Glenn Hegar
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| Comptroller of Texas | |
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Assumed office January 2, 2015 |
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| Governor | Greg Abbott |
| Preceded by | Susan Combs |
| Member of the Texas Senate from the 18th district |
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In office January 2007 – December 5, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Ken Armbrister |
| Succeeded by | Lois Kolkhorst |
| Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 28th district |
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In office January 2003 – January 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Robby Cook |
| Succeeded by | John Zerwas |
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November 25, 1970 Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Dara Hegar |
| Children | 3 |
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Texas A&M University, College Station (BA) St. Mary's University, Texas (MA, JD) University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (LLM) |
| Website |
Campaign website Senate website Glenn Hegar on Facebook |
Glenn Allen Hegar Jr. (born 25 November 1970), is an American attorney who serves as Texas State Comptroller of Public Accounts. He was a Republican member of the Texas Senate representing the 18th District west of Houston. He succeeded fellow Republican Susan Combs as comptroller on January 2, 2015. He was elected Comptroller in the general election on November 4, 2014.
Hegar was elected to the Texas House in 2002 and served in District 28. He won re-election in 2004.
He was elected to the Texas Senate in 2006 and was re-elected in 2010 and again in 2012.
Hegar serves as chairman of the Senate Committee on Nominations and as a member of the Committees on Finance, Natural Resources and Agriculture, Rural Affairs and Homeland Security.
Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst's appointment of Hegar as vice chairman of the Sunset Advisory Commission made Texas history, marking the first time that a freshman member of the legislature has been appointed to a leadership position of chairman or vice chairman of that commission.
Hegar resigned from the Senate on December 5, 2014 after his election as Texas Comptroller. A special election was held the next day to choose his successor, Lois Kolkhorst.
Hegar handily led three opponents in his bid on March 4, 2014, for the Republican nomination for state comptroller: State Representative Harvey Hilderbran of Kerrville, Debra Medina of Wharton, an activist with the Tea Party movement who also ran for governor in the 2010 Republican primary but lost to Rick Perry, and the former State Representative Raul Torres of Corpus Christi. With 610,512 votes (49.99 percent), Hegar appears to have fallen just short of the 50-percent-plus-one-vote threshold required for nominations in Texas. The counting of provisional ballots could have altered Hegar's 49.99 percent total. However, the second-place candidate, Harvey Hildebran, announced on March 7 that he will not contest Hegar in a May 27 runoff election.
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