BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Gina Hinojosa brought her campaign to Brownville where she outlined her platform if elected to the state’s highest office.
Speaking before a room packed with supporters at the Santa Fe Events Center on Mexico Boulevard, the state representative and Brownsville native was here exactly a year after she announced her intentions to run as governor back on Sept. 15, 2025.
Hinojosa mentioned the state’s “broken” education and health systems; the daily struggles people are going through and the special interest groups and the billionaires reaping the benefits of Texas’ powerful economy.
“Who does Texas belong to?” Hinojosa asked. “When I am governor, my plans are to secure the American Dream by security our schools and putting money in your pockets.”
Hinojosa said President Trump took her idea to give money back to the people. She said her plan is to give $1,500 to every needy Texan through her Corruption Tax Refund program.
“We need to save our Texas public schools,” she said. “There can’t be the American Dream without Texas public schools.”
She said the state’s health care system needs to be changed so the people get what they deserved.
““We pay more and we get less,” she said. “We pay more and it’s harder for us to get the medications we need.”
As governor, she said she will ago after those who act in bad faith denying the services people are entitled to.
“We are not asking for handouts for what we have paid for,” she said. “We rank among the nation’s top for our economic power that the people from Texas built.”
If elected, she said will use all her power to get rid of the school voucher “scam” that takes money away from the public to give it out to private schools.
“I hear stories of teachers donating blood two, three times a week to help them paid their bills,” she said, “and quitting their professions to work for Uber because the money and the health coverage are better.”
Hinojosa said the Election Day is 49 days away and asked people to help her put Gov. Greg Abbott’s 30 years political career to an end.
Some of her supporters admitted the race is a tough one but added nothing is impossible particularly these days when the Democrats are optimistic about Nov. 3.
“It’s looking tight,” William Garza, a former Brownsville city councilman, said. “It looks better for other candidates, though.”
Sandra Flores, a ranch manager in Willacy and Hidalgo counties, also said the gubernatorial race is not an easy one.
“I loved it,” she said when asked what she thought about Hinojosa’s speech. “She is the first one to get this close to him (Abbott). It’s a tough competition.”
However, Hinojosa said she feels great about the race.
“’We are closing the gap,” she said in a brief interview afterwards. “We have the momentum.”
Asked what she would do or say on Day 1 if elected, she said, “Let’s go to work for the people of Texas, not for the interest groups.”
