Gregory Wayne Abbott (born November 13, 1957) is an American attorney who has served as the 48th governor of Texas since January 20, 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Abbott previously served as the 50th attorney general of Texas from 2002 to 2015. He is the third governor of any U.S. state to permanently use a wheelchair. He is also the first disabled governor in Texas history.
Texas Primaries: Abbott, Beto cruise; Paxton likely facing runoff
At 8:40 p.m., with about 50 percent of the ballots cast in Texas’ Republican Primary counted, and 52 percent counted in the state’s Democratic Primary tallied, the New York Times is predicting that November’s general election race for governor will see Democrat Beto O’Rourke challenging Republican incumbent Greg Abbott for the state’s top office.
Abbott, who faced seven opponents in the GOP Primary, has 69.1 percent of the ballots that have been counted. His closest challenger is former state Sen.
Don Huffines, who is trailing in a very distance second place with 11.4 percent. Former Texas GOP Party Chair Allen West is in third with 11.3 percent.
Huffines had been working diligently to out-right-wing Abbott, but just last week Abbott struck a blow for his right-wing credentials by sending Department of Family and Protective Service after transgender kids and their families and ordering health professionals, teachers and others to report trans youth who have supportive families and are receiving gender-affirming care to DFPS.
