Hinojosa wins election for Texas governor | What's Your Point?

I love our state. It's been an honor to serve it and know that we are leaving Texas in far better shape than it's ever been. And yet for outgoing Governor Greg Abbott, a bulging war chest could not calm a rising tide of dissatisfaction with his fourth bite at the apple missing the mark. Once considered a sacrificial lamb, Gina Hinojosa proved instead a lioness, ripping away at Abbott's flip-flops, exploiting his profligate fundraising, overly comfy relationship with industry, and hard-right positions in the culture war. I'm just about delivering for people. This is not about being a Democratic administration. I'm not going to be the governor for just Democrats. I'm going to be the governor for all the people of Texas. Well, I think it's fair to say one of the most progressive members of the Texas House successfully rebranded herself as an economic populist. And in January, she will take the oath as leader of the world's eighth biggest economy. All right, Andrew, why you know something about the governor's mansion? Your dad served our state. Thoughts here? Well, first of all, he would be ecstatic right now. He passed away eight years ago, but he probably wouldn't believe this is happening. Having run twice, I can tell you this, that first question every single time is always, Greg Abbott has $100 million, how are you gonna compete against $100 million? Well, Gina just did. And so money is not everything. And so that's the first point. The second point is this, I've had probably 25 text messages from my Republican friends saying how crazy is this team? Who are they? What do they stand for? And I've been talking them back, say, hey guys, I know they're Austin Democrats, but guess what? They're super moderate. I've had the good opportunity of meeting them on the campaign trail. I know them personally. And if you're worried about who these people really truly are, I can tell you they're good people. They have great experience and their hearts in the right place. Bill King, thoughts here? Well, first of all, Abbott's campaign was political malpractice in the extreme. He had a lot of good things to talk about. He chose not to talk about any of those. Instead, talked about the Chinese buying land, trans kids, Sharia law, stuff. And most people were saying, what in the hell are you talking about? I can't afford steaks in the grocery store. I think also, another thing, the affordability was certainly incredibly important. But I'm going to tell you, the big middle of the country was tired of the nastiness. They were tired of the name-calling. I said on this show, if the Republicans think that you're persuading one independent voter by calling Talarico, Talafrico, you are wrong. All that does is drive voters away. And I think this was a lot of people standing up and saying, hey, listen, my mom and dad didn't raise me like that, and I'm not putting up with it anymore. Holly, do you think that message made it through to those who will be the The decision makers for the Republican Party going forward. I sure hope so, there were a lot of Republicans within the Republican Party who are anxious to return to a free market defense. They don't like the corporate, what do you call it, crony capitalism. They don't like some of the decisions coming out of the White House that are in contrast with historically what has been a party that supported free enterprise and the ability of business to operate. And we're not just talking about big business, even small business owners, right, they don't They don't want to be burdened with regulation, they don't want to be overtaxed, they want to be free to raise enough income to support their families and so forth. So that's an important message. And it was refreshing to hear these winners talk about being more bipartisan and reaching out to the other side of the aisle. Gina Hinojosa, of course, adopted Ernest Bales, former state rep, Republican to be on the team. But another pick of hers is throwing up some red flags, someone who is known here and here Harris County, formerly worked with Lena Hidalgo and Commissioner Rodney Ellis. For those of you in the Harris County area, you know what that means. Got to go. When we come back, Democrat James Tallarico punches his ticket to the U.S. Senate in truly decisive fashion.