Greg Abbott

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Gregory Wayne Abbott ( ABB-ət; born November 13, 1957) is an American politician, attorney, and jurist serving since 2015 as the 48th governor of Texas. A member of the Republican Party, he served from 2002 to 2015 as the 50th attorney general of Texas and from 1996 to 2001 as a justice of the Texas Supreme Court. As of 2025, Abbott is the longest-serving incumbent governor in the United States. Born in Wichita Falls, Texas, Abbott grew up between Longview and Duncanville. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Business Administration in 1981 and from Vanderbilt University with a Juris Doctor in 1984. After going into private practice, working for Butler and Binion, LLP between 1984 and 1992, he began his judicial career in Houston, where he served as a state trial judge in the 129th District Court for three years. Before becoming attorney general, Abbott was a justice of the Texas Supreme Court, a position to which he was appointed in 1995 by Governor George...

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