Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Who is this Texas billionaire?

An article on Texas Republicans said Greg Abbott, Republican Governor of Texas, is campaigning statewide for private school vouchers.  A number of Republican legislators opposed spending public money on private schools.  Abbot backed their primary opponents.  


The article said that Abbott has been receiving help from national supporters of voucher programs, “...including a $6 million contribution from a Pennsylvania billionaire, the largest in Texas history.


Does anyone know who this guy is?  Or how to find out?  


I found this in J. David Goodman, “Moderate Republicans Feel the Wrath of Texas Voters; Democrats Pick a Cruz Challenger,” New York Times (Mar. 8 2024), p. A 15.

2 comments:

  1. Could it be the guy who gave money to the republican candidates for the school board

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  2. It's Jeff Yass, part-owner of Tik Tok's Chinese parent company. I don't know if he gave to the school board races in PA. Two readers sent me his name and articles about his activities.

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