{"id":437987,"date":"2026-09-16T19:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T19:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/437987\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T19:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T19:00:11","slug":"icymi-gina-hinojosas-hometown-tour-in-the-rio-grande-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/437987\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: Gina Hinojosa\u2019s Hometown Tour in the Rio Grande Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brownsville, TX \u2013 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<\/a> polls<\/a> showing Hinojosa leading by 27 points among Latino voters in the race for Texas governor.<\/p>\n

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\u2019 pockets, including freezing utility rates, supporting small businesses, and strengthening workforce development.<\/p>\n

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At her rallies in McAllen and Brownsville, her hometown, Hinojosa highlighted how her upbringing influenced her governance and campaign. \u201cI launched this campaign with a slogan that my grandma taught me: \u2018no te dejes.\u2019 Know your worth, and defend it. Texans are a \u2018no te dejes\u2019 kind of people. We know our worth, we know who we are, and we are ready to fight and defend it. That\u2019s why, come November, we will end Greg Abbott\u2019s 30-year political career.\u201d<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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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\u2019s electricity bill going up to $600 per month.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I\u2019m hearing from you, I\u2019m hearing from everybody right now,\u201d Hinojosa said. \u201cMy commitment on electricity bills is to freeze the rates. At a minimum, we have to make sure all the corporations \u2013 they\u2019re all getting breaks because of us \u2013 pay their fair share, because we cannot pay for global corporations that are run by billionaires.\u201d<\/p>\n

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