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Gina Hinojosa, wearing a white suit, waves beside a large Texas flag.
Historic governor Texas native Gina Hinojosa scored an upset victory over incumbent Republican Greg Abbott to be elected the state's first Hispanic governor.

Gina Hinojosa

Who is the woman who became the first Hispanic governor of Texas?
Also known as: Regina Inez Hinojosa
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Gina Hinojosa, who in 2026 became the first Hispanic person elected as governor of Texas and the first woman elected to that role since 1990, likes to say she never saw herself getting into politics. But the Texas native, whose résumé includes being a civil rights and labor attorney, a school board member, and a state legislator, also has deep political roots. All of that, combined with near-historic anti-Republican sentiment, catapulted the Democrat to a...

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