Glenn Hegar

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Hegar faced three opponents for the Republican nomination for state comptroller: State Representative Harvey Hilderbran of Kerrville, Debra Medina of Wharton, an activist with the Tea Party movement, and former State Representative Raul Torres of Corpus Christi. Hegar finished with 610,512 votes (49.99 percent), but Hildebran opted to forgo a runoff election, thus giving Hegar the party's nomination. [7] Hilderbran polled 317,731 votes (26.01 percent). Debra Medina finished third with 235,713 votes (19.3 percent), and Raul Torres polled 57,255 votes (4.7 percent). [8]

Hegar, with 58.4 percent of the vote, defeated the Democratic nominee Mike Collier, a businessman from Houston, in the November 4 general election. [3] [7]

2018 election

Hegar was unopposed in the 2018 Republican primary, and won election to a second term in the 2018 general election.

In 2021, Hegar proposed to weaken the rules for transparency and accountability for the biggest corporate tax break program in Texas., Chapter 313. [9]

2022 election

Hegar faced Mark V. Goloby in the primary but won easily, then won election to a third term in the 2022 general election by larger margins than the 2018 election.

Political positions

Hegar is a conservative, who says he seeks to defend "the values of faith, family, and freedom". [10]

Hegar opposes abortion. Texas Right to Life awarded him the "Perfectly Pro-Life Award". [11] In the 83rd Legislative Session in 2013, Hegar was the author of Texas Senate Bill 5 and introduced the bill into the Senate. [12] The Texas House passed the bill on July 10, 2013, by a 96–49 margin and sent the measure to the Texas Senate. [13] The Texas Senate passed the bill on July 13, 2013, with a bipartisan vote of nineteen to eleven. [14] [15] [16] The bill was signed by Governor Rick Perry on July 18, 2013. [17] The bill was a list of measures that would add and update abortion regulations in Texas. Major sections of the law were struck down in the United States Supreme Court case Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt .

He twice denied the compensation to Dewayne Brown for wrongful conviction despite a court ruling of him being innocent. [18] [19]

Election history

2022

Glenn Hegar
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38th Comptroller of Texas
Assumed office
January 2, 2015
Texas general election, 2022: Texas Comptroller
PartyCandidateVotes%±
RepublicanGlenn Hegar4,496,31956.394.19
DemocraticJanet T. Dudding3,265,06940.95(2.45)
LibertarianV. Alonzo Echevarria-Garza212,2052.66(0.74)
Majority1,231,25015.445.64
Turnout7,973,593
Republican hold
Republican primary, 2022: Texas Comptroller
CandidateVotes%±
Glenn Hegar1,386,78281.69
Mark V. Goloby310,82918.31
Majority1,075,95363.38
Turnout1,697,611

2018

Hagar was unopposed in the 2018 Texas Republican Primary election.

Texas general election, 2018: Texas Comptroller
PartyCandidateVotes%±
RepublicanGlenn Hegar4,356,56253.2n/a
DemocraticJoi Chevalier3,548,03443.4n/a
LibertarianBen Sanders279,6763.4n/a
Majority808,5289.8n/a
Turnout8,184,272
Republican hold

2014

Texas general election, 2014: Texas Comptroller
PartyCandidateVotes%±
RepublicanGlenn Hegar2,698,68258.38-24.78
DemocraticMike Collier1,742,25037.69n/a
LibertarianBen Sanders136,8842.96-7.54
GreenDeb Shafto44,9850.97-5.37
Majority956,43220.69-51.97
Turnout4,622,801
Republican hold
Republican primary, 2014: Texas Comptroller
CandidateVotes%±
Glenn Hegar612,26949.99
Harvey Hilderbran318,89926.04
Debra Medina236,53119.31
Raul Torres56,9374.65
Majority293,37023.96
Turnout1,224,636

NOTE: Hildebran opted to forgo the runoff election; thus, Hegar advanced to the general election as the Republican nominee.

2010

Texas general election, 2010: Senate District 18
PartyCandidateVotes%±
RepublicanGlenn Hegar146,08770.43-8.49
DemocraticPatricia "Pat" Olney61,34529.57n/a
Majority84,74240.86-16.99
Turnout207,432
Republican hold

2006

Texas general election, 2006: Senate District 18 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Glenn Hegar110,51278.92+33.80
Libertarian Roy O. Wright, II 29,51121.08+19.51
Majority81,00157.85+49.67
Turnout 140,023-12.60
Republican gain from Democratic
Republican primary, 2006: Senate District 18 [21]
CandidateVotes %±
Gary Gates12,93335.63
✓Glenn Hegar19,93454.92
David Stall 3,4289.44
Majority7,00119.29
Turnout 36,295

Personal life

Born to teenage parents, Hegar is a sixth-generation Texan who farms on the 4,000-acre (1,600 ha) land that has been in his family since the mid-19th century. [6] He grew up in Hockley, also in Harris County. [4] Hegar met his wife Dara while attending St. Mary's University. He with his wife Dara, and their three children live in Katy, [4] where they attend St. Peter's United Methodist Church. [1] [10] Hegar highlighted his wife and children in most of his television commercials in the race for comptroller.[ citation needed ]

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  2. ↑ Office of the Secretary of State (Texas) (January 5, 2005). "Races with Candidates with Addresses Report, 2004 General Election" (PDF). Retrieved December 28, 2006.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Batheja, Aman. Hegar Resigns Senate Seat; Dec. 6 Special Election Set, Texas Tribune , November 14, 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Taylor, Carrie. Glenn Hegar plans candidacy for state comptroller, Community Impact Newspaper, June 5, 2013.
  5. ↑ Ramsey, Ross. Hegar Exploring 2014 Run for Comptroller, Texas Tribune , March 21, 2012.
  6. 1 2 Moran, Danielle (January 20, 2023). "The Man Enforcing Texas' Crackdown on Wall Street Over ESG". Bloomberg News . Retrieved January 20, 2023.
  7. 1 2 "Kate Alexander, "Glenn Hegar wins GOP comptroller primary after Harvey Hilderbran bows out of runoff"". Austin American-Statesman . Retrieved March 7, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Republican primary election returns, March 4, 2014". team1.sos.state.tx.us. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
  9. ↑ "As Texas' $10 Billion Corporate Tax Break Program Comes to Close, State Comptroller Wants to Cover Up Its Costs". The Texas Observer . November 24, 2021. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  10. 1 2 Senator Glenn Hegar: District 18, Texas Senate .
  11. ↑ "Glenn Hegar". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 14, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ↑ Texas Legislature Online History SB 1, State of Texas , accessed July 14, 2013.
  13. ↑ Tinsley, Anna. Texas House gives its final approval to new abortion restrictions Archived November 29, 2014, at the Wayback Machine , Fort Worth Star-Telegram , July 10, 2013
  14. ↑ Schwartz, John. Texas Senate Vote Puts Bill Restricting Abortion Over Final Hurdle, New York Times , July 2013.
  15. ↑ Weiner, Rachel. Texas state Senate passes abortion restrictions, Washington Post , July 13, 2013.
  16. ↑ MacLaggan, Corrie. Texas passes abortion restriction bill, governor certain to sign, Reuters , July 13, 2013.
  17. ↑ Luthra, Shefali. Perry Signs Abortion Bill into Law, Texas Tribune , July 18, 2013.
  18. ↑ McCullough, Jolie (December 18, 2020). "Texas Supreme Court rules Alfred Dewayne Brown must be compensated for his wrongful imprisonment". The Texas Tribune . Retrieved January 20, 2023.
  19. ↑ Texas Supreme Court Orders Compensation for Death-Row Exoneree Alfred Dewayne Brown
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