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Gina Hinojosa: The Record Behind the Attack Ads · Episode 7
The Forty Votes
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Greg Abbott's ad says Gina Hinojosa voted to raise your property taxes 40 times. His other ad says the state doesn't impose property taxes. The record: those votes were about who decides—your city, county, school board. Full breakdown at the sources page.
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RECEIPTS (the sources behind this episode): • Fact check: Abbott ad says Gina Hinojosa voted 40 times to raise property taxes: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/abbott-ad-hinojosa-property-tax-22444137.php • Greg Abbott ad says Gina Hinojosa voted 40 times to raise property taxes. Is...: https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/greg-abbott-ad-says-gina-181536003.html • The biggest donors backing Greg Abbott, Gina Hinojosa in Texas governor race: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/2026/abbott-hinojosa-top-donors/ • Abbott ad says Gina Hinojosa voted 40 times to raise property taxes: https://archive.ph/hHsWg • Abbott Has 14 Times Hinojosa's Money, and the Race Is Still Close: https://datapickle.substack.com/p/abbott-has-14-times-hinojosas-money • Gina Hinojosa Abbott campaign ad (on screen at the open): https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/governor-race-hinojosa-demands-stations-013015180.html • Texas Governor Greg Abbott Holds Press Conference With Agriculture Secretary... (on screen at 0m33s): https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/tag/greg-abbott/ • Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at a press conference. (on screen at 0m33s): https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/religion/2025/11/21/536868/cair-houston-muslim-brotherhood-texas-governor-greg-abbott/ • Texas Gov. Greg Abbott holds a news conference with state agencies and local... (on screen at 0m45s): https://www.texastribune.org/2022/05/27/greg-abbott-texas-uvalde-shooting/ • Abbott vows pay raises for teachers and more property tax relief - The Texas... (on screen at 0m45s): https://www.texastribune.org/2025/02/02/greg-abbott-state-of-state-speech-agenda/ • Jeff Yass press conference (on screen at 0m57s): https://yassprize.org/media_type/video • TikTok investor Jeff Yass wants to shape US foreign policy too (on screen at 0m57s): https://responsiblestatecraft.org/jeff-yass/ • ❌ FACT CHECK – FALSE ❌ Greg Abbott Caught Lying About Gina Hinojosa’s Record... (on screen at 1m42s): https://www.texasdemocrats.org/post/fact-check-false-greg-abbott-caught-lying-about-gina-hinojosa-s-record • Greg Abbott 2026 (on screen at 1m52s): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Greg_Abbott_2026.jpg • Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a press conference in Houston on Oct. 1, 2025. (on screen at 1m52s): https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/21/texas-redistricting-map-overturned-abbott-gop-lawmaker-comments/ • Paul Bettencourt speaking (on screen at 2m07s): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bettencourt • Paul Bettencourt State Sen Paul Bettencourt The Texas Tribune (on screen at 2m07s): https://alchetron.com/Paul-Bettencourt • Paul Bettencourt (on screen at 2m07s): https://teachthevote.atpe.org/Candidates/Paul-Bettencourt • Gina Hinojosa - Wikipedia (on screen at 2m07s): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gina_Hinojosa • Gina Hinojosa Continue bill walk-through (on screen at 2m38s): https://www.ksat.com/topic/Gina_Hinojosa/ • Hinojosa looks to court Texas high school football fans with latest ad (on screen at 2m38s): https://www.chron.com/texas/article/gina-hinojosa-coach-ad-22471473.php • Gubernatorial hopeful Gina Hinojosa courts high school football fans with new ad (on screen at 2m38s): https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/gubernatorial-hopeful-gina-hinojosa-courts-201233008.html • Democratic candidate for Texas governor Gina Hinojosa speaks during Democrati... (on screen at 2m38s): https://www.salon.com/2026/10/01/conservative-moms-are-fed-up-over-texas-schools-for-gina-hinojosa-its-an-opening-partner/ • State Rep. Gina Hinojosa (D-TX), a Texas gubernatorial candidate, speaks duri... (on screen at 2m38s): https://www.newsweek.com/gina-hinojosa-chance-of-beating-greg-abbott-flips-with-pollsters-12537296 • Gina Hinojosa Continue with final two bills (on screen at 3m21s): https://click2houston.com/topic/Gina_Hinojosa • Texas Counties and Urban Areas (on screen at 3m46s): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Texas_Counties_and_Urban_Areas.png • Gina Hinojosa press conference (on screen at 4m14s): https://www.houstonpress.com/news/gina-hinojosa-pulls-no-punches-on-ai-school-plan/ • Gina Hinojosa press conference (on screen at 4m39s): https://www.ktsm.com/news/gina-hinojosa-brings-campaign-to-el-paso-with-local-events/