# Gina Hinojosa’s Mexican roots: A family of lawyers and a past in the Huasteca Potosina

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/gina-hinojosas-mexican-roots-a-family-of-lawyers-and-a-past-in-the-huasteca-potosina/
- Published: 2026-11-05T11:03:44+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T11:48:57+00:00
- Original publisher: El País (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-11-05/gina-hinojosas-mexican-roots-a-family-of-lawyers-and-a-past-in-the-huasteca-potosina.html
- Topics: Americas, World

## Key points

- Gina Hinojosa has won the Texas governorship.
- She defeated Greg Abbott by 52.8% to 45.7%.
- Her family has deep ties to law and Mexican heritage.

## Summary

Gina Hinojosa has defeated incumbent Greg Abbott to become Texas’s first Hispanic woman of Mexican descent elected governor, in a state long seen as a Republican stronghold. She won 52.8% of the vote to Abbott’s 45.7%, with 99% counted, marking a major Democratic gain in Texas.

Hinojosa is an attorney who grew up in the Rio Grande Valley and entered politics after campaigning against the closure of her son’s school. Her mother, Crisanta Guerra Lozano, was born in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, while her father, Gilberto Hinojosa, is a prominent Texas Democrat who has led the state party since 2012. He previously described facing discrimination linked to his Mexican roots.

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