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Governor · TX · Democratic candidate · 2026

Gina Hinojosa

Democratic candidate for governor of Texas

An Austin state legislator, civil-rights and labor attorney, and former school-board president focused on stronger public schools, housing affordability and rural healthcare.

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StateTexas
OfficeGovernor
ElectionNov. 3, 2026

Policy priorities

Where Gina stands.

Campaign position

Rebuild neighborhood public schools

  • Supports ending STAAR tests and vouchers, restoring local school control, and raising teacher pay

Campaign position

Return household tax money

  • Supports legislation issuing a one-time $1,500 refund to every Texas household from surplus state reserves

Campaign position

Stop personalized grocery price gouging

  • Supports banning surveillance pricing that uses shoppers’ personal data to raise their grocery prices

Campaign position

Protect access to homeownership

  • Supports stopping private equity firms from buying housing and holding predatory landlords accountable

Campaign position

Improve child and rural healthcare

  • Supports child health coverage, stronger rural hospitals, and banning bad-faith insurance denials

Campaign position

Pause data centers until safeguards

  • Supports a moratorium on new data centers until lawmakers pass protections and communities can decide their role

Record and background

Record & experience.

  1. 2000–2004

    Experience

    Kator, Parks & Weiser attorney

    Practiced employment law.

  2. 2009–2011

    Experience

    Equal Justice Center attorney

    Practiced law at the center.

  3. 2009–2011

    Experience

    Equal Justice Center development coordinator

    Coordinated development work.

  4. 2017 record

    Experience

    Equal Justice Center board member

    Served on the center’s board.

  5. 2012–2016

    Experience

    Austin ISD school-board trustee

    Served on the district board.

  6. 2012–2014

    Experience

    Austin ISD school-board vice president

    Served as board vice president.

  7. 2015

    Experience

    Austin ISD school-board president

    Led the district board.

  8. Since 2017

    Experience

    Texas state representative

    Represents House District 49.

  9. 2019–2022

    Experience

    Human Services committee vice chair

    Served as committee vice chair.

  10. 2017 record

    Experience

    Legislative Study Group secretary

    Served as the group’s secretary.

  11. 2025

    Experience

    Texas legislative Progressive Caucus vice chair

    Served as caucus vice chair.

  12. 2017

    Accomplishment

    Helped establish public benefit corporations

    Helped pass Texas’ public benefit corporation law.

  13. 2019

    Accomplishment

    Helped increase classroom funding

    Helped negotiate school-finance legislation.

  14. 2019

    Accomplishment

    Helped expand indigent healthcare funding

    Sponsored legislation bringing federal healthcare funds to Travis County.

  • Experience

    AFSCME legal counsel office

    Worked for the public-sector union.

  • Experience

    Catholic Charities staff member

    Worked part time.

  • Experience

    Office of Immigrant Concerns staff member

    Held a former staff role.

  • Experience

    Texas Rural Legal Aid attorney

    Represented legal-aid clients.

  • Experience

    House Democratic Campaign Committee chair

    Led the caucus campaign committee.

  • Accomplishment

    Helped keep Austin schools open

    Helped balance the budget and increase teacher pay.

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