GREG ABBOTT

Age: 64

Married, one child

College: University of Texas, Vanderbilt University law school POLITICAL EXPERIENCE 1992: Won first election as state

district judge in Harris County 1995-2001: Served as a Texas Supreme Court justice 2002-2014: Texas attorney general

2014-present: Governor of Texas

Nonpolitics background: Attorney for Houston law firm Butler & Binion from 1984 to 1992.