FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS, barring them from acquiring property in Texas. CAIR is the Council on American-Islamic Relations.[1][2][3]
  • SIGNED THE BILL TARGETING "SHARIA COMPOUNDS" by prohibiting agreements requiring disputes to be resolved by any tribunal other than a court established under Texas or federal law, prohibiting actions that violate the Texas Fair Housing Act, and amending the Texas Fair Housing Act so that certain religious-organization exemptions do not apply to the sale, rental, or occupancy of single-family dwellings owned by a religious organization. (House Bill 4211, 2025).[1][2]
  • PUSHED INVESTIGATIONS into suspected “Sharia courts.”[1][2]
National Security
  • SIGNED THE ADVERSARIAL NATIONS LAND BILL, banning or restricting designated adversarial nations, entities, and governments from purchasing most real property in Texas (Senate Bill 17, 2025).[1][2][3]
  • ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER directing agencies to prepare for foreign attacks, simulate grid restarts, enhance cybersecurity, and create secure communications.[1][2]
Other Constitutional Issues
  • SIGNED THE TEN COMMANDMENTS BILL to require the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools, stating it aligns with the nation’s founding values (Senate Bill 10, 2025).[1][2][3]
  • PAUSED STATE FUNDING AND GRANTS FOR FLOCK CAMERAS through a directive to Texas state agencies. This is a hold on new Flock camera installations, not a ban on existing cameras (August 2026).[1][2][3][4]
  • SIGNED CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY LEGISLATION, stating, "Politicians from the federal level to the local level have threatened to take guns from law-abiding citizens — but we will not let that happen in Texas." (House Bill 1927, 2021).[1][2][3]
  • SIGNED MULTIPLE BILLS EXPANDING GUN RIGHTS, including campus carry, open carry, lowering fees, and blocking red-flag laws, local gun buybacks, and liability insurance mandates on owners (2021).[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
  • BANNED COVID-19 VACCINE MANDATES via executive order and signed a law banning COVID-19 vaccine mandates by state/local governments and private employers.[1][2][3][4]
  • PUSHED FOR A LIMITED ARTICLE V CONVENTION OF STATES to curb federal overreach.[1]
  • SIGNED THE BILL MAKING GOLD AND SILVER LEGAL TENDER in Texas for everyday transactions (House Bill 1056, 2025).[1]
Bonus Issue - Property Tax Relief
  • HIS PUBLISHED 2025–2026 PLAN calls for 2/3 voter approval for tax increases, lower appraisal caps, less frequent appraisals, eliminating school property taxes for homeowners via constitutional amendment and state backfill, and building on prior relief (homestead exemptions).[1][2][3]