If you want to witness the American Dream thriving, visit Texas and meet Abraham George. In an exclusive interview, The Dallas Express asked the state GOP chairman about the ways the American Dream continues to succeed and his vision for the future.
Obama’s Gift to Texas: Chairman Abraham George
Born in Kerala, India, to parents who were both Pentecostal preachers, George arrived in North Texas in 1996 after a 14-year wait for a visa. Today, as Chairman of the Republican Party of Texas, he’s leading the charge to keep the Lone Star State red.
However, politics wasn’t the plan – at first.
A small-business owner who worked in financial services and healthcare, George once “hated politicians because they make everything harder for regular people to deal with.”
That all changed in 2007 when then-presidential candidate Barack Obama criticized small-business owners. “He started saying… You guys don’t deserve what you have,” George recalled, adding that a lot of people blindly followed Obama in his community for the wrong reasons.
Obama’s contradictions struck a nerve with George – and ignited a political drive.
He had seen socialism up close in his home state of Kerala, once India’s top performer in education and technology. “The entire state used to be the number one state… now it’s the opposite,” he said, citing government handouts that left “nobody… incentivized” to work. George didn’t want to see another mirror of that here in America.
“Obama was the reason that I’m in politics,” George said, adding that he walked into Dallas County GOP headquarters and asked what he could do. Later, he became county chair and, in May 2024, was elected state chairman.
Mission 2026: Expanding Footprint, Flipping Judicial Seats, and Keeping South Texas Red
George’s early focus was clear: turn South Texas redder.
His efforts paid off in 2024. “We expected about five counties… Then we flipped 12 counties out of 14. Stark County hadn’t elected a Republican in 132 years,” said George.
Democrats even began switching parties.
“Now we have a bunch of candidates in the Democrat side flipping to Republican, saying, ‘Wow, I’m a conservative,'” George explained.
George briefly credited two issues for the Republican-friendly shift: a growing focus on border security, as well as a growing opposition to “transgender” messaging pushed to the youth.
Many Texas voters, George explained, “are very conservative when it comes to social issues, culturally … they’re like, ‘Yeah, I don’t want my children to be in ‘transition’ without even telling me.’”
Looking to 2026, the Republican Party is expanding its footprint with new offices in South Texas and Harris County, with a central goal: to flip judicial seats.
Straight Talk on Energy, Faith, and the Real GOP Threat
On the topic of energy, George is clear: Texas needs reliable power first.
“I think we need to move away from the 73% fossil fuels, you know, and 27% renewable. I think we should have 100% fossil, as then we have additional capacity for renewables….We sell a lot of energy, but until we get to a reliable renewable energy, mass-produced in Texas, which I think is going to take forever before we get there, we shouldn’t be going against the fuel system.”
The importance of faith also remained a frequent topic in discussions of Texas’ future. Some of George’s social media posts have recently garnered more attention than usual, borderline viral, for stating things like there is “only one God.”
“The foundation of this country is very Christian … Our rights do come from God,” George told The Dallas Express.
When asked what the biggest upcoming threat to the Republican party is, George didn’t mince words – it was other Republicans.
Well, other politicians who “called themselves” Republicans.
“The biggest threat to the Republican Party is… when somebody gets elected under the Republican banner and acts like a Democrat,” he said. “If a person is consistently against the Republican principles and party platform, then you should run as a Democrat.”
George told DX that he wants the party to work on aggressive property-tax relief, less general bureaucracy in places like Austin, and a party that keeps its promises on things like grocery prices and inflation.
From a small-business owner who once avoided politics to the leader steering Texas deeper into Republican territory, George brings a firsthand understanding of socialism’s failures and a firm belief in limited government, faith, and individual opportunity.
“Don’t make the government any bigger than what you have … it’s about policy – not politicians,” said George.