Q&A: Meet the Democratic primary candidates for Texas governor

What would your top priorities be if elected?

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What will your priorities be regarding property taxes and housing affordability?

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How will you ensure Texans are able to receive the appropriate aid after natural disasters?

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What will your priorities be for the future of Texas education?

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What do you see as the greatest challenge for Texas in the next 5 years?

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What would your top priorities be if elected?

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What will your priorities be regarding property taxes and housing affordability?

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How will you ensure Texans are able to receive the appropriate aid after natural disasters?

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What will your priorities be for the future of Texas education?

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What do you see as the greatest challenge for Texas in the next 5 years?

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What would your top priorities be if elected?

Rebuilding the middle class, fighting for good jobs with good pay and protecting them from AI replacement. Fully funding public education. Expanding Medicaid to improve access and affordability. Making homeownership a reality once again.

What will your priorities be regarding property taxes and housing affordability?

Rezone commercial properties to allow for residential buildings and allow ADUs. Advocate for higher wages and raise minimum wage. Cap property taxes on individual homeowners for the first 10 years of ownership. Legalize marijuana and use revenues to reduce property tax pressure and reform how we appraise property in Texas.

How will you ensure Texans are able to receive the appropriate aid after natural disasters?

Identify local and state agencies involved to help and assess victims after disasters. Streamline procedures and qualifications to get people the initial funds needed for recovery. Fund first and verify later. Coordinate with FEMA when a national emergency is declared to streamline state and federal efforts for recovery.

What will your priorities be for the future of Texas education?

What would your top priorities be if elected?

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What will your priorities be regarding property taxes and housing affordability?

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How will you ensure Texans are able to receive the appropriate aid after natural disasters?

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What will your priorities be for the future of Texas education?

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What do you see as the greatest challenge for Texas in the next 5 years?

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What would your top priorities be if elected?

Families are struggling with rising costs often because of state policies driven by corporate interests like vendor contracts to well-connected profiteers. Hinojosa will take a clean slate, fresh start approach to spending: to lower the cost of housing, healthcare, and electricity, while saving neighborhood schools.

What will your priorities be regarding property taxes and housing affordability?

Texans are working more and getting less. We need a clean slate and fresh start by eliminating wasteful spending from vendor contracts. Hinojosa also supports cash back for renters because renters pay property taxes too.

How will you ensure Texans are able to receive the appropriate aid after natural disasters?

Hinojosa will always put people over politics and work with all leaders to secure the relief that Texans need. Natural disasters have been used as an opportunity to line the pockets of wealthy donors for too long. As governor, Hinojosa will put an end to corruption and price gouging.

What will your priorities be for the future of Texas education?

What would your top priorities be if elected?

My Executive Blueprint: Pathway to Legislation is published on my website; TX22.net. My priority is to deliver. There were lots of unpopular things that were codified (made law). My Executive Blueprint aims to offer transparency on how we reverse unpopular laws by promoting change through executive action …

What will your priorities be regarding property taxes and housing affordability?

Texas voters approved increased home exemptions and business property tax reductions retroactively to January 2025. I urge voters to now focus on the standard deduction, our common ground. I advocate for $100K standard deduction & 1% fed-tax on income from $150K–$250K, prioritizing permanent tax cuts for working families earning <$250K.

How will you ensure Texans are able to receive the appropriate aid after natural disasters?

I will use executive authority under the Texas Disaster Act of 1975 to provide immediate relief through fund reallocation and regulatory suspensions. I’ll then work with the legislature to codify long-term reforms, including dedicated funds, mandatory reporting, and enhanced preparedness packages. View my full policy at TX22.net.

What would your top priorities be if elected?

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What will your priorities be regarding property taxes and housing affordability?

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How will you ensure Texans are able to receive the appropriate aid after natural disasters?

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What will your priorities be for the future of Texas education?

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What do you see as the greatest challenge for Texas in the next 5 years?

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What would your top priorities be if elected?

My top priorities would be lowering property taxes, addressing housing affordability, lowering water and utility rates, making public education better, getting more people on an affordable quality healthcare insurance plans, addressing women's healthcare and reproductive rights, foster care reforms, affordable child care, water infrastructure, and prison reforms.

What will your priorities be regarding property taxes and housing affordability?

The state must increase its share of the portion that it pays for public schools. If the state pays more, homeowners pay less. The state must also rein in out-of-control home insurance premiums and utility rates for electricity and water. And stop Wall Street from buying so many homes.

How will you ensure Texans are able to receive the appropriate aid after natural disasters?

With the near dissolution of FEMA, Texas needs to strengthen the Texas Division of Emergency Management and Health and Human Services Commission. Texas needs to start putting more money aside to help with victims as well as start to streamline those services, financial aid, and special sessions to help.

What would your top priorities be if elected?

Children are my top priority, protecting them from harm; school shooters and pedophiles. Ensuring school lunches. Renewing child healthcare. School funding with emphasis on special education. Affordable healthcare for every Texan. Legalize marijuana. Abolish ICE.

What will your priorities be regarding property taxes and housing affordability?

I will push for bipartisan reforms allowing taxpayers over 55 without school-age dependents to be exempt from school taxes, and end the ability of corporations and school districts to purchase residential properties over families.

How will you ensure Texans are able to receive the appropriate aid after natural disasters?

First, I will declare a state of emergency to unlock state resources. Next, I will formally request federal relief. If the President resists, I will work through congressional representatives to press their district's needs and secure aid, while applying oversight and accountability measures to prevent misuse of aid.