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We recommend state Rep. Gina Hinojosa in the Democratic Party primary for Texas governor. Among nine Democrats vying for this office, Hinojosa has emerged as the only credible candidate with a fighting chance to unseat incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott in the general election.
That’s largely because this effective member of the Texas House has a history of fighting for people and causes. That goes back to her early career in the 2000s as a civil rights and union lawyer, and her stint in the early to mid-2010s as a member of Austin Independent School District’s board when she fought to prevent school closures.
Most recently, she rightly opposed — albeit unsuccessfully — last year’s mid-decade redistricting, which was demanded by President Donald Trump and executed by a compliant Abbott and Republican-led Legislature.
The redistricting fight demonstrates that Abbott will not push back against Trump and will not stand up for Texans,” she said.
With regard to standing up for Texans against an overreaching and untrustworthy Trump administration, Hinojosa is appropriately leery and critical of Texas voluntarily sending a complete list of the state's registered voters to the U.S. Justice Department in December.
“I am less and less comfortable with the federal government having as much of our data as they have,” she said, particularly in light of the increasingly creepy coziness between Big Tech and Trump.
The list of important issues that Hinojosa is on the right side of, in opposition to Abbott, also includes school vouchers and the persistent underfunding of public education, the need to expand Medicaid in Texas, and overly aggressive, performative and sloppy immigration enforcement tactics that have disrupted communities and swept up U.S. citizens.
On this front, Hinojosa sees an opening. While the tragic events caused by federal agents in Minnesota have captured national attention and disapproval, what’s happening in Texas is quieter but also insidious and evoking anger.
“They’re so pissed off,” Hinojosa said, “because what is happening right now in the (Rio Grande) Valley is that they are sweeping job sites indiscriminately.”
That’s largely because this effective member of the Texas House has a history of fighting for people and causes. That goes back to her early career in the 2000s as a civil rights and union lawyer, and her stint in the early to mid-2010s as a member of Austin Independent School District’s board when she fought to prevent school closures.
Most recently, she rightly opposed — albeit unsuccessfully — last year’s mid-decade redistricting, which was demanded by President Donald Trump and executed by a compliant Abbott and Republican-led Legislature.
The redistricting fight demonstrates that Abbott will not push back against Trump and will not stand up for Texans,” she said.
With regard to standing up for Texans against an overreaching and untrustworthy Trump administration, Hinojosa is appropriately leery and critical of Texas voluntarily sending a complete list of the state's registered voters to the U.S. Justice Department in December.
“I am less and less comfortable with the federal government having as much of our data as they have,” she said, particularly in light of the increasingly creepy coziness between Big Tech and Trump.
The list of important issues that Hinojosa is on the right side of, in opposition to Abbott, also includes school vouchers and the persistent underfunding of public education, the need to expand Medicaid in Texas, and overly aggressive, performative and sloppy immigration enforcement tactics that have disrupted communities and swept up U.S. citizens.
On this front, Hinojosa sees an opening. While the tragic events caused by federal agents in Minnesota have captured national attention and disapproval, what’s happening in Texas is quieter but also insidious and evoking anger.
“They’re so pissed off,” Hinojosa said, “because what is happening right now in the (Rio Grande) Valley is that they are sweeping job sites indiscriminately.”
Recent polling shows Abbott's lead lead is comfortable but getting smaller, and a 14-percentage point victory by Democrat Taylor Rehmet in the Jan. 31 special election for Texas Senate District 9, which Trump carried by 17 percentage points in 2024, suggests there are no guarantees.
If any crack in Abbott’s armor opens, the Democratic Party needs its best candidate possible, and that is Hinojosa.
If any crack in Abbott’s armor opens, the Democratic Party needs its best candidate possible, and that is Hinojosa.
17 comments:
Little girl gonna get demolished by Abbott! Demorats gotta find better candidates to run.
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Gina will do just fine. Viva La Texas Revolution.
Game hen Gina needs to exhibit more fight. That's the harsh-ass, take-no-prisoners political game being played today. She's running like a female Beto O'Rourke, soft.
And that won't cut it.
FACT
She can win. Parents, young people, women, teachers and some men can make the difference if they vote for her. Texas prefers male, white candidates and not minorities.
Folks are tired of Abbott's shit as well. The fascist Texas Republican party's attempt to cheat in the midterms isn't working. +17 point win in District 9. Get ready fuckers most of you are getting voted out!
KXIQ request, Thomas Hewitt Jones - Funny Song
"My Kingdom is not of this World -Jesus Christ John 18:36
Repent Chelsey Klisine
Repent KoK
El Rrun Rrun is endorsing this candidate. Montoya's seven original readers will go and vote. YEAH !!!
I cast you out 👿😈 Demons that have a hold of you Chelsey Klisine and KOK and control your lives , in the name of Jesus Christ 🙏, I send you back to Hell, Begon Satan. John 3:16
Keep up the Good journalism Mr.Montoya! Jesus has his 👁️👁️ eyes on you! Tell the people the truth! The people of Rio Grande Valley need to know! Time is short ! Revelation 7, Revelation 17 , Revelation 21,Revelation 22:20 🙏
Hey , Billie Graham. Cut your shit. Save your own soul. Nobody is asking for divine intervention.
Your 100% rt, she should use some Jasmin Crockett movitivation fight so people will belive her
Looks like Gina is a way of her head but hear this on the next presidential election she will be on the democratic committees to elect the president just like her sister when Hilary ran for president FACT
Billy Graham is dead! Don't follow no preacher! Follow Jesus Christ 🙏
She has my vote.
I like how she unpacked and explained the 1 billion dollar Abbott and Texan Republican school voucher scam.
1 billion dollars for 100,000 students, that's a huge tax break for the very wealthy.
8.5 billion dollars for 5.5 million students in Texas, how is that fair? We're ranked 49th in school and student funding.
Did every school district in Texas just get a corrupt school board that wants to pass bonds to raise our property taxes? EVERY SCHOOL BOARD, EVERY ISD? Really?
We're also in a water crisis, is that also local mismanagement, huh? GTFOH!
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