Texas' Democratic Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa pledges bipartisan governing

Associated Press · ANNA WILDER · 2026-11-06 01:24 UTC

Texas Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa says she is building a bipartisan administration after her stunning upset in the midterm elections. Hinojosa said Tuesday that people are “tired of the culture wars” in her first news conference since her historic victory over Republican Gov. Greg Abbott. Hinojosa will become Texas' first Latina governor when she takes office in January. Her agenda will be tested in a divided Texas Legislature, where Republicans also lost the state House but still control the Senate.

Gina Hinojosa begins work to take office as Texas’ first Democratic governor in decades

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa, the first Democrat to win the office since 1990, said Thursday she would build a bipartisan administration after her stunning upset in the midterm elections that shattered decades of GOP control in the nation’s second-most populous state.

Hinojosa, who will become Texas’ first Latina governor, made the pledge during her first news conference since ousting Republican Gov. Greg Abbott as part of Democrats’ wave of wins, including James Talarico flipping a U.S. Senate seat.

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