Texas Association of Business
TAB's framework — low taxes, tort reform, business-friendly regulation, workforce-development, and predictable property rights — aligns Abbott on the $18B property-tax cut, franchise-tax reductions, business personal-property exemption raise, R&D credit refundability, veteran-owned business exemption, and continued top-state-business-relocation rankings. Hinojosa runs against TAB on her 'tax the billionaires and corporations' framing, on the minimum-wage-raise support, and on her data-center cost-allocation framing (TAB membership includes data-center operators). TAB endorses regularly and would likely endorse Abbott. Abbott is the substantially closer TAB fit; Hinojosa picks up partial credit only on workforce-development via her teacher-pay bills.
Sources
- Patrick Svitek, 'Gov. Greg Abbott signs $18 billion property tax cut into law,' Texas Tribune, July 22, 2023. (full list)
- Office of the Governor, 'Governor Abbott signs laws to bolster Texas small businesses.' (full list)
- Reed Smith, 'Texas Legislature overhauls the franchise tax R&D credit,' analysis, 2025. (full list)
- Texas AFT, 'This week in the legislature: Let's talk about educator pay raises,' covering Hinojosa's Fully Fund Our Future Act questioning of TEA Commissioner Mike Morath. (full list)
- Texas Association of Business: workforce-development, tort-reform, low-tax, predictable-regulation framework. (full list)