Many people are looking at the number of votes Democrat Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa received in Texas and wondering how it is possible. Hinojosa won more votes than Kamala Harris in ’24 and beat incumbent Governor Greg Abbott by almost a million votes. How is this possible?
Well, to understand why Texans voted blue, perhaps it is worthwhile listening to the candidate. I would challenge readers to set aside their expectations and just watch five minutes of a lengthy interview Hinojosa gave. She sounds like a much better candidate than Greg Abbott. WATCH – Prompted
She may well believe in some stuff other social stuff that is completely looney, but in her presentation of the “economic populism” message, she is far more eloquent than most of the GOP candidates.
Living in Texas this my first real introduction to the eloquent candidate. She barely campaigned in this crazy election environment. I don’t buy this .
From the “Way Back Machine”…(Sherman, do you remember, 1976?)
When I started my collegiate career, way before my A & M affiliation…in Denton, TX…there was an election to make Denton County “wet”…the locals were very strongly of a “Bible Belt” belief system and did not want that election to even happen due to the fact that there were two universities in the town of Denton…one with a few frat houses and the students could vote.
I think Denton Co then had a resident population of 6000 people and 60,000 steer and probably 20k college students…The residents were afraid, back then, of the problems that unregulated alcohol purchase and consumption, could bring…
At the time, in order to buy alcohol, one had to belong to some ‘club’ or something…in fact, at the Holiday Inn…they gave my dad two tickets to buy a drink in the lounge…I think he went back south to Dallas Co and bought a bottle somewhere…and he and mom drank their wine in the hotel room…it was a very “dry” county….
“You’ve come along way baby”?
Speak loudly, boast about what you just said & then do very little of what you promised or even don’t follow through – (PDJT / Senate Republicans/ GA – Texas). Sad but largely true!