Gina Hinojosa
What this job does: Runs the state's executive branch. The governor signs or vetoes bills (and can veto single items in the budget), calls special sessions of the Legislature, appoints people to state boards and fills open judge seats until the next election, and leads the response to disasters. A term is four years.
- Current office
- State Representative, Texas House District 49 (since 2017)
- Occupation
- Attorney; state representative
- Lives in
- Austin
Background
- Born in 1973 in McAllen; grew up in Brownsville. source: en.wikipedia.org
- B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin (1996); law degree from George Washington University Law School (1999). source: en.wikipedia.org
- Worked as a civil rights lawyer representing union members, including for AFSCME. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Austin ISD school board member from 2012 to 2016. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Texas House, District 49, since January 2017. Won the March 3, 2026 Democratic primary for governor. source: en.wikipedia.org
In their own words
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- "Save Texas Public Schools" source: ginafortexas.com
- "Money in Your Pocket" source: ginafortexas.com
- "End the Greg Abbott Corruption Tax" source: ginafortexas.com
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