Gov. Greg Abbott’s re-election campaign gaining widespread support Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at the National Rifle Association-Institute for Legislative Action Leadership Forum in Dallas. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) OAN Newsroom UPDATED 8:00 AM PT – Thursday, June 3, 2021 Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas) has received major support for his upcoming re-election campaign. The governor has served in public office within the Lone Star state for more than 25 years and has refused to back down to the Democrats in Washington D.C. In his representation of the state sharing the longest border with Mexico, the Republican governor has long cited both Joe Biden’s lack of preparation to handle the influx of migrant children and his refusal to follow Trump-era border policies as the main contributing factors to the current border crisis.