Gina Hinojosa elected governor of Texas, major victory for the Democratic Party in the 2026 midterms
Historic victory for Democrat Gina Hinojosa against outgoing Governor Greg Abbott during the mid-term elections in the United States.
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Democrat Gina Hinojosa defeated incumbent Governor Greg Abbott in Texas in the US midterm elections, marking a major turnaround in this Republican stronghold.
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Texas was considered a historic stronghold of the Republican camp.
Democrat Gina Hinojosa was elected governor of Texas on Wednesday, November 4, according to projections by the American news agency Associated Press (AP), during the mid-term elections in the United States. This victory, in the midst of the blue wave which saw the Democratic Party regain the majority in both houses of Congress, is a major turnaround in this historic bastion of the Republican camp.
Outgoing governor Greg Abbott, who was seeking a fourth term, was defeated by the 52-year-old lawyer. This local elected official who grew up in a Mexican Catholic family, near the border, focused her campaign on the cost of living. Like James Talarico, elected senator in this state previously seen as deeply conservative, Gina Hinojosa embodies a new generation of Democrats who have succeeded in seducing independent voters as well as Americans disillusioned by the unpopular war waged by Donald Trump in the Middle East, the surge in fuel prices and galloping inflation.
While Texas, a leading energy power, hosts a number of data center projects, she promised during her campaign to impose a moratorium on the construction of these new data centers, which worries the tech world.
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Imposing a moratorium on the construction of new data centers in Texas
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Open Questions
- What exact impact will the moratorium have on data centers?
- How will Texas energy policy evolve?
