R.F. "Bob" Achgill has a bachelor's degree in mechanical ngineering from Texas A&M University. He has three children and serves on the Church Elder board.

Bob has worked for Amoco Chemicals and for the International Business Machine's Corporations Federal System Divisions Space Shuttle program.

R. F. 'Bob' Achgill's campaign for Governor of Texas is his first entry into politics.

R.F. Achgill - Ballotpedia

Bob previously ran for Bryan, Texas City Council District 3 in 2024 but did not win.

R. F. 'Bob' Achgill - Republican for Governor

Claims "economic justice is distorted when government enables monopolies to capture public resources."

- Claims "economic justice is distorted when government enables monopolies to capture public resources."

Economy

Claims "cheap, proven, non-patentable treatments are kept from patients because there is no financial incentive to fund FDA approval."

- Claims "cheap, proven, non-patentable treatments are kept from patients because there is no financial incentive to fund FDA approval."

Healthcare

Thinks data centers  "threaten aquifers, farmland, and grid reliability."

Wants Texas to recognize "access to space as a shared natural resource, similar to oil."

- Thinks data centers  "threaten aquifers, farmland, and grid reliability."
- Wants Texas to recognize "access to space as a shared natural resource, similar to oil."

Energy & the Environment

Believes the planned launches of 42,000 Starlink satellites is a "existential threat to national and financial security."

Wants Texas to give a "$50,000 reward for the capture and conviction of [sex] offenders and recover costs through fines on traffickers."

- Believes the planned launches of 42,000 Starlink satellites is a "existential threat to national and financial security."
- Wants Texas to give a "$50,000 reward for the capture and conviction of [sex] offenders and recover costs through fines on traffickers."

Public Safety

Claims "the best border control is robust employment-verification enforcement."

- Claims "the best border control is robust employment-verification enforcement."

Foreign Policy and Immigration

Believes "AI-driven education threatens to produce a generation unable to think critically."

- Believes "AI-driven education threatens to produce a generation unable to think critically."

Education

As of January 22, 2026, R.F. "Bob" Achgill’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Voting & Elections

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Bob has worked for Amoco Chemicals for seven years and for the International Business Machine's Corporations Federal System Divisions Space Shuttle program for five years.

Supports taxing water transported to San Antonio or other long distances from the originating aquifer to fund desalination projects.

- The governor leads Texas’ executive branch and oversees enforcement of state laws and policies.
- They appoint agency leaders, boards, and commissions, shaping how state government operates.
- They can sign bills into law, veto bills, or allow them to become law without action, and exercise a line-item veto on spending bills.
- They serve a four-year term, elected by popular (plurality) vote, and there are no term limits.
- As of 2025, the governor’s annual salary is about $153,750.
- The governor commands the state’s military forces (Texas Military Forces) when not federalized.
- The governor may grant pardons, reprieves, and commutations with the recommendation of the Board of Pardons and Paroles.