New Poll Shows Huffines Leading Texas GOP Comptroller Primary By Large Margin

New Poll Shows Huffines Leading Texas GOP Comptroller Primary By Large Margin

A new poll shows Don Huffines leading the Texas GOP comptroller primary, though a large share of voters remain undecided ahead of March.

Meet the candidates for the Texas Comptroller race

Eight candidates are vying to be the state’s next chief financial officer. The candidates are running to be the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, who is responsible for the state’s finances and economic forecasting. Gary Keith, a former government senior lecturer at UT, said the comptroller is one of the “keenest economic forecasting units there is in the nation,” because they must estimate what the Texas economy will produce over a two-year…