Gov. Greg Abbott’s presidential aspirations may explain his sudden leftward shift

Published May 24, 2022 8:44am ET




Having likely secured his own reelection, Texas’s Republican governor seems to be thinking already about his next office. Or at least, that is one plausible explanation why, ahead of Monday’s GOP primary runoff election, Gov. Greg Abbott made several endorsements for state legislature that seem designed to keep conservative legislation off his desk in 2023.

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