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Credit: Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune. ... Subscribe today. Abbott calls for private school subsidies, tougher bail laws in speech to Senate Jan. 14, 2025 at 2:05 p.m.
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Gregory Wayne Abbott (/ æ b ə t / ABB-ət; born November 13, 1957) is an American politician, attorney, and jurist serving since 2015 as the 48th governor of Texas.A member of the Republican Party, he served from 2002 to 2015 as the 50th attorney general of Texas and from 1996 to 2001 as a justice of the Texas Supreme Court.
O'Rourke and Abbott won outright majorities in their respective primaries, and therefore did not participate in the May 24 runoffs. Texas had not elected a Democratic candidate for governor since Ann Richards in 1990. Additionally, Abbott had a strong approval rating on election day, with 55% of voters approving to 45% disapproving. [3]
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Pennsylvania billionaire Jeff Yass gave Abbott $6.25 million and two PACs $19 million to get private-school vouchers passed in Texas. Abbott needs only a couple of May 28 runoff victories to ...
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