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It takes some nerve for a Travis County liberal to hold a town hall in Nacogdoches. That’s deep East Texas, where folks send Republicans to Austin and expect their governor to share their values. Gina Hinojosa’s appearance Wednesday at Stephen F.
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NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Democratic nominee for Texas governor and state Rep. Gina Hinojosa met with voters in Nacogdoches Wednesday night for a town hall at Stephen F. Austin State University. NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Democratic nominee for Texas governor and state Rep.
Gina Hinojosa met with voters in Nacogdoches Wednesday night for a town hall at Stephen F. Austin State University. The event, hosted by SFA Democrats, was held at the Baker Pattillo Student Center and gave attendees an opportunity to hear from Hinojosa, ask questions and learn more about her campaign.
Hinojosa, who represents central Austin in the Texas House, is challenging Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in the Nov. 3 election. Hinojosa's campaign has focused on education, health care and the cost of living.
Her platform calls for increased support for public schools, expanded access to health care and policies aimed at lowering costs for Texas families. The governor's race has drawn increased attention as Election Day approaches.
A PollMax poll released Wednesday, Sept. 30, showed Abbott with 48.8% support among respondents compared with 44.5% for Hinojosa, a 4.2 percentage-point difference. The report characterized the race as a toss-up.
Other recent public polls have produced different results. The Texas Politics Project's polling tracker lists a September NPR/Marist poll showing Hinojosa at 49% and Abbott at 46%, while a Texas Southern University/YouGov poll had Abbott at 49% and Hinojosa at 45%.
The Nacogdoches town hall was part of Hinojosa's campaign activity ahead of the November election.
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It takes some nerve for a Travis County liberal to hold a town hall in Nacogdoches. That’s deep East Texas, where folks send Republicans to Austin and expect their governor to share their values. Gina Hinojosa’s appearance Wednesday at Stephen F. Austin State University was less about listening and more about scrubbing her record before November. She didn’t come to learn. She came to soften the edges.
But the record follows her. Hinojosa has voted against border security funding, backed Austin’s soft-on-crime experiments, and supported tax increases that hit working families hardest. East Texas isn’t fooled by a friendly face and a campus Q&A. She can’t run away from her Austin voting history. The polite crowd in that room may have clapped, but the ballot box will be far less forgiving.
Texas already has a governor who understands the border and the economy. What Democrats keep offering is a pretend moderate who talks about commonsense solutions right up until she needs a progressive primary vote. Nacogdoches deserved an honest conversation, not a makeover tour. Hinojosa showed up for the photo. Texans will show up to stop her in November.
Commentary written with AI assistance by the New Republican Times Editorial Board.