Gina Hinojosa
Democratic Texas state representative and 2026 nominee for Texas governor.
Gina Hinojosa faces Republican Governor Greg Abbott on 3 November 2026 as the Democratic nominee for Texas governor, and Cook Political Report moved the race from Likely to Lean Republican on 1 October.
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US Midterms 2026Background
Gina Hinojosa is the Democratic nominee for governor of Texas in 2026 and will face Republican Governor Greg Abbott on 3 November. She won the 3 March primary outright with about 60% of the vote, well ahead of former congressman Chris Bell. Sabato's Crystal Ball moved the contest to Lean Republican in late September, and Cook Political Report made the same change on 1 October.
A civil rights and Labour lawyer, she has represented Austin's District 49 in the Texas House of Representatives since January 2017. Before that she was president of the Austin ISD school board.
Her campaign shares the Texas ballot with a Senate race that has drawn some of the heaviest outside spending of the cycle. That money is aimed at the Senate contest between Ken Paxton and James Talarico, not at the governor's race she is running in.
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