Candidate · November 3, 2026
Gina Hinojosa
On the ballot for Governor · Texas
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§1On the ballot
Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.
| Office | Governor · Texas1 |
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| Party on the ballot | Democratic Party1, |
| Status | Challenger |
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§2Who they are
Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Gina Hinojosa was born and raised in the Rio Grande Valley and attended public schools in Brownsville; she graduated from the University of Texas and earned a law degree from George Washington University.3 She began her career as a civil rights and union lawyer.3 She was elected to the Austin ISD school board, where her fellow trustees chose her as board president in 2015, and she was later elected to the Texas House of Representatives, where she represents District 49.3,
Why they say they're running
Her campaign website says she is running for governor to help Texas families do well and to give every child a better future.6 It says her agenda as governor would focus on saving Texas public schools and putting money back in Texans' pockets.6,
Websites and accounts
- Campaign websiteginafortexas.com6,
8 - Facebookfacebook.com/ginafortexas6
- X (Twitter)x.com/GinaHinojosaTX6
- Blueskybsky.app/profile/ginafortexas.bsky.social6
- Instagraminstagram.com/ginafortexas6
- YouTubeyoutube.com/@GinaHinojosaTX6
- TikToktiktok.com/@ginafortexas6
- Official websitehouse.texas.gov/members/494
§3What they've said on the issues
Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.
Education
Her campaign website says she would end the state's school voucher program and keep taxpayer money in neighborhood public schools.5
- Make them available to every family
- Offer them only to some students, such as those from low-income families or with disabilities
- No public money for private school or homeschooling costs
Her campaign website says she would audit the state's education vendor contracts, end improper ones and use the money to make Texas teachers among the highest paid in the nation.5
Taxes and Budget
Her campaign website says she would end state subsidies for corporations and use the savings to cut property taxes, with the goal of eventually eliminating property taxes on homes.9
- Eliminate property taxes on primary homes
- Cap yearly increases or expand homeowner exemptions
- No new state caps or exemptions; leave property taxes to local governments
Her campaign website says she would end state subsidies for corporations, and it calls for ending the tax breaks for large data centers that Texas created in 2015.9,
- Expand breaks for investment, research and hiring, such as larger research credits for small businesses
- Keep current business tax breaks
- Cut back many of these breaks and use the money for lower tax rates, deficit reduction or other priorities
Her campaign website says she would ask the Legislature to send a one-time $1,500 refund to every Texas household from the state's Rainy Day Fund, leaving about $10 billion in the fund.9
Energy and Climate
Her campaign website calls for an immediate moratorium on new data centers until the Legislature passes protections that give communities a say, and it says residential electricity rates should be frozen until laws make data centers and other large power users pay for the grid costs they create.9,
- Encourage new data centers with tax breaks and faster approvals
- Require data centers to pay the full cost of the power plants and lines they need
- Pause or limit new data centers
Housing
Her campaign website says she would stop private equity firms from buying up homes, and that in 2025 she wrote a bill to keep institutional investors from buying more than 10 single-family homes.9
§4Money
Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left.
Candidates for governor file campaign-finance reports with the state, not the FEC, so this guide doesn't include their fundraising. Search the state's reports: Campaign finance reports search — Texas Ethics Commission.11