Corruption / Ethics

Greg Abbott (R)

Abbott has cultivated a relationship with mega-donors — most prominently Pennsylvania billionaire Jeff Yass, whose $6 million check Abbott's campaign called 'the largest single donation in Texas history' — and used that war chest to fund GOP primary challenges against House Republicans who crossed him on vouchers. During AG Ken Paxton's May 2023 impeachment, Abbott went conspicuously silent for the entire 121-23 House vote and the Senate acquittal that followed, drawing a Truth Social rebuke from Donald Trump that he was 'MISSING IN ACTION!' In August 2025, when more than 50 House Democrats fled the state to block Trump-pushed mid-decade congressional redistricting, Abbott ordered DPS to 'locate, arrest, and return' them, sought a quo warranto removal action, and threatened bribery charges — but the Texas Supreme Court, packed with his own appointees, refused to declare the seats vacated. Abbott has not pushed structural campaign-finance or lobbying reform.

Gina Hinojosa (D)

Hinojosa has built her general-election message around what she calls 'Greg Abbott's corruption,' telling the Texas Observer she is running because 'we have a governor right now who works for the billionaire class and not the people of Texas.' She voted 'aye' on May 27, 2023 to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton, one of 121 House members in the 121-23 bipartisan impeachment vote. On campaign finance, she has refused corporate PAC contributions throughout her gubernatorial bid — her campaign reports an average donation under $50 — and loaned her own campaign $300,000 to launch. She organized the first Texas House Democratic Caucus quorum break in two decades in July 2021 over voting restrictions (SB 1) and broke quorum again in August 2025 with 50 other Democrats to delay Abbott's mid-decade congressional redistricting map, sheltering with Govs. Newsom and Pritzker.

Corruption / Ethics

Greg Abbott (R)

Gina Hinojosa (D)

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