Republican U.S. Senate candidate, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton greets the crowd during a campaign event at Glorious Way Church on September 21, 2026 in Houston, Texas.
Texas megachurch pastor Jack Graham urged parishioners at an October 11 service not to vote by party, though he did so right next to Governor Greg Abbott.
Abbott, a Republican, had just delivered a stump speech at Prestonwood Baptist Church about limiting transgender youth from participating in sports, putting the Ten Commandments in classrooms, and banning Sharia law in the state.
“Because God has been able to put a man in a wheelchair in the governor’s mansion, I am inspiring people across the state and across the nation every day,” Abbott said. “So, thank you all, may God bless you all, and may God show you the pathway to the voting booth to go vote in this election.” Read full story on Christianity Today.