Greg Abbott was first elected governor in 2014 and is seeking an unprecedented fourth term in 2026. He’s an attorney who received his law degree from Vanderbilt University, became a district judge in Houston, served on the Texas Supreme Court and then as the state’s attorney general.

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Andrea Drusch is a Texas politics reporter covering local, state and federal government for the San Antonio Report. She has a journalism degree from TCU's Schieffer School and started her career in Washington,...