Charles Butt's move pits the head of one of Texas' deepest-pocketed corporations against Abbott, a Republican who's made his pro-business credentials a key part of his brand.
The chairman of San Antonio-based grocery giant H-E-B has funneled more than $1 million into the campaigns of anti-school voucher Republicans that Gov. Greg Abbott is working to unseat, Butt's move pits the head of one of Texas' deepest-pocketed corporations against Abbott, a Republican who's made his pro-business credentials a key part of his brand.he would bankroll primary challenges to any House Republican who voted to strip vouchers from a $7 billion omnibus education bill that passed last last fall. All 21 Republicans who voted alongside Democrats to kill Abbott's prized voucher proposal now face pro-voucher primary opponents this election cycle.