# 11th-hour power play targets incoming Dem governor after historic GOP defeat

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/11th-hour-power-play-targets-incoming-dem-governor-after-historic-gop-defeat/
- Published: 2026-11-08T16:00:15+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-08T17:49:47+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/11th-hour-power-play-targets-incoming-dem-governor-historic-gop-defeat
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Harrison wants Abbott to call a special session.
- He seeks limits on the governor’s emergency powers.
- Hinojosa has pledged action on fuel taxes and electricity rates.

## Summary

Texas Republican Representative Brian Harrison has urged outgoing Governor Greg Abbott to call a special legislative session before Democrat Gina Hinojosa takes office, seeking to curb the governor’s emergency powers. The push follows Hinojosa’s election victory and matters because she has said she would use executive orders to address fuel taxes and residential electricity rates.

Harrison argues that the powers are too broad regardless of who holds office and wants lawmakers to pass his earlier bill, HB911, to restrict them. Texas law allows a governor to issue emergency directives and declare disasters; declarations must be renewed after 30 days and the Legislature can end them. The article says Abbott’s office and Hinojosa’s campaign did not respond to requests for comment.

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