Greg AbbottRepublican Incumbent
Gina HinojosaDemocratic
Pat DixonLibertarian- Bachelor's University of Texas law degree from Vanderbilt University
- Grew up in the Rio Grande Valley
- BA – UT Austin; JD from George Washington University
- Worked as a civil rights and union lawyer
- Engineering studies in college
- Owner, automation services business
- Author, 'Leading Like a Libertarian' and 'Primary Screenout'
- Harris County District Judge
- Texas Supreme Court Justice,
- Texas Attorney General before being elected governor in 2014
- Austin ISD board
- Member of the Texas House since 2017
- Lago Vista City Council member
- Chair of the Libertarian Party of Texas
- Two terms on the Libertarian National Committee
- Taxes and affordability: lower taxes, – 'Empowering Texas Taxpayers' property tax plan
- Unleashing the Texas economy
- Securing the border, defending Texas
- Protecting our communities (public safety)
- Restoring excellence in education
- Ending vouchers
- Put money in your pocket, including a one-time $1,500 refund check to every Texas household
- End the "Greg Abbott Corruption Tax"
- Raise teacher pay to among the highest in the nation and end the STAAR test
- Ensure every Texas child has quality health care and ban bad-faith insurance denials
- Liberty: 'right-sizing' government
- Choice: a third option beyond the two major parties
- Cut government spending and taxpayer-funded corporate incentives; lower the state sales tax rate
- School choice and parent and teacher empowerment
- Approval voting and nonpartisan redistricting
- Abortion: Campaign site: "Signed the strongest pro-life protections in the country to protect the unborn and pregnant women"
- Border and immigration: "Texas became the first state in U.S. history to build its own border wall"; "Mandated that every Texas county must fully cooperate with ICE"
- Guns: Campaign site: "Declared Texas a second amendment sanctuary state, protecting Texans from overburdensome federal regulations regarding firearms"
- Public schools and vouchers: Campaign site: "Created the first universal school choice program in Texas"; "Invested a record $8.5 billion in new funding for public education"
- State Income Tax: Abbott – No State Income Tax.
- Property taxes: Campaign site: "Invested more than $50 billion to reduce property taxes"; "Increased the school district homestead exemption from $100,000 to $140,000"
- 2024 pardon of Daniel Perry: The day after a jury convicted Daniel Perry of murder at a 2020 Austin protest (April 2023), Abbott asked the Board of Pardons and Paroles for a pardon recommendation; on its unanimous recommendation Abbott granted a full pardon in May 2024. The Court of Criminal Appeals denied the district attorney leave to seek to vacate it (June 2024). Abbott said self-defense law "cannot be nullified by a jury or a progressive District Attorney".
- 2022 transgender-minor treatment directive: Directed the Department of Family and Protective Services in 2022 to investigate reported gender-transition procedures on children. The Texas Supreme Court (May 2022) lifted a statewide injunction on procedural grounds but kept the block on investigating the family that sued, saying the governor and attorney general were within their rights to state their views but the agency was not compelled to follow them. In April 2026 it ended the remaining injunctions without deciding whether such treatment is child abuse. No response found.
- Abortion: Pro Abortion
- Border and immigration: ICE: "Detaining and deporting people who have been in our communities for 20 years. Law-abiding, hard-working. That's not making us safer."
- State Income Tax – favored a state income tax in 2016 interview, voted against Bill to prevent an income tax, now as a candidate for Governor says she is against a state income tax.
- Guns: National Rifle Association has rated her 0%. She voted against Second Amendment Sanctuary Bill blocking enforcement of certain new federal gun laws; and Bill that barred state contracts with companies that discriminate against the gun industry.
- Law Enforcement: Labeled a “defund-the-police radical,” – no votes on Bill penalizing cities that cut police budgets, and Bill limiting personal-recognizance bonds for some offenses. Voted against the sanctuary-city crackdown and against a proposed constitutional amendment denying bail to immigrants charged with serious crimes.
- 2025 quorum-break fine: Fined $8,354.25 by the House Administration Committee (April 2026) for the August 2025 quorum break. The Texas Supreme Court denied the attorney general's petition to remove her (May 2026). She denied abandoning her office; no response on the fine was found.
- Abortion: Tries to have it both ways – Pro Life and Pro Abortion
- Border and immigration: Part of an effective immigration policy.
- Guns: "I will be open minded while defending the rights of law-abiding Texans to defend themselves, hunt, compete, collect, and enjoy other peaceful uses of firearms"
- Public schools and vouchers: For Vouchers for every child
- Property taxes: “spending cuts first, which will lead to lower taxes."
- Controversies: None found in the news coverage we reviewed
- President Donald Trump
- Pipe Fitters Local Union 211
- Plumbers Local Union 68
- Numerous Police & Law Enforcement Associations -too numerous to list
- Association of Texas EMS Professionals
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- Texas Medical Association Political Action Committee
- American Council of Engineering Companies
- Numerous Conservative Organizations – too many to list
- Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas
- Associated Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors of Texas
- BEEF-PAC of Texas Cattle Feeders
- Beer Alliance of Texas
- Career College and Schools of Texas PAC
- Charter Schools Now PAC
- Exotic Wildlife Association
- EYE-PAC of the Texas Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons
- Fort Bend Business Coalition
- Heat and Frost Insulators Local Union 22
- Independent Bankers Association of Texas
- Independent Insurance Agents of Texas
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 745 and Joint Council 80
- International Longshoreman
- Make Texans Healthy Again PAC
- Mechanical Contractors of Texas
- Moms for American Action
- Music Venue Alliance
- National Cutting Horse Association
- National Federation of Independent Businesses
- National Latino Law Enforcement Organization
- National Rifle Association-Political Victory Fund
- North Texas Automobile Dealers PAC
- Operating Engineers Local Union 540
- Organization of Spanish-Speaking Officers
- Pipe Fitters Local Union 211
- Plumbers Local Union 68
- Regional Hispanic Contractors Association
- Republican National Hispanic Assembly of Texas
- Rural Friends of Electric Cooperatives
- San Antonio Professional Fire Fighters Association
- South Texans’ Property Rights Association
- Southwest Tow Operators
- Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life
- Teamsters Local 745
- Teamsters Local 988
- Texans for Lawsuit Reform
- Texans for Life Committee Life PAC
- Texans for Medical Freedom
- Numerous Texas Associations of Businesses – too numerous to list (see website)
- Texas Right to Life
- Turning Point Action
- Young Conservatives of Texas
- Texas AFL-CIO
- Texas American Federation of Teachers
- EMILYs List
- LiUNA Southwest Laborers District Council
- Austin American-Statesman
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- Austin Chronicle
- Dallas Morning News
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram
- San Antonio Express-News
- And a number of Democrat Elected Officials and Progressive Organizations (see website)
Greg Abbott
Republican Incumbent- On ballot as
- GREG ABBOTT
- Current role
- Governor of Texas (serving a third term)
- Background
- Bachelor's University of Texas law degree from Vanderbilt University
- Experience
- Harris County District Judge
- Texas Supreme Court Justice,
- Texas Attorney General before being elected governor in 2014
- Top priorities
- Taxes and affordability: lower taxes, – 'Empowering Texas Taxpayers' property tax plan
- Unleashing the Texas economy
- Securing the border, defending Texas
- Protecting our communities (public safety)
- Restoring excellence in education
- Tidbits
- Abortion: Campaign site: "Signed the strongest pro-life protections in the country to protect the unborn and pregnant women"
- Border and immigration: "Texas became the first state in U.S. history to build its own border wall"; "Mandated that every Texas county must fully cooperate with ICE"
- Guns: Campaign site: "Declared Texas a second amendment sanctuary state, protecting Texans from overburdensome federal regulations regarding firearms"
- Public schools and vouchers: Campaign site: "Created the first universal school choice program in Texas"; "Invested a record $8.5 billion in new funding for public education"
- State Income Tax: Abbott – No State Income Tax.
- Property taxes: Campaign site: "Invested more than $50 billion to reduce property taxes"; "Increased the school district homestead exemption from $100,000 to $140,000"
Claims and the record- 2024 pardon of Daniel Perry: The day after a jury convicted Daniel Perry of murder at a 2020 Austin protest (April 2023), Abbott asked the Board of Pardons and Paroles for a pardon recommendation; on its unanimous recommendation Abbott granted a full pardon in May 2024. The Court of Criminal Appeals denied the district attorney leave to seek to vacate it (June 2024). Abbott said self-defense law "cannot be nullified by a jury or a progressive District Attorney".
- 2022 transgender-minor treatment directive: Directed the Department of Family and Protective Services in 2022 to investigate reported gender-transition procedures on children. The Texas Supreme Court (May 2022) lifted a statewide injunction on procedural grounds but kept the block on investigating the family that sued, saying the governor and attorney general were within their rights to state their views but the agency was not compelled to follow them. In April 2026 it ended the remaining injunctions without deciding whether such treatment is child abuse. No response found.
- Endorsements
- President Donald Trump
- Pipe Fitters Local Union 211
- Plumbers Local Union 68
- Numerous Police & Law Enforcement Associations -too numerous to list
- Association of Texas EMS Professionals
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- Texas Medical Association Political Action Committee
- American Council of Engineering Companies
- Numerous Conservative Organizations – too many to list
- Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas
- Associated Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors of Texas
- BEEF-PAC of Texas Cattle Feeders
- Beer Alliance of Texas
- Career College and Schools of Texas PAC
- Charter Schools Now PAC
- Exotic Wildlife Association
- EYE-PAC of the Texas Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons
- Fort Bend Business Coalition
- Heat and Frost Insulators Local Union 22
- Independent Bankers Association of Texas
- Independent Insurance Agents of Texas
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 745 and Joint Council 80
- International Longshoreman
- Make Texans Healthy Again PAC
- Mechanical Contractors of Texas
- Moms for American Action
- Music Venue Alliance
- National Cutting Horse Association
- National Federation of Independent Businesses
- National Latino Law Enforcement Organization
- National Rifle Association-Political Victory Fund
- North Texas Automobile Dealers PAC
- Operating Engineers Local Union 540
- Organization of Spanish-Speaking Officers
- Pipe Fitters Local Union 211
- Plumbers Local Union 68
- Regional Hispanic Contractors Association
- Republican National Hispanic Assembly of Texas
- Rural Friends of Electric Cooperatives
- San Antonio Professional Fire Fighters Association
- South Texans’ Property Rights Association
- Southwest Tow Operators
- Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life
- Teamsters Local 745
- Teamsters Local 988
- Texans for Lawsuit Reform
- Texans for Life Committee Life PAC
- Texans for Medical Freedom
- Numerous Texas Associations of Businesses – too numerous to list (see website)
- Texas Right to Life
- Turning Point Action
- Young Conservatives of Texas
- Campaign website
- gregabbott.com
Gina Hinojosa
Democratic- On ballot as
- GINA HINOJOSA
- Current role
- Texas State Representative
- Background
- Grew up in the Rio Grande Valley
- BA – UT Austin; JD from George Washington University
- Worked as a civil rights and union lawyer
- Experience
- Austin ISD board
- Member of the Texas House since 2017
- Top priorities
- Ending vouchers
- Put money in your pocket, including a one-time $1,500 refund check to every Texas household
- End the "Greg Abbott Corruption Tax"
- Raise teacher pay to among the highest in the nation and end the STAAR test
- Ensure every Texas child has quality health care and ban bad-faith insurance denials
- Tidbits
- Abortion: Pro Abortion
- Border and immigration: ICE: "Detaining and deporting people who have been in our communities for 20 years. Law-abiding, hard-working. That's not making us safer."
- State Income Tax – favored a state income tax in 2016 interview, voted against Bill to prevent an income tax, now as a candidate for Governor says she is against a state income tax.
- Guns: National Rifle Association has rated her 0%. She voted against Second Amendment Sanctuary Bill blocking enforcement of certain new federal gun laws; and Bill that barred state contracts with companies that discriminate against the gun industry.
- Law Enforcement: Labeled a “defund-the-police radical,” – no votes on Bill penalizing cities that cut police budgets, and Bill limiting personal-recognizance bonds for some offenses. Voted against the sanctuary-city crackdown and against a proposed constitutional amendment denying bail to immigrants charged with serious crimes.
Claims and the record- 2025 quorum-break fine: Fined $8,354.25 by the House Administration Committee (April 2026) for the August 2025 quorum break. The Texas Supreme Court denied the attorney general's petition to remove her (May 2026). She denied abandoning her office; no response on the fine was found.
- Endorsements
- Texas AFL-CIO
- Texas American Federation of Teachers
- EMILYs List
- LiUNA Southwest Laborers District Council
- Austin American-Statesman
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- Austin Chronicle
- Dallas Morning News
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram
- San Antonio Express-News
- And a number of Democrat Elected Officials and Progressive Organizations (see website)
- Campaign website
- ginafortexas.com
Pat Dixon
Libertarian- On ballot as
- PAT DIXON
- Current role
- Owner/president of Dixon Process Automation Services Inc.
- Background
- Engineering studies in college
- Owner, automation services business
- Author, 'Leading Like a Libertarian' and 'Primary Screenout'
- Experience
- Lago Vista City Council member
- Chair of the Libertarian Party of Texas
- Two terms on the Libertarian National Committee
- Top priorities
- Liberty: 'right-sizing' government
- Choice: a third option beyond the two major parties
- Cut government spending and taxpayer-funded corporate incentives; lower the state sales tax rate
- School choice and parent and teacher empowerment
- Approval voting and nonpartisan redistricting
- Tidbits
- Abortion: Tries to have it both ways – Pro Life and Pro Abortion
- Border and immigration: Part of an effective immigration policy.
- Guns: "I will be open minded while defending the rights of law-abiding Texans to defend themselves, hunt, compete, collect, and enjoy other peaceful uses of firearms"
- Public schools and vouchers: For Vouchers for every child
- Property taxes: “spending cuts first, which will lead to lower taxes."
Claims and the record- Controversies: None found in the news coverage we reviewed
- Endorsements
- None found in our research
- Campaign website
- patdixon.org
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