Don Huffines
American politician
Donald Blaine Huffines (born April 26, 1958) is an American politician and businessman serving as the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts since 2026. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the Texas Senate from 2015 to 2019.
Huffines ran for governor of Texas in the 2022 Republican primary, unsuccessfully challenging incumbent Greg Abbott, following the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns.
On March 7, 2025, Huffines announced his candidacy for Texas comptroller. He won the Republican primary for the office on March 3, 2026, defeating the incumbent Kelly Hancock. Not long after losing the primary, Hancock announced that he would resign and on July 2, 2026, Abbott announced that he would be appointing Huffines to serve out the remainder of the term.
Early life and education
Don Huffines is a fifth-generation Texan, born in Dallas on April 26, 1958. He has two older brothers, James and Ray, and an identical twin brother, Phillip. In his childhood, he and his brothers helped out at their grandfather's car dealership. Don Huffines' grandfather, James Lecil "J.L." Huffines, started the Huffines Motor Company in Denton, Texas, in 1924.
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