Press Release below with the title seen above from ginafortexas.com on 9-16-2026 – Email: info@ginafortexas.com
Brownsville, TX – This week, Democratic Nominee for Texas Governor Gina Hinojosa returned home to the Rio Grande Valley for a campaign swing focused on supporting border communities grappling with rising costs. The trip came on the heels of two polls showing Hinojosa leading by 27 points among Latino voters in the race for Texas governor.
Across the Valley, Hinojosa hosted rallies and met with community leaders, small business owners, and voters to hear about the issues impacting South Texas families and share her vision for putting money in Texans’ pockets, including freezing utility rates, supporting small businesses, and strengthening workforce development.
At her rallies in McAllen and Brownsville, her hometown, Hinojosa highlighted how her upbringing influenced her governance and campaign. “I launched this campaign with a slogan that my grandma taught me: ‘no te dejes.’ Know your worth, and defend it. Texans are a ‘no te dejes’ kind of people. We know our worth, we know who we are, and we are ready to fight and defend it. That’s why, come November, we will end Greg Abbott’s 30-year political career.”
On Tuesday morning, Hinojosa visited a local construction site with leaders of the South Texas Builders Association to hear directly from builders about how the current political climate has affected their workforce and driven up the cost of materials.
Later, Hinojosa phonebanked with LUPE Votes, where she connected with voters about issues ranging from the economy to data centers and local public schools shutting down. In one conversation, Hinojosa spoke with Brownsville resident Nyla about her mother’s electricity bill going up to $600 per month.
“What I’m hearing from you, I’m hearing from everybody right now,” Hinojosa said. “My commitment on electricity bills is to freeze the rates. At a minimum, we have to make sure all the corporations – they’re all getting breaks because of us – pay their fair share, because we cannot pay for global corporations that are run by billionaires.”