Can Texas Republicans rein in Gina Hinojosa's powers as governor?

Houston Chronicle · Benjamin Wermund, Haajrah Gilani · 2026-11-05 17:38 UTC

State Rep. Brian Harrison has called on Republicans to use their limited time left to limit what the new Democratic governor can do once in office.

Some Texas Republicans sounded resigned after Tuesday's midterm losses to the fact that Democrats would soon control every lever of state power. Not Brian Harrison.

The Midlothian state House member turned to social media, urging Gov. Greg Abbott to call lawmakers back to Austin and rein in Democratic Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa's powers.

“Unlike a lot of my colleagues in the Texas government, I'm not going to sit around staring in the rearview mirror, Texans deserve bold leadership, including right now,” he said in an interview. “And we don't leave office for another 10 weeks, so why in the world would we sit around when we still have, under our constitution, the authority to govern for the next 10 weeks?”

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