The file

Greg Abbott

Republican · Governor of Texas · Texas · Spectrum score +71

Governor ·

Greg Abbott is Governor of Texas in Texas. Political positions and ideology score +71 (Far right). Abbott is the wheelchair and the river.

College: University of Texas at Austin, B.B.A. 1981 · University of Texas School of Law, J.D. 1984
Spouse: Cecilia Phalen Abbott (m. 1981)
Children: One — Audrey
Résumé: Governor of Texas · 2015–
Attorney General · Texas · 2002–2015
Justice · Supreme Court of Texas · 1996–2001

Net worth: $8.0M
Salary: $153,750
Before office: $1.0M
2026 raised: —
Years in office: 30

Where Greg stands on the spectrum

Greg Abbott scores +71 on Spectrum’s left–right line (far right), right of center on the economy and conservative on social issues. The number is modeled from twelve issue positions and the public record — not a poll and not a party label.

Composite +71 · Far right · economic +68 · social +73 · authoritarian +40

Confidence 83. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

Abbott is the wheelchair and the river. The file is a personal-injury settlement that funded a career, an energy state that froze in 2021, and a border theater that is also a fundraising calendar. The barges are policy. They are also content.

Finances

Modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit of any household.

Net worth

$8.0M

+700% since taking office

Disclosure midpoint, 2025

Before office$1.0M

Now$8.0M

A tree, a lawsuit, then a lifetime in Texas AG and governor. Legal settlements and a donor class of energy and developers.

Money in · 2026 cycle

Raised: $0
Cash on hand: $0

Top industries

Energy
Real estate
Lawyers

Stock holdings

Index / retirement funds

Legal settlement plus Texas energy-state funds.

Disclosure midpoint, 2024–25 · STOCK Act ranges, not an audit

VTI
Vanguard Total Stock Market
Joint
$500K–$2.0M
VXUS
Vanguard Total International
Joint
$150K–$600K

Ticker	Name	Owner	Range
VTI	Vanguard Total Stock Market	Joint	$500K–$2.0M
VXUS	Vanguard Total International	Joint	$150K–$600K

Sum of ranges $650K–$2.6M · midpoint $1.6M

X sentiment

Last 7 days

Odds

Polymarket · Kalshi

Implied probability from open contracts. Real money, not a poll. Updates while you sit here.

Live wire

Live · checked just now

New articles land here as they publish. Checking about every 12 seconds.

Conflicts

Border barges and busing as a national product paid for by Texas.
Energy donors vs ERCOT failures his office has to live with.

Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic: +68
Social: +73
Authoritarian: +40
Confidence: 83

Taxes & spending+74
Lower taxes, smaller fiscal footprint
Health care+62
Private insurance markets, fewer mandates
Climate & energy+70
Energy abundance, fewer climate mandates
Business regulation+70
Deregulation and lighter administrative state
Labor & wages+58
Flexible labor markets, right-to-work
Immigration+84
Tighter borders, more deportations
Abortion+84
Restrictions or bans, fetal personhood
Guns+86
Broad Second Amendment, fewer federal limits
Crime & policing+66
More policing, longer sentences, less bail reform
Schools & speech+66
Choice, against gender/DEI curricula
Defense & alliances+74
Hard power, high defense spending, deterrence
Civil liberties+46
Order, platform / campus / speech restrictions for security or morality

No roll-call first dimension on file — issues only.

Compass

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Sources

State record
Wealth and fundraising are modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit.
College, family, and résumé are public-record facts, not a campaign bio.