GINA HINOJOSA

Democratic

On ballot as: GINA HINOJOSA
Current role: Texas State Representative
Background: Grew up in the Rio Grande Valley
BA – UT Austin; JD from George Washington University
Worked as a civil rights and union lawyer
Experience: Austin ISD board
Member of the Texas House since 2017
Top priorities: Ending vouchers
Put money in your pocket, including a one-time $1,500 refund check to every Texas household
End the "Greg Abbott Corruption Tax"
Raise teacher pay to among the highest in the nation and end the STAAR test
Ensure every Texas child has quality health care and ban bad-faith insurance denials
Tidbits: Abortion: Pro Abortion
Border and immigration: ICE: "Detaining and deporting people who have been in our communities for 20 years. Law-abiding, hard-working. That's not making us safer."
State Income Tax – favored a state income tax in 2016 interview, voted against Bill to prevent an income tax, now as a candidate for Governor says she is against a state income tax.
Guns: National Rifle Association has rated her 0%. She voted against Second Amendment Sanctuary Bill blocking enforcement of certain new federal gun laws; and Bill that barred state contracts with companies that discriminate against the gun industry.
Law Enforcement: Labeled a “defund-the-police radical,” – no votes on Bill penalizing cities that cut police budgets, and Bill limiting personal-recognizance bonds for some offenses. Voted against the sanctuary-city crackdown and against a proposed constitutional amendment denying bail to immigrants charged with serious crimes.
Claims and the record
2025 quorum-break fine: Fined $8,354.25 by the House Administration Committee (April 2026) for the August 2025 quorum break. The Texas Supreme Court denied the attorney general's petition to remove her (May 2026). She denied abandoning her office; no response on the fine was found.
Endorsements: Texas AFL-CIO
Texas American Federation of Teachers
EMILYs List
LiUNA Southwest Laborers District Council
Austin American-Statesman
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Austin Chronicle
Dallas Morning News
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
San Antonio Express-News
And a number of Democrat Elected Officials and Progressive Organizations (see website)
Campaign website: ginafortexas.com

GINA HINOJOSA

Governor

Gina Hinojosa