15 Facts About Glenn Hegar

Glenn Hegar was a Republican member of the Texas Senate representing the 18th District, west of Houston.

Glenn Hegar succeeded fellow Republican Susan Combs as comptroller on January 2,2015.

Glenn Hegar was elected Comptroller in the general election on November 4,2014.

Glenn Hegar will succeed the retiring Chancellor, John Sharp, on or after June 30,2025.

Glenn Hegar was elected to the Texas House in 2002 and served in District 28.

Glenn Hegar was elected to the Texas Senate in 2006 and was re-elected in 2010 and 2012.

Glenn Hegar resigned from the Senate on December 5,2014, after his election as Texas Comptroller.

Glenn Hegar faced three opponents for the Republican nomination for state comptroller: State Representative Harvey Hilderbran of Kerrville, Debra Medina of Wharton, an activist with the Tea Party movement, and former State Representative Raul Torres of Corpus Christi.

Glenn Hegar finished with 610,512 votes, but Hildebran opted to forgo a runoff election, thus giving Glenn Hegar the party's nomination.

Glenn Hegar was unopposed in the 2018 Republican primary and won election to a second term in the 2018 general election.

In 2021, Glenn Hegar proposed to weaken the rules for transparency and accountability for the biggest corporate tax break program in Texas.

Glenn Hegar is a conservative, who says he seeks to defend "the values of faith, family, and freedom".

Glenn Hegar twice denied the compensation to Dewayne Brown for wrongful conviction despite a court ruling of him being innocent.

Glenn Hegar met his wife Dara while attending St Mary's University.

Glenn Hegar highlighted his wife and children in most of his television commercials in the race for comptroller.