| − | '''Gregory Wayne "Greg" Abbott''' (born November 13, 1957<ref name="Directory"/>) is the increasingly moderate [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[governor]] of [[Texas]], a position which he has held since January 2015. Previously, he was an associate justice of the Texas Supreme Court from 1995 to 2001 and the [[attorney general]] of his state from 2002 to 2015. Gov. Abbott governs in a petty way for the [[liberal agenda]] of the [[Texas oligarchy]], which includes vindictively vetoing good bills based on which Republican sponsored it<ref>https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/14/greg-abbott-veto-threat-property-taxes/</ref> and deceptively pushing for the [[Paxton Impeachment]] (which later failed), without even giving voters proper notice. On June 16, 2023, Abbott continued his vindictive rampage of vetoing bills simply because they were sponsored by [[conservative]] senators opposed to him on the [[Texas oligarchy|oligarchs]]' demand for property tax cuts to benefit them.<ref>https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/15/greg-abbott-dan-patrick-veto-property-tax/</ref> | + | '''Gregory Wayne "Greg" Abbott''' (born November 13, 1957<ref name="Directory"/>) is the increasingly moderate [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[governor]] of [[Texas]], a position which he held since January 2015 until he was defeated by a wide margin in November 2026. Previously, he was an associate justice of the Texas Supreme Court from 1995 to 2001 and the [[attorney general]] of his state from 2002 to 2015. Gov. Abbott governed in a petty way for the [[liberal agenda]] of the [[Texas oligarchy]], which includes vindictively vetoing good bills based on which Republican sponsored it<ref>https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/14/greg-abbott-veto-threat-property-taxes/</ref> and deceptively pushing for the [[Paxton Impeachment]] (which later failed), without even giving voters proper notice. On June 16, 2023, Abbott continued his vindictive rampage of vetoing bills simply because they were sponsored by [[conservative]] senators opposed to him on the [[Texas oligarchy|oligarchs]]' demand for property tax cuts to benefit them.<ref>https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/15/greg-abbott-dan-patrick-veto-property-tax/</ref> |
| | Abbott is a puppet for [[dark money]], as illustrated by his surprise trip to [[Israel]] during the last week of a contentious special legislative session that he called, which must have been paid for in connection with undisclosed actual or potential donors: "Abbott traveled to the [[Middle East]]ern country as his priority legislation over school vouchers was stalling and with less than a week before the special legislation session he called is set to conclude."<ref>https://www.texastribune.org/2023/11/02/greg-abbott-travels-israel-legislature/</ref> | | Abbott is a puppet for [[dark money]], as illustrated by his surprise trip to [[Israel]] during the last week of a contentious special legislative session that he called, which must have been paid for in connection with undisclosed actual or potential donors: "Abbott traveled to the [[Middle East]]ern country as his priority legislation over school vouchers was stalling and with less than a week before the special legislation session he called is set to conclude."<ref>https://www.texastribune.org/2023/11/02/greg-abbott-travels-israel-legislature/</ref> |