Glenn Hegar

Hegar is a sixth-generation Texan who farms on land that has been in his family since the mid-19th century. He grew up in Hockley, also in Harris County. Hegar, his wife Dara, and their children, Claire, Julia, and Jonah, live in Katy, where they attend St. Peter's United Methodist Church. Hegar highlighted his wife and children in most of his television commercials in the race for comptroller.

Hegar won election to a second term in the 2018 general election.

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 would not contest Hegar in a May 27 runoff election.

Hegar is pro-life. Previously, Texas Right to Life has given him the "Perfectly Pro-Life Award". In the 83rd Legislative Session in 2013, Hegar was the author of Texas Senate Bill 5 and introduced the bill into the Senate. The Texas House passed the bill on July 10, 2013, by a 96–49 margin and sent the measure to the Texas Senate. The Texas Senate passed the bill on July 13, 2013, with a bipartisan vote of nineteen to eleven. The bill was signed by Gov. Rick Perry on July 18, 2013. The bill was a list of measures that would add and update abortion regulations in Texas. Major sections of the law were struck down in the United States Supreme Court case Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt.

Hegar is a gun rights supporter. In 2009, the Texas State Rifle Association awarded Hegar the Doc Brown Legislator of the Year Award.

He was elected to the Texas Senate in 2006 and was re-elected in 2010 and again in 2012.

Hegar was elected to the Texas House in 2002 and served in District 28. He won re-election in 2004.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform recognized him with the Civil Justice Leadership Award for his work on tort reform in Texas. In prior sessions, he was recognized as "Best Legislator" and the "Rookie of the Year" for the 80th Session by Capitol Inside, received the Legislative Excellence Award from the Texas Municipal Police Association, and "Star for Rural Texas" from the Texas Farm Bureau.

Glenn Allen Hegar Jr. (born 25 November 1970) is an American attorney who serves as Texas 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.