Glenn Allen Hegar Jr. (born November 25, 1970)[1][2] is an American attorney who serves as Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. He was a Republican member of the Texas Senate representing the 18th District, west of Houston.[3] He succeeded fellow Republican Susan Combs as comptroller on January 2, 2015.[4][5] He was elected Comptroller in the general election on November 4, 2014.[3]
Glenn Hegar | |
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| 38th Comptroller of Texas | |
| Assumed office January 2, 2015 | |
| Governor | Rick Perry Greg Abbott |
| Preceded by | Susan Combs |
| Member of the Texas Senate from the 18th district | |
| In office January 2007 – December 5, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Ken Armbrister |
| Succeeded by | Lois Kolkhorst |
| Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 28th district | |
| In office January 2003 – January 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Robby Cook |
| Succeeded by | John Zerwas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Glenn Allen Hegar Jr. November 25, 1970 Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Dara Hegar |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Texas A&M University (BA) St. Mary's University, Texas (MA, JD) University of Arkansas (LLM) |
| Website | Campaign website Senate website Glenn Hegar on Facebook |
Hegar gained prominence in 2022 as the gatekeeper to the Texas's $330 billion in investment assets, following a letter he sent to more than 100 of the world's largest financial firms demanding that they make clear whether they restrict business with the fossil-fuel industry. If so, they would risk getting shut out of working with the fastest-growing US state.[6]
Texas Legislature
editHegar was elected to the Texas House in 2002[1] and served in District 28.[4] He won re-election in 2004.[1]
He was elected to the Texas Senate in 2006[1] and was re-elected in 2010 and 2012.[1] Hegar resigned from the Senate on December 5, 2014, after his election as Texas Comptroller.[3]
Texas State Comptroller
edit2014 election
editHegar 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
editHegar 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
editHegar 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
editHegar 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
edit2022
edit| Texas general election, 2022: Texas Comptroller | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
| Republican | Glenn Hegar | 4,496,319 | 56.39 | 4.19 |
| Democratic | Janet T. Dudding | 3,265,069 | 40.95 | (2.45) |
| Libertarian | V. Alonzo Echevarria-Garza | 212,205 | 2.66 | (0.74) |
| Majority | 1,231,250 | 15.44 | 5.64 | |
| Turnout | 7,973,593 | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Republican primary, 2022: Texas Comptroller | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | ± | ||
| Glenn Hegar | 1,386,782 | 81.69 | |||
| Mark V. Goloby | 310,829 | 18.31 | |||
| Majority | 1,075,953 | 63.38 | |||
| Turnout | 1,697,611 | ||||
2018
editHagar was unopposed in the 2018 Texas Republican Primary election.
| Texas general election, 2018: Texas Comptroller | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
| Republican | Glenn Hegar | 4,356,562 | 53.2 | n/a |
| Democratic | Joi Chevalier | 3,548,034 | 43.4 | n/a |
| Libertarian | Ben Sanders | 279,676 | 3.4 | n/a |
| Majority | 808,528 | 9.8 | n/a | |
| Turnout | 8,184,272 | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
2014
edit| Texas general election, 2014: Texas Comptroller | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
| Republican | Glenn Hegar | 2,698,682 | 58.38 | -24.78 |
| Democratic | Mike Collier | 1,742,250 | 37.69 | n/a |
| Libertarian | Ben Sanders | 136,884 | 2.96 | -7.54 |
| Green | Deb Shafto | 44,985 | 0.97 | -5.37 |
| Majority | 956,432 | 20.69 | -51.97 | |
| Turnout | 4,622,801 | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Republican primary, 2014: Texas Comptroller | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
| Glenn Hegar | 612,269 | 49.99 | ||
| Harvey Hilderbran | 318,899 | 26.04 | ||
| Debra Medina | 236,531 | 19.31 | ||
| Raul Torres | 56,937 | 4.65 | ||
| Majority | 293,370 | 23.96 | ||
| Turnout | 1,224,636 | |||
NOTE: Hildebran opted to forgo the runoff election; thus, Hegar advanced to the general election as the Republican nominee.
2010
edit| Texas general election, 2010: Senate District 18 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
| Republican | Glenn Hegar | 146,087 | 70.43 | -8.49 |
| Democratic | Patricia "Pat" Olney | 61,345 | 29.57 | n/a |
| Majority | 84,742 | 40.86 | -16.99 | |
| Turnout | 207,432 | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
2006
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Glenn Hegar | 110,512 | 78.92 | +33.80 | |
| Libertarian | Roy O. Wright, II | 29,511 | 21.08 | +19.51 | |
| Majority | 81,001 | 57.85 | +49.67 | ||
| Turnout | 140,023 | −12.60 | |||
| Republican gain from Democratic | |||||
| Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Gates | 12,933 | 35.63 | ||
| ✓ | Glenn Hegar | 19,934 | 54.92 | |
| David Stall | 3,428 | 9.44 | ||
| Majority | 7,001 | 19.29 | ||
| Turnout | 36,295 | |||
Personal life
editBorn 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]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f State Sen. Glenn Hegar, District 18 (R-Katy) Archived July 24, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Texas Tribune
- ^ Office of the Secretary of State (Texas) (January 5, 2005). "Races with Candidates with Addresses Report, 2004 General Election" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on December 14, 2006. Retrieved December 28, 2006.
- ^ a b c d Batheja, Aman. Hegar Resigns Senate Seat; Dec. 6 Special Election Set Archived November 17, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Texas Tribune, November 14, 2014.
- ^ a b c d Taylor, Carrie. Glenn Hegar plans candidacy for state comptroller Archived August 19, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Community Impact Newspaper, June 5, 2013.
- ^ Ramsey, Ross. Hegar Exploring 2014 Run for Comptroller Archived November 13, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Texas Tribune, March 21, 2012.
- ^ a b Moran, Danielle (January 20, 2023). "The Man Enforcing Texas' Crackdown on Wall Street Over ESG". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on January 20, 2023. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
- ^ a b "Kate Alexander, "Glenn Hegar wins GOP comptroller primary after Harvey Hilderbran bows out of runoff"". Austin American-Statesman. Archived from the original on August 20, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
- ^ "Republican primary election returns, March 4, 2014". team1.sos.state.tx.us. Archived from the original on March 6, 2014. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
- ^ "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. Archived from the original on November 24, 2021. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
- ^ a b Senator Glenn Hegar: District 18 Archived February 2, 1998, at the Wayback Machine, Texas Senate.
- ^ "Glenn Hegar". Our Campaigns. Archived from the original on September 14, 2021. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
- ^ Texas Legislature Online History SB 1 Archived September 26, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, State of Texas, accessed July 14, 2013.
- ^ 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
- ^ Schwartz, John. Texas Senate Vote Puts Bill Restricting Abortion Over Final Hurdle Archived May 14, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, New York Times, July 2013.
- ^ Weiner, Rachel. Texas state Senate passes abortion restrictions Archived December 29, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, Washington Post, July 13, 2013.
- ^ MacLaggan, Corrie. Texas passes abortion restriction bill, governor certain to sign Archived May 16, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, Reuters, July 13, 2013.
- ^ Luthra, Shefali. Perry Signs Abortion Bill into Law Archived July 20, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Texas Tribune, July 18, 2013.
- ^ McCullough, Jolie (December 18, 2020). "Texas Supreme Court rules Alfred Dewayne Brown must be compensated for his wrongful imprisonment". The Texas Tribune. Archived from the original on January 20, 2023. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
- ^ "Texas Supreme Court Orders Compensation for Death-Row Exoneree Alfred Dewayne Brown". Archived from the original on January 5, 2023. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
- ^ "2006 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved January 4, 2007.
- ^ "2006 Republican Party Primary Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved January 4, 2007.
External links
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- Glenn Hegar Official Campaign Website Archived June 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- Senate of Texas - Senator Glenn Hegar Archived February 2, 1998, at the Wayback Machine
- Project Vote Smart - Senator Glenn Hegar Jr. (TX) Profile Archived October 1, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- State Sen. Glenn Hegar, District 18 (R-Katy), Texas Tribune Profile Archived July 24, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- Follow the Money - Glenn Hegar
- 2006 Archived December 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine 2004 2002 Archived December 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine campaign contributions