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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Kayla Guo

How Gina Hinojosa went from progressive to populist, emerging as Greg Abbott’s most formidable challenger

People weren’t exactly knocking down Gina Hinojosa’s door to get her to run for governor last year.

When Beto O’Rourke tried to assemble a slate of Texas’ Democratic stars to run for statewide office last year, he was talking with candidates like state Rep. James Talarico and former U.S. Senate nominee Colin Allred. Hinojosa, the five-term state representative from Austin, wasn’t part of the discussion.

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