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Property Mogul Targets Top Texas Finance Job With Anti-Tax Pitch

Joe Lovinger

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A Dallas real estate developer and former state senator, Don Huffines, is poised to win Texas’ comptroller race in 2026, leveraging an anti-tax platform to reshape the traditionally low-profile financial oversight role. Huffines, a failed 2022 gubernatorial candidate, has spent years pushing Texas Republicans further right, aligning with Governor Greg Abbott on contentious issues like school vouchers after initially opposing him. The comptroller’s office, typically focused on budgets and audits, could become a political battleground under Huffines, who aims to use it to advance conservative fiscal policies. His campaign reflects a broader rightward shift in Texas GOP politics, where once-fringe positions like school vouchers now gain mainstream traction under Abbott’s leadership. Huffines’ potential victory signals growing influence of activist donors-turned-politicians in reshaping state financial roles into ideological leverage points.

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Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldAmericas+1 212 318 2000EMEA+44 20 7330 7500Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldAmericas+1 212 318 2000EMEA+44 20 7330 7500Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000The Texas comptroller’s office, with its spreadsheets and spending reports, doesn’t typically draw ideological firebrands.

But Don Huffines doesn’t plan on being a typical Texas comptroller.A Dallas-area real estate developer, Huffines has spent years trying to push Texas Republicans to the right, first as a political donor, then as a state senator and failed gubernatorial candidate. Lately, the party has been shifting his way, most recently on school vouchers – a pet issue for Huffines that Governor Greg Abbott pushed through the Legislature after trouncing him in 2022.

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