Glenn Allen Hegar Jr. (born 25 November 1970)State Sen. Glenn Hegar, District 18 (R-Katy)
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member of the

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representing the 18th District, west of

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.Batheja, Aman
Hegar Resigns Senate Seat; Dec. 6 Special Election Set
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'', November 14, 2014. He succeeded fellow Republican Susan Combs as comptroller on January 2, 2015.Taylor, Carrie
Glenn Hegar plans candidacy for state comptroller
''Community Impact Newspaper'', June 5, 2013.Ramsey, Ross
Hegar Exploring 2014 Run for Comptroller
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'', March 21, 2012. He was elected Comptroller in the general election on November 4, 2014.

Texas State legislature

Hegar was elected to the

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in 2002 and served in District 28. He won re-election in 2004. He was elected to the Texas Senate in 2006 and was re-elected in 2010 and 2012. Hegar resigned from the Senate on December 5, 2014 after his election as Texas Comptroller.

Texas State Comptroller

2014 election

Hegar faced three opponents Republican nomination for state comptroller: State Representative Harvey Hilderbran of Kerrville, Debra Medina of Wharton, an activist with the

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, and the former State Representative Raul Torres of Corpus Christi. Hegar finished with 49.99% of the vote with 610,512 votes (49.99 percent), and Hildebran opted to forgo a runoff election. 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). Hegar, with 58.4 percent of the vote, defeated the Democratic nominee Mike Collier, a businessman from Houston, in the November 4 general election.

2018 election

Hegar 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.

Political positions

Hegar is a

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, who says he seeks to defend "the values of faith, family, and freedom".Senator Glenn Hegar: District 18
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''. Hegar opposes

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. Texas Right to Life awarded him the "Perfectly

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Award". In the 83rd Legislative Session in 2013, Hegar was the author of

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and introduced the bill into the Senate.Texas Legislature Online History SB 1
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passed the bill on July 10, 2013, by a 96–49 margin and sent the measure to the Texas Senate.Tinsley, Anna
Texas House gives its final approval to new abortion restrictions
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'', July 10, 2013 The Texas Senate passed the bill on July 13, 2013, with a bipartisan vote of nineteen to eleven.Weiner, Rachel
Texas state Senate passes abortion restrictions
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Texas passes abortion restriction bill, governor certain to sign
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'', July 13, 2013. The bill was signed by Governor Rick Perry on July 18, 2013. 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

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case '' Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt''. He is also the man who denied twice the compensation to Dewayne Brown fo wrongfully convicted and despite a court ruling of actually innocent. https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/texas-supreme-court-orders-compensation-for-death-row-exoneree-alfred-dewayne-brown

Election history

2018

2014

2010

2006

Personal life

Hegar is a sixth-generation Texan who farms on land that has been in his family since the mid-19th century. He grew up in

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, also in Harris County. Hegar, his wife Dara, and their children, Claire, Julia, and Jonah, live in Katy, where they attend St. Peter's

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Church. Hegar highlighted his wife and children in most of his television commercials in the race for comptroller.

References

External links

Glenn Hegar Official Campaign Website

Project Vote Smart - Senator Glenn Hegar Jr. (TX) Profile

State Sen. Glenn Hegar, District 18 (R-Katy), Texas Tribune Profile
* Follow the Money - Glenn Hegar
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