Don Huffines and Allen West, two of Gov. Greg Abbott’s most vocal challengers, are portraying Abbott as insufficiently conservative as they seek to push the Texas GOP further to the right. TX2022
Republican Texas gubernatorial candidates Don Huffines, left, and Allen West before a forum in College Station last month., our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
Their platforms call for drastically reducing property taxes or eliminating them outright. They say they would replace that revenue, which funds everything from Texas schools and city streets to local governments, with a much larger consumption tax — though neither candidate has named the amount by which they’d want to raise Texas’ 6.25% state sales tax.
Huffines, the former state senator, and West, the former chair of the Republican Party of Texas, have each taken different roads to become chief intraparty critics of the sitting governor. And they’ve long exhibited vastly different styles and motivations in their bids for public office, according to both friends and political foes.
West, on the other hand, is a former Florida congressman known as a brash and strategic man who uses his attention-grabbing persona to build a loyal fan base. "I know the method I used was not right, but I wanted to take care of my soldiers," West testified during the investigation of the events,West did not respond to requests for comment for this article.
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