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Greg Abbott

RepublicanGreg Abbott

Governor · Texas

RepublicanState

Governor of Texas. Source: https://gov.texas.gov/

13 tracked promises, 1 rated

Texas

Texas

Represents Texas statewide

88/100
Trust rating
Strongly keeps promises
88
0 · Broken50 · Mixed100 · Kept
A transparent rescale of the Integrity Score (+75) to 0–100, aggregated from 1 rated promise. Never an opaque single score. Provisional — based on 1 rated promise they could act on; a settled rating needs at least 5.
How this is calculated →

Showing 2015–present term. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.

Integrity

Promises kept vs. worked against — weighted breakdown

+75 · based on 1 rated promise

  • Championed 1

Teal segments are promises kept; amber and stone segments are promises worked against. The signed score weights each rated promise by significance and evidence confidence. Promise-keeping is shown separately from popularity, finance, disclosure, and stated positions. Methodology is open.

Integrity over time

In office since Jan 2015 · 1 rated promise

The line steps at each recorded assessment and holds between them; it ends on the current published score.

−100 worked against0+100 kept
Integrity Score by assessment date. Score ranges from −100 (worked against) to +100 (kept).
DateIntegrity Score
Jul 202675
now75 (current, held from last rating)

Promise status over time

How the tracked promise record has evolved.

1 tracked
  • Kept1
  • Against0
  • No opportunity0
  • In progress0
011Jul 2026

Replayed from this official’s sourced assessment history — the bands step only when an assessment is recorded or changed. Based on the most recent roll-call votes on file and the tracked promise assessments; never interpolated.

Not yet scoredNot yet rated 12— tracked, but not counted toward Integrity

Topic coverage

13 promises across 9 topics

What this record covers — the number of tracked promises per topic. This is coverage, not a verdict; the kept/against shading within each bar mirrors the Integrity breakdown above.

  • Education3
  • Criminal Justice2
  • Taxes2
  • Cybersecurity and Public Safety1
  • Education and Public Safety1
  • Education and Workforce1
  • Immigration and Border Security1
  • National Security and Land1
  • Water and Infrastructure1
Kept Worked against No opportunity / not yet scored

Evidence & significance

Evidence quality

Strongest source cited per promise.

  • Primary (official record)13100%

Significance mix

How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).

10
20
35
45
53

Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.

Tracked promises

13 tracked promises

Championedmedium confidence

Build a state-funded border wall along the Texas-Mexico border.

Immigration and Border SecuritySpecific · measurablePromised Jun 2021
SourcesOffice of the Texas Governor· archivedThe Texas TribuneOffice of the Texas Governor (gov.texas.gov)· archived
Not yet rated

Enact and fund school choice / education savings accounts making public dollars available to Texas families for private-school and other education expenses, declaring school choice an emergency item.

EducationSpecific · measurablePromised Feb 2025
SourcesOffice of the Texas Governor· archived
Not yet rated

Pass at least $10 billion in new property tax relief, which Abbott declared an emergency item for the 2025 legislative session.

TaxesSpecific · measurablePromised Feb 2025
SourcesOffice of the Texas Governor· archived
Not yet rated

Ban diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in K-12 schools and expand the existing DEI ban in Texas public universities.

EducationSpecific · measurablePromised Feb 2025
SourcesOffice of the Texas Governor· archived
Not yet rated

Pass bail reform to keep dangerous and repeat offenders detained, declaring bail reform an emergency item.

Criminal JusticeSpecific · measurablePromised Feb 2025
SourcesOffice of the Texas Governor· archived
Not yet rated

Raise Texas teachers' average salary to an all-time high, declaring teacher pay an emergency item.

EducationSpecific · measurablePromised Feb 2025
SourcesOffice of the Texas Governor· archivedThe Texas Tribune
Not yet rated

Make the largest investment in water infrastructure in Texas history, declaring water an emergency item to secure new supplies and repair aging pipes.

Water and InfrastructureSpecific · measurablePromised Feb 2025
SourcesOffice of the Texas Governor· archivedThe Texas Tribune
Not yet rated

Require a two-thirds approval by voters before any local taxing entity can raise property taxes ('No approval, no new taxes').

TaxesSpecific · measurablePromised Feb 2025
SourcesOffice of the Texas Governor· archivedThe Texas Tribune
Not yet rated

Prohibit hostile foreign nations and their agents from purchasing Texas land.

National Security and LandPromised Feb 2025
SourcesOffice of the Texas Governor· archived
Not yet rated

Pass legislation imposing the death penalty on anyone convicted of murdering a child.

Criminal JusticePromised Feb 2025
SourcesOffice of the Texas Governor· archived
Not yet rated

Invest an additional $500 million to improve school safety and security.

Education and Public SafetyPromised Feb 2025
SourcesOffice of the Texas Governor· archived
Not yet rated

Create a Texas Cyber Command to defend state systems against cyberattacks, declaring it an emergency item.

Cybersecurity and Public SafetyPromised Feb 2025
SourcesOffice of the Texas Governor· archived
Not yet rated

Expand career training programs in Texas high schools, declaring 'life-changing career training' an emergency item.

Education and WorkforcePromised Feb 2025
SourcesOffice of the Texas Governor· archived

Positions on record

9 positions on record

The record on this issue — recorded votes this official cast, and sourced claims about what they believe. Each is labelled with which it is, because a vote is what someone did and a statement is what they said. Neither is scored, and neither affects the Integrity Score.

  • Water and InfrastructureStated position

    Make the largest investment in water infrastructure in Texas history, declaring water an emergency item to secure new supplies and repair aging pipes.

    SourcesThe Texas TribuneOffice of the Texas Governor· archived
    View position & sources
  • National Security and LandStated position

    Prohibit hostile foreign nations and their agents from purchasing Texas land.

    SourcesOffice of the Texas Governor· archived
    View position & sources
  • Cybersecurity and Public SafetyStated position

    Create a Texas Cyber Command to defend state systems against cyberattacks, declaring it an emergency item.

    SourcesOffice of the Texas Governor· archived
    View position & sources
  • Criminal JusticeStated position

    Pass bail reform to keep dangerous and repeat offenders detained, declaring bail reform an emergency item.

    SourcesOffice of the Texas Governor· archived
    View position & sources
  • TaxesStated position

    Pass at least $10 billion in new property tax relief, which Abbott declared an emergency item for the 2025 legislative session.

    SourcesOffice of the Texas Governor· archived
    View position & sources
  • Education and WorkforceStated position

    Expand career training programs in Texas high schools, declaring 'life-changing career training' an emergency item.

    SourcesOffice of the Texas Governor· archived
    View position & sources
  • Education and Public SafetyStated position

    Invest an additional $500 million to improve school safety and security.

    SourcesOffice of the Texas Governor· archived
    View position & sources
  • EducationStated position

    Enact and fund school choice / education savings accounts making public dollars available to Texas families for private-school and other education expenses, declaring school choice an emergency item.

    SourcesThe Texas TribuneOffice of the Texas Governor· archived
    View position & sources
  • Immigration and Border SecurityStated position

    Build a state-funded border wall along the Texas-Mexico border.

    SourcesOffice of the Texas Governor· archived
    View position & sources
Disclosure
No undisclosed priorities on record

Disclosure

A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.

No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.

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