1. Donald Blaine Huffines is an American politician and businessman from the state of Texas.
26 Facts About Don Huffines
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Don Huffines later founded the Don Huffines Liberty Foundation, a fiscally conservative Texas think-tank.
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Don Huffines has published numerous op-eds with the Foundation in the Houston Chronicle and Dallas Morning News on property taxes.
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On March 7,2025 Don Huffines announced his candidacy for the recently vacant Texas Comptroller position.
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Don Huffines is a fifth-generation Texan born in Dallas on April 26,1958.
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Don Huffines has two older brothers, James and Ray, and an identical twin brother, Phillip.
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Don Huffines has grown into a large network of metroplex dealerships run by Don's brother, Ray Huffines.
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Don Huffines is the president and founder of Don Huffines Enterprises.
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In 2014, Don Huffines ran for a seat in the Texas State Senate.
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Don Huffines challenged the incumbent of Senate District 16, Senator John J Carona, in the Republican primary.
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Don Huffines ran to the right of Carona, claiming Carona was not a true conservative, and ultimately won the primary against him on March 4,2014.
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Don Huffines campaigned on the themes of term limits, school choice, funding highway construction, opposing new toll roads, cutting taxes, and teaching creationism in public schools.
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Don Huffines served as Vice-Chair of the Texas Senate Border Security, Veteran Affairs, and Transportation committees.
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In 2017, Don Huffines passed a bipartisan bill to end vehicle inspections.
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In passing the legislation, Don Huffines was joined by his Republican colleagues and seven Democrats.
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The Texas Tribune claimed that if Don Huffines' bill were to become law, it would eliminate the state's vehicle safety inspection requirement for most vehicles and save about $140 million per year statewide.
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Don Huffines is known for advocating the elimination the Dallas County Schools that allegedly mismanaged taxpayer money.
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On November 6,2018, Huffines lost his re-election bid to Democrat Nathan M Johnson, who was the first Democrat to win Senate District 16 in over three decades.
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Don Huffines remained politically active after losing his Senate re-election campaign.
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Don Huffines was critical of Governor Greg Abbott's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically lockdowns, and was the first former elected official to call for the reopening of the state.
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On May 10,2021, Don Huffines announced that he would challenge Abbott in the 2022 Republican primary for governor of Texas.
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The Don Huffines Campaign had 12 field offices across the state, over 70 people on payroll, and raised over $20 million dollars.
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Don Huffines took a victory lap claiming credit for the move.
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Don Huffines is credited with pushing Abbott to the right on a variety of issues.
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Don Huffines declined to fire a staffer who had previously worked for far-right conspiracy website InfoWars and who had ties to the white nationalist movement; in a statement, Don Huffines said that he had over 70 people on payroll and that his campaign would not engage in "cancel culture".
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On March 7,2025 Don Huffines announced his candidacy for the recently vacant Texas Comptroller position.