Gina Hinojosa

Hinojosa says Abbott has vastly outspent her on paid communications, yet she has shown she need not match him dollar for dollar.

“Craig Abbott spent $80 million in paid communications in this campaign. I've spent seven”

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Hinojosa cites a 31-point swing in a Tarrant County state Senate special election as evidence Democrats are already winning in Texas.

“where we swung a state Senate seat in the county that's supposed to be the most Republican county in the country”

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Hinojosa argues that matching Beto O'Rourke's 2018 Latino share would be enough for her to win.

“When I get 64% of the Latino vote, I win because there are more of us in the voting population than there were then”

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Hinojosa says polling shows her gaining name recognition and narrowing Abbott's lead.

“since the end of last year, my name ID has gone up 20 points. We went from nine points down to five points down”

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Hinojosa argues Texas policy is driven by donors, which she calls the Greg Abbott corruption tax.

“It is policy that is driven by moneyed special interests, and I refer to it as the Greg Abbott corruption tax”

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Hinojosa says Texas public schools are in crisis, with many districts cutting to four-day weeks for lack of funds.

“We have over 150 school districts operating at four days a week because they can't afford to operate at five days a week”

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Hinojosa proposes a back-to-basics education agenda focused on raising teacher pay.

“So I'm proposing a back to basics approach where we pay teachers their worth”

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Hinojosa ties Abbott's voucher push to a record donation from billionaire Jeff Yass.

“So Greg Abbott received $12 million, the largest campaign contribution in all of Texas history from an out-of-state billionaire, Jeff Yaz, who has a financial interest in vouchers”

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Hinojosa argues a Democratic governor who vetoes rigged maps in Texas is crucial to preserving Democrats' chances of controlling Congress.

“A governor in Texas... who will veto rigged maps, whether they're rigged for Republicans or Democrats, is a governor who can save the union”

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Hinojosa argues that planned Republican redistricting in Texas would cost Democrats five congressional seats.

“Republican leaders have already said they're going to draw new lines next year, we lose five Democrats in Congress under a new map with no rules”

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Hinojosa says former Governor Rick Perry and his son are among the largest investors in Project Matador, which she calls a grift.

“And one of the largest investors is Rick Perry, our former governor, and his son”

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Hinojosa blames Greg Abbott's tax breaks for the influx of data centers into rural Texas, which she says is turning conservatives against him.

“the data centers have really descended onto rural Texas because they were invited in by Greg Abbott with the richest tax breaks in the country”

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Hinojosa criticizes Biden for avoiding the border issue until it became unmanageable.

“there is no question that Biden avoided the issue and did not deal with it until it was out of control”

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Hinojosa argues current enforcement makes Texans less safe, citing unprosecutable child abuse cases in Harris County.

“the district attorney in Harris County will say he has child sex abuse cases that he cannot prosecute because the witnesses have been detained or deported”

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Hinojosa argues the high cost of living is the main driver of Latino voters' shift away from Trump, alongside anger at ICE raids.

“Latinos are voting their pocketbook as much, if not more than anyone else, right? It's probably the swingiest of demographics politically”

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Hinojosa blames Abbott for failing to press the Trump administration on the screwworm threat.

“I lay this on the lap of Abbott, that he could not communicate with the Trump administration the urgency”

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