AUSTIN — Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and conservative state lawmakers have tried to characterize new Democratic Gov. Gina Hinojosa as a closet progressive, warning that she would turn the deeply red state into a socialist.
But after Hinojosa’s historic victory amid a blue wave that swept every statewide office, Texas’ first elected Latino governor vowed in an interview with The Washington Post to eschew culture wars in favor of something Texas hasn’t seen in a generation: moderation. On a number of key issues facing her state — affordability, border security, data centers and school vouchers — Hinojosa advocates what she calls populist positions that seem calibrated to appeal to voters on both ends of the political spectrum. That includes his promise to work with President Donald Trump on immigration.
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