Abbott framed his campaign as a means to keep Texas as a conservative bastion, touting efforts to lower property taxes, bolster education and strengthen public safety.
Authorities are investigating a shooting at Mystic Sunrise Drive and Binz-Engleman Road on the Northeast Side on Nov. 9, 2025.Olla Express Café provides free breakfast to San Antonio families amid ongoing government shutdown Greg Abbott on Sunday launched his campaign for a fourth term as governor, framing his pitch to a crowd of hundreds in Houston as a means to maintain Texas as a “bastion of common sense in a country reeling from far-left, progressive insanity.
” “Texas is not just another state — it’s our home. Our heritage,” Abbott said in his speech. “As Texans, we will defend this state with every fiber of our being. We will protect what we built, finish what we started and lead Texas into its glorious future.” Both reflecting on his decade as governor and previewing his priorities for a fourth term, Abbott touted a series of conservative achievements in affordability, education, border security and more. A week after Texas voters approved several constitutional amendments to reduce property taxes, Abbott vowed to go further to rein in local taxing power through a slate of five policy proposals he unveiled Sunday. “Local governments are hiking your property taxes incessantly,” he said. “It’s time to drive a stake through the heart of local property tax hikes for good.” He said voters should be allowed to vote on abolishing school property taxes and that any property tax increases should require two-thirds approval from voters. He added that Texans should have “the right to rollback property tax rates”; appraisals should take place only once every five years; and that the appraisal cap — the amount the appraised value of a property can increase by year over year — should be dropped from 10% to 3%. Abbott also promoted the passage of private school vouchers, public school funding and measures abolishing diversity and inclusion practices in schools and barring trans athletes from participating in women’s sports — arguing that these efforts were putting Texas on the path to become the top state for education. And he listed off stricter bail practices, the state’s border and immigration crackdown and various investments and regulation cuts in health care and housing as other banner achievements of his tenure. “What we have in Texas is precious. But it can all be destroyed in one bad election,” he said, arguing that Democrats were bought by billionaires and, if elected, would “crush your economy, destroy your jobs, and increase your taxes.”“We will defend our culture, and we will safeguard our Texas values, from the radicals who are trying to shove our state to the left.” Abbott heads into this election cycle with almost $90 million on hand, a staggering war chest for any challenger to overcome. He broke records last year in accepting $10 million from Pennsylvania GOP megadonor and voucher advocate Jeff Yass, whose initial $6 million donation to Abbott was theAbbott managed to push through his top priority — private school vouchers — this legislative session after spending millions in the 2024 primaries to oust anti-voucher Republican incumbents in the Texas House., Abbott placed mid-decade congressional redistricting on the special session agenda, eventually signing into law a new map that looks to give the GOP five additional congressional seats in next year’s midterm.Abbott has also indicated he will direct a significant amount of his funds to flipping Harris County red — up and down the ballot. “We are Texans, and in 2026 we will remind the whole world that the spirit of Texas will never be broken,” Abbott said. “We will defend this great state. We will leave our children and grandchildren a Texas that is safer, stronger, freer and more prosperous than ever before. So tonight, join me in this fight. Let’s keep Texas, Texas.”Mayor Jones won’t say if she still wants second Spurs arena election for San Antonio votersSome SA flights canceled this weekend as FAA flight restrictions affect nationRetired air traffic controller weighs in on government shutdown effects on airport workersSpurs Managing Partner Peter J. Holt answers questions about a timeline for the new Spurs arenaFall temperature roller coaster hits the Alamo City starting this weekendBystanders capture UPS plane crash and explosion at Kentucky airportChristopher Preciado’s mother accused in couple’s shooting deaths has charges dismissedSights and sounds from Election Day 2025WATCH: Spurs Managing Partner Peter J. Holt answers questions after Prop A & B passedThird Trader Joe’s grocery store in SA opens on the Northwest SideRECORDS: Bexar County jail leaders knew inmate could walk a year before courthouse escapeSan Marcos PD: Multiple people on the run after 1 killed, 3 wounded in shootings
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