# Democrat Gina Hinojosa defeats Texas governor Greg Abbott in stunning upset

https://mins.news/en/item/128385

- The Guardian, 2026-11-04 04:20 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/03/democrat-gina-hinojosa-greg-abbott-texas

> Gina Hinojosa defeated Greg Abbott in the Texas governor’s race, ending Republicans’ hold on the state’s top executive office and Abbott’s bid for a fourth term. She will be Texas’s first Latina governor, in what the article calls Democrats’ most consequential state victory in a generation.

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