Governor: who gets your vote?
What this role does
Leads the Texas executive branch.
- Signs or vetoes bills and recommends a state budget.
- Appoints state officers and can call special legislative sessions.
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Gina Hinojosa
Running for Governor · Texas
StateDem
Greg Abbott
Running for Governor · Texas
StateRep
Job fit
Gina Hinojosa
- Her House biography says Hinojosa graduated from George Washington National Law Center and worked as a civil rights and labor lawyer representing union members, including CWA members. 1
- Her campaign says Hinojosa won an Austin ISD school board seat, kept district schools open, and was appointed board president by fellow trustees in 2015. 2
- Her campaign says Hinojosa helped win an investment of more than $11 billion in Texas public schools in 2019. 2
Greg Abbott
- Abbott was first elected Texas governor in 2014 and reelected to a third term in 2022. He previously served as Texas attorney general, a Texas Supreme Court justice and a Harris County district judge. 3
- Abbott’s governor’s office credits him with allocating $10 billion to expand Texas’s energy grid. 3
- In 2025, Abbott signed legislation giving participating families around $10,000 for tuition and other school expenses, according to the retained Wikipedia account. 4
Top issues
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Gina Hinojosa
- Her stated early priorities as governor include a new-data-center moratorium, $1,500 checks from state savings, higher teacher pay, replacing education commissioner Mike Morath, and ending private school vouchers, the Tribune reported. 5
- In a statement quoted by the Tribune, Hinojosa promised, within an hour of taking office, a high-cost emergency declaration and an emergency executive order suspending gas and diesel taxes and freezing electricity rates. 5
Greg Abbott
- Abbott’s governor’s office describes his policy goals as more jobs and economic opportunity, education, individual liberties, parental rights in education and southern border security. 3
Record in office
Gina Hinojosa
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Greg Abbott
As State Preservation Board chair, Abbott joined a unanimous vote to remove a Children of the Confederacy plaque from the Texas State Capitol, according to the retained Wikipedia account. 4
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Sources
- Rep. Gina Hinojosa - Texas House of Representatives · checked 2026-10-31 used in: Experience
- Gina Hinojosa for Texas Governor · checked 2026-10-31 used in: Experience
- Office of the Texas Governor | Greg Abbott · checked 2026-10-31 used in: Experience, Top issues
- Greg Abbott · checked 2026-10-31 used in: Experience, Record in office
- What divided government could look like if Gina Hinojosa ... · checked 2026-10-31 used in: Top issues
- houstonchronicle.com · checked 2026-10-31 used in: Money
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Gina Hinojosa
DemShown aboveHer House biography says Hinojosa graduated from George Washington National Law Center and worked as a civil rights and labor lawyer representing union members, including CWA members. 1
Her campaign says Hinojosa won an Austin ISD school board seat, kept district schools open, and was appointed board president by fellow trustees in 2015. 2
Her campaign says Hinojosa helped win an investment of more than $11 billion in Texas public schools in 2019. 3
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We haven’t finished researching voting records.
Her stated early priorities as governor include a new-data-center moratorium, $1,500 checks from state savings, higher teacher pay, replacing education… 4
Sources
1 Background: house.texas.gov · checked Oct 31
2 Background: ginafortexas.com · checked Oct 31
3 Background: ginafortexas.com · checked Oct 31
4 Positions: texastribune.org · saved source
Greg Abbott
RepShown aboveAbbott was first elected Texas governor in 2014 and reelected to a third term in 2022. He previously served as Texas attorney general, a Texas Supreme Court justice and a Harris County district judge. 1
Abbott’s governor’s office credits him with allocating $10 billion to expand Texas’s energy grid. 2
In 2025, Abbott signed legislation giving participating families around $10,000 for tuition and other school expenses, according to the retained Wikipedia account. 3
The Houston Chronicle reports Abbott raised $117.6 million from the beginning of 2025 through October 24, 2026. 4
As State Preservation Board chair, Abbott joined a unanimous vote to remove a Children of the Confederacy plaque from the Texas State Capitol, according to the… 5
Abbott’s governor’s office describes his policy goals as more jobs and economic opportunity, education, individual liberties, parental rights in education and… 6
Sources
1 Background: gov.texas.gov · checked Oct 31
2 Background: gov.texas.gov · checked Oct 31
3 Background: en.wikipedia.org · checked Oct 31
4 Money: houstonchronicle.com · checked Oct 31
5 Votes: en.wikipedia.org · checked Oct 31
6 Positions: gov.texas.gov · saved source
Pat Dixon
LibDixon’s reported experience includes owning and operating Dixon Process Automation Services Inc. in Lago Vista, two city council terms, 10 years chairing Texas’s Libertarian Party, and two Libertarian National Committee terms. 1
Dixon’s campaign reportedly raised $15,138 from January 1 through September 24, 2026, and had $2,369 cash on hand as of September 24. 2
We haven’t finished researching voting records.
Dixon opposes business tax incentives, including for data centers, and proposes cutting spending, business tax breaks, programs such as state inspections of… 3
Sources
1 Background: news-journal.com · checked Oct 31
2 Money: news-journal.com · checked Oct 31
3 Positions: news-journal.com · saved source