Comptrollers anywhere else: Government accountant. Comptrollers in Texas: "Who will protect us from trans wizardry?"
This election season, Don Huffines promised to end woke ideology. Christi Craddick vowed to “hold the line” on keeping boys out of girls’ sports in Texas. And Kelly Hancock has touted his support for President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
So one would be forgiven for not realizing the three Republicans are running to be the Texas comptroller — the state’s top accountant, whose main responsibilities include collecting taxes, writing checks and predicting the state’s revenue so the Legislature can decide how to spend it.
“This is an office that is boring,” said Jon Taylor, a political science professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio. “It is supposed to be more administrative, more low-key.”
Historically an apolitical office, the GOP primary for the open seat is a hotly competitive and expensive race colored by the same culture war issue that have animated more high-profile races up and down the ballot. The attention on those issues outside the office’s main purview, reflects what candidates think will resonate with Texas Republican voters who have elected an increasingly conservative crop of state leaders in recent years. But it also opens a window into how whoever wins the contest might try to change the office and its traditional responsibilities should they occupy it.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/02/25/texas-comptroller-gop-primary-2026-culture-wars-huffines-craddick-hancock/
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it's back to the "trans threat" and Sharia Law 