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Gina Hinojosa
Democratic · Governor, Texas
2026 General Election
Gina Hinojosa is a Texas state representative from Austin who has served House District 49 since 2017. An attorney, she served as chair of the Texas Democratic Party from 2021 to 2023. She won the 2026 Democratic primary to become the party's nominee for governor, challenging incumbent Greg Abbott. The daughter of former U.S. Representative Ruben Hinojosa, she has made education funding, healthcare access, and voting rights central to her legislative career.
Views on the Issues
Gov. Hinojosa’s stated positions alongside Democratic and Republican party platforms. Sources cited below each position. MyPolity does not editorialize.
Democratic Platform
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Republican Platform
Economy & Taxes
Democratic Platform
Democrats support progressive taxation, with higher rates on top earners and corporations to fund public investment. The party favors raising the minimum wage, strengthening unions, and expanding worker protections. Democrats generally support government investment in infrastructure, education, and social programs as drivers of broad economic growth.Gina Hinojosa
Hinojosa supports raising the Texas minimum wage, strengthening worker protections, and expanding Medicaid as an economic development tool that would bring federal dollars into Texas and support rural hospitals. She supports progressive tax policies that direct investment to underserved communities and opposes the current Texas property tax structure as a burden on working families.Republican Platform
Republicans favor lower taxes across income levels, with particular emphasis on cutting corporate and capital gains taxes to stimulate investment and job creation. The party supports deregulation, reduced government spending, and free market solutions over federal programs as the primary engine of prosperity.Healthcare
Democratic Platform
Democrats support expanding access to affordable healthcare, including protecting the Affordable Care Act and moving toward a public option or expanded Medicare coverage. The party broadly favors government negotiation of prescription drug prices and opposes removing protections for pre-existing conditions.Gina Hinojosa
Hinojosa has made Medicaid expansion a central campaign commitment, arguing it would cover more than a million uninsured Texans and stabilize the state's struggling rural hospital network. She supports abortion access and opposes Texas's abortion restrictions, and has backed expanding mental health funding across the state.Republican Platform
Republicans have generally sought to repeal or significantly reform the Affordable Care Act, favoring market-based solutions. The party supports expanding health savings accounts, increasing competition among insurers across state lines, and reducing federal mandates on coverage requirements.Immigration
Democratic Platform
Democrats generally support pathways to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, including DACA recipients, and favor comprehensive immigration reform. The party supports increased resources for legal immigration processing and a humanitarian approach to asylum seekers at the border.Gina Hinojosa
Hinojosa has been a vocal critic of Governor Abbott's Operation Lone Star border security initiative, arguing it diverts law enforcement resources without addressing root causes of migration. She supports federal comprehensive immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship for DACA recipients and long-term residents.Republican Platform
Republicans prioritize border security and strict enforcement of existing immigration law. The party broadly supports completing physical border barriers, ending policies they view as incentivizing illegal entry, and reforming legal immigration to favor applicants with marketable skills.Education
Democratic Platform
Democrats favor robust federal investment in public K-12 education and higher education, along with policies to reduce or eliminate student loan debt. The party generally opposes using public funds for private school vouchers and supports universal pre-K and affordable childcare.Gina Hinojosa
Hinojosa has been a leading legislative voice for public school funding in Texas, opposing voucher programs she argues would divert resources from public schools. She supports increased teacher pay, expanded pre-K access, and has backed the ongoing fight for equitable school finance across Texas's diverse district landscape.Republican Platform
Republicans support school choice, including voucher programs for private and religious schools, and local control over curriculum decisions. The party generally opposes federal education mandates and broadly supports parental rights in schooling. Many Republicans oppose student loan forgiveness as unfair to borrowers who repaid their loans.Gun Policy
Democratic Platform
Democrats broadly support stricter gun safety measures, including universal background checks, red flag laws, and restrictions on assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines. The party frames these regulations as consistent with the Second Amendment and necessary to reduce mass shootings.Gina Hinojosa
Hinojosa supports expanded background checks, red flag laws, and raising the minimum age to purchase assault-style rifles — a position she has advanced in the Texas legislature in the wake of the Uvalde school shooting. She opposes Texas's permitless carry law and has called for a comprehensive state response to gun violence.Republican Platform
Republicans strongly defend Second Amendment rights and generally oppose new gun control legislation, arguing that existing laws should be enforced more effectively. The party emphasizes mental health intervention, the right to self-defense, and opposes what they view as infringement on law-abiding gun owners.Climate & Energy
Democratic Platform
Democrats view climate change as an urgent crisis requiring immediate government action. The party supports transitioning to clean energy through federal investment and regulation, reducing carbon emissions across the economy, and meeting international climate commitments. Democrats generally oppose expanding fossil fuel development on public lands.Gina Hinojosa
Hinojosa supports accelerating Texas's transition to clean energy, building on the state's wind and solar leadership while addressing the grid vulnerabilities exposed by the 2021 winter storm. She has backed ERCOT reform and investments in grid reliability alongside renewable expansion.Republican Platform
Republicans emphasize American energy independence through domestic production of oil, gas, and coal alongside renewable development. Many in the party are skeptical of aggressive climate regulations they argue harm economic growth and jobs. Republicans generally prefer market-based energy solutions over government mandates and oppose restrictions that raise energy costs for families.Foreign Policy
Democratic Platform
Democrats generally support a multilateral approach to foreign policy, emphasizing alliances, international institutions, and diplomacy as the first line of engagement. The party broadly supports maintaining NATO commitments, providing aid to democratic allies, and engaging international bodies to address shared challenges.Gina Hinojosa
Hinojosa supports U.S. alliances and engagement-based foreign policy. As a governor candidate she has engaged foreign policy primarily through Texas's significant trade relationship with Mexico, backing federal policies that facilitate legal trade through Texas's ports of entry and opposing border militarization that she argues disrupts commerce.Republican Platform
Republicans emphasize American sovereignty, a strong military as a deterrent, and bilateral relationships over multilateral institutions. The party broadly supports robust defense spending and is skeptical of international agreements they view as constraining American action or requiring open-ended foreign commitments.Social Security
Democratic Platform
Democrats oppose cuts to Social Security or Medicare benefits and support expanding both programs. The party generally favors raising the Social Security payroll tax cap on high earners to ensure long-term solvency and opposes any form of privatization.Gina Hinojosa
Hinojosa opposes cuts to Social Security and Medicare, arguing these programs are essential to Texas's working families and retirees. She has backed federal legislation to protect both programs from benefit reductions and supports allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices.Republican Platform
Republicans support reforming Social Security and Medicare to ensure long-term fiscal solvency, which some in the party argue requires adjusting benefits or eligibility ages. The party opposes tax increases to fund the programs and some members have supported personal investment account options.Criminal Justice
Democratic Platform
Democrats broadly support criminal justice reform, including reducing mandatory minimum sentences, addressing racial disparities in policing and incarceration, and investing in community-based alternatives. The party generally supports police accountability measures and evidence-based approaches to reducing recidivism.Gina Hinojosa
Hinojosa supports criminal justice reforms including addressing racial disparities in sentencing, reducing reliance on cash bail, and investing in reentry and diversion programs. She has also focused on voting rights restoration for people with felony convictions as part of a broader civic participation agenda.Republican Platform
Republicans emphasize law and order, strong support for law enforcement, and tough penalties for crime. The party generally opposes reducing mandatory minimum sentences for violent offenses and supports prosecutors pursuing strong sentences. Republicans broadly oppose policies they view as undermining police authority or creating leniency for criminals.About these profiles. Party platform positions are drawn from the 2024 Democratic and Republican national platforms. Candidate positions are sourced from official statements, voting records, and campaign websites. MyPolity does not editorialize or endorse any candidate.