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Democrat · Texas House, district 49

Serving since Jan 10, 2017TX 2025–26 session

Portrait of Gina Hinojosa, rendered as a two-tone print
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$21.3M
in itemized contributions in the 2026 cycle, the highest of 2,082 State House Democrats

The median for State House Democrats is $40.4K. Ranks 1st of 2,082, where 1st raised the most. 200,864 itemized donors.

Itemized contributions reported to the state in the 2026 cycle, ranked among State House Democrats. State filings leave small gifts out, and totals depend on whether the seat is up this cycle.

At a glance

6 measures against State House Democrats. 13% of Hinojosa’s statements contain a personal attack, 5.0 times the State House Democrat average of 2.5%. 77% of the 90 bills Hinojosa sponsored got out of committee, in the top 5% of the Texas House.

The measures on which Hinojosa sits furthest from the middle of State House Democrats, each against the same group, with the CSIP score when there is one. Every number is explained in its own section below.

Itemized, 2026

$21.3M

State House Democrats’ median $40.4K · ranks 1st of 2,082

Personal attacks

13%

State House Democrats average 2.5% · ranks 34th of 764

Out of committee

77%

Texas House average 49% · ranks 4th of 145

Policy criticism

24%

State House Democrats average 10% · ranks 76th of 764

Party unity

96.0%

Texas House average 85% · ranks 16th of 143 · 220 votes against the majority of Texas House Democrats

CSIP ideology

−0.84

Left of 0, the centre of the scale · ± 0.02

Peer group: State House Democrats. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; the thick bar is Hinojosa, the thin grey bar the peer average. The headline is the measure on which Hinojosa is most unusual among peers (Methods, §08).

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What Hinojosa says

Hinojosa attacks opponents personally more than 95% of State House Democrats. Personal attacks in 13% of 1,172 statements, against 2.5% for the average State House Democrat; 34th of 764.

An AI model reads each of Hinojosa’s 1,172 statements in the TX 2025–26 session (1,172 posts on X) and marks the kinds of statement it contains: a personal attack, criticism of a policy, discussion of policy, bipartisanship, credit claiming, and extreme labels. A statement can carry several. Every rate is compared with the average for State House Democrats and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

Share of statements carrying each label, the TX 2025–26 session

0%80%
Hinojosa
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion618 statements
53%
39%
184th of 764
Policy criticism279 statements
24%
10%
76th of 764
Personal attacks148 statements
13%
3%
34th of 764
Credit claiming86 statements
7%
14%
506th of 764
Bipartisanship17 statements
1%
3%
450th of 764
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Hinojosa's share of statements in each category against the State House Democrats average.
RowHinojosaPeers
Policy discussion53%39%
Policy criticism24%10%
Personal attacks13%3%
Credit claiming7%14%
Bipartisanship1%3%
1,172

statements classified

1,172 posts on X.

posts on X: 1,172 (100.0%)posts on X 1,172
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Hinojosa's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X1,172
How to read the bars

The thick bar is Hinojosa; the thin grey bar is the average State House Democrats. A longer thick bar means Hinojosa does this more than peers. Rank 1 is the highest rate in the group.

Extreme labels

Hinojosa used extreme labels in 0.3% of statements, 35% of the peer average. 4 statements, most often aimed at abortion ban; peers 1.0%.

  1. “extreme”1
  2. “fascist”1

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. abortion ban1
  2. fascist countries1
  3. Texas Republicans1
What an extreme label is

Calls a politician, a party or a policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who or what the label was aimed at. The lists show the five most used labels and targets; the toggle shows the rest.

Month by month

Share of statements per month, the TX 2025–26 session

Statements2025-01: 252025-02: 652025-03: 582025-04: 502025-05: 192025-06: 522025-07: 362025-08: 532025-09: 252025-10: 652025-11: 492025-12: 372026-01: 532026-02: 912026-03: 662026-04: 532026-05: 582026-06: 462026-07: 562026-08: 612026-09: 772026-10: 77peak 91 · Feb ’26Personal attackspeak 22.7% · Mar ’26 · latest 9.1%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 8.0% of 25Personal attacks, 2025-02: 7.7% of 65Personal attacks, 2025-03: 0.0% of 58Personal attacks, 2025-04: 4.0% of 50Personal attacks, 2025-05: 0.0% of 19Personal attacks, 2025-06: 5.8% of 52Personal attacks, 2025-07: 16.7% of 36Personal attacks, 2025-08: 5.7% of 53Personal attacks, 2025-09: 4.0% of 25Personal attacks, 2025-10: 12.3% of 65Personal attacks, 2025-11: 16.3% of 49Personal attacks, 2025-12: 18.9% of 37Personal attacks, 2026-01: 20.8% of 53Personal attacks, 2026-02: 9.9% of 91Personal attacks, 2026-03: 22.7% of 66Personal attacks, 2026-04: 17.0% of 53Personal attacks, 2026-05: 15.5% of 58Personal attacks, 2026-06: 21.7% of 46Personal attacks, 2026-07: 14.3% of 56Personal attacks, 2026-08: 19.7% of 61Personal attacks, 2026-09: 16.9% of 77Personal attacks, 2026-10: 9.1% of 77Policy criticismpeak 50.0% · Apr ’25 · latest 3.9%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 28.0% of 25Policy criticism, 2025-02: 41.5% of 65Policy criticism, 2025-03: 48.3% of 58Policy criticism, 2025-04: 50.0% of 50Policy criticism, 2025-05: 42.1% of 19Policy criticism, 2025-06: 40.4% of 52Policy criticism, 2025-07: 33.3% of 36Policy criticism, 2025-08: 45.3% of 53Policy criticism, 2025-09: 48.0% of 25Policy criticism, 2025-10: 23.1% of 65Policy criticism, 2025-11: 14.3% of 49Policy criticism, 2025-12: 8.1% of 37Policy criticism, 2026-01: 3.8% of 53Policy criticism, 2026-02: 15.4% of 91Policy criticism, 2026-03: 30.3% of 66Policy criticism, 2026-04: 20.8% of 53Policy criticism, 2026-05: 15.5% of 58Policy criticism, 2026-06: 26.1% of 46Policy criticism, 2026-07: 16.1% of 56Policy criticism, 2026-08: 1.6% of 61Policy criticism, 2026-09: 11.7% of 77Policy criticism, 2026-10: 3.9% of 77Policy discussionpeak 77.4% · Apr ’26 · latest 57.1%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 52.0% of 25Policy discussion, 2025-02: 53.8% of 65Policy discussion, 2025-03: 72.4% of 58Policy discussion, 2025-04: 70.0% of 50Policy discussion, 2025-05: 42.1% of 19Policy discussion, 2025-06: 48.1% of 52Policy discussion, 2025-07: 61.1% of 36Policy discussion, 2025-08: 47.2% of 53Policy discussion, 2025-09: 56.0% of 25Policy discussion, 2025-10: 38.5% of 65Policy discussion, 2025-11: 46.9% of 49Policy discussion, 2025-12: 37.8% of 37Policy discussion, 2026-01: 64.1% of 53Policy discussion, 2026-02: 34.1% of 91Policy discussion, 2026-03: 40.9% of 66Policy discussion, 2026-04: 77.4% of 53Policy discussion, 2026-05: 44.8% of 58Policy discussion, 2026-06: 41.3% of 46Policy discussion, 2026-07: 64.3% of 56Policy discussion, 2026-08: 59.0% of 61Policy discussion, 2026-09: 55.8% of 77Policy discussion, 2026-10: 57.1% of 77Bipartisanshippeak 4.1% · Nov ’25 · latest 0.0%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 0.0% of 25Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 3.1% of 65Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 1.7% of 58Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 2.0% of 50Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 0.0% of 19Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 1.9% of 52Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 2.8% of 36Bipartisanship, 2025-08: 1.9% of 53Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 4.0% of 25Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 1.5% of 65Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 4.1% of 49Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 0.0% of 37Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 0.0% of 53Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 0.0% of 91Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 0.0% of 66Bipartisanship, 2026-04: 1.9% of 53Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 3.5% of 58Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 2.2% of 46Bipartisanship, 2026-07: 0.0% of 56Bipartisanship, 2026-08: 0.0% of 61Bipartisanship, 2026-09: 2.6% of 77Bipartisanship, 2026-10: 0.0% of 77Credit claimingpeak 19.8% · Feb ’26 · latest 5.2%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 8.0% of 25Credit claiming, 2025-02: 6.2% of 65Credit claiming, 2025-03: 12.1% of 58Credit claiming, 2025-04: 2.0% of 50Credit claiming, 2025-05: 0.0% of 19Credit claiming, 2025-06: 0.0% of 52Credit claiming, 2025-07: 0.0% of 36Credit claiming, 2025-08: 5.7% of 53Credit claiming, 2025-09: 0.0% of 25Credit claiming, 2025-10: 18.5% of 65Credit claiming, 2025-11: 14.3% of 49Credit claiming, 2025-12: 10.8% of 37Credit claiming, 2026-01: 7.5% of 53Credit claiming, 2026-02: 19.8% of 91Credit claiming, 2026-03: 4.5% of 66Credit claiming, 2026-04: 1.9% of 53Credit claiming, 2026-05: 6.9% of 58Credit claiming, 2026-06: 13.0% of 46Credit claiming, 2026-07: 5.4% of 56Credit claiming, 2026-08: 1.6% of 61Credit claiming, 2026-09: 2.6% of 77Credit claiming, 2026-10: 5.2% of 77Extreme labelspeak 5.3% · May ’25 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 0.0% of 25Extreme labels, 2025-02: 0.0% of 65Extreme labels, 2025-03: 0.0% of 58Extreme labels, 2025-04: 0.0% of 50Extreme labels, 2025-05: 5.3% of 19Extreme labels, 2025-06: 0.0% of 52Extreme labels, 2025-07: 0.0% of 36Extreme labels, 2025-08: 1.9% of 53Extreme labels, 2025-09: 0.0% of 25Extreme labels, 2025-10: 0.0% of 65Extreme labels, 2025-11: 0.0% of 49Extreme labels, 2025-12: 0.0% of 37Extreme labels, 2026-01: 1.9% of 53Extreme labels, 2026-02: 0.0% of 91Extreme labels, 2026-03: 0.0% of 66Extreme labels, 2026-04: 0.0% of 53Extreme labels, 2026-05: 1.7% of 58Extreme labels, 2026-06: 0.0% of 46Extreme labels, 2026-07: 0.0% of 56Extreme labels, 2026-08: 0.0% of 61Extreme labels, 2026-09: 0.0% of 77Extreme labels, 2026-10: 0.0% of 77Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Hinojosa, each row shaded against its own peak, with statement volume. Months with fewer than 10 statements are left blank.
ColumnStatementsPersonal attacksPolicy criticismPolicy discussionBipartisanshipCredit claimingExtreme labels
Jan ’25258.0%28.0%52.0%0.0%8.0%0.0%
Feb ’25657.7%41.5%53.8%3.1%6.2%0.0%
Mar ’25580.0%48.3%72.4%1.7%12.1%0.0%
Apr ’25504.0%50.0%70.0%2.0%2.0%0.0%
May ’25190.0%42.1%42.1%0.0%0.0%5.3%
Jun ’25525.8%40.4%48.1%1.9%0.0%0.0%
Jul ’253616.7%33.3%61.1%2.8%0.0%0.0%
Aug ’25535.7%45.3%47.2%1.9%5.7%1.9%
Sep ’25254.0%48.0%56.0%4.0%0.0%0.0%
Oct ’256512.3%23.1%38.5%1.5%18.5%0.0%
Nov ’254916.3%14.3%46.9%4.1%14.3%0.0%
Dec ’253718.9%8.1%37.8%0.0%10.8%0.0%
Jan ’265320.8%3.8%64.1%0.0%7.5%1.9%
Feb ’26919.9%15.4%34.1%0.0%19.8%0.0%
Mar ’266622.7%30.3%40.9%0.0%4.5%0.0%
Apr ’265317.0%20.8%77.4%1.9%1.9%0.0%
May ’265815.5%15.5%44.8%3.5%6.9%1.7%
Jun ’264621.7%26.1%41.3%2.2%13.0%0.0%
Jul ’265614.3%16.1%64.3%0.0%5.4%0.0%
Aug ’266119.7%1.6%59.0%0.0%1.6%0.0%
Sep ’267716.9%11.7%55.8%2.6%2.6%0.0%
Oct ’26779.1%3.9%57.1%0.0%5.2%0.0%
How to read the strips

Each row is one kind of statement; each cell is a month, shaded against that row’s own peak (darker = closer to the peak), with the peak and the latest value written at the right. The top row counts statements. The strip covers every month of the TX 2025–26 session, the same span as the rates above, including months with no statements. A month with fewer than 10 statements is hatched, not shaded: one or two posts would swing its rate to 0% or 100%.

In Hinojosa’s words

Real statements from the classifier’s example set, with the labels it assigned

Policy criticism

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Oct 22, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy criticism; policy discussion; Taxation · Source

Personal attacks

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Oct 22, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · personal attacks; policy discussion; Science, Technology, Communications; Commerce; target: Greg Abbott · Source

Extreme label

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

May 18, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy criticism; policy discussion; Government Operations and Politics; extreme label “extreme” aimed at Texas Republicans · Source

Examples by category

Up to five recent statements in each category

Category

Overtly questions a named person’s character, integrity or loyalty, or calls them names. Criticising a record or a policy does not count.

  1. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Science, Technology, Communications · Commerce · target: Greg AbbottSource

  2. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · target: Greg AbbottSource

  3. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Government Operations and Politics · target: Ken PaxtonSource

  4. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Education · Commerce · Economics and Public Finance · target: Greg AbbottSource

  5. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · target: AbbottSource

All 1,172 statements

Newest first, the TX 2025–26 session

The full feed

Five statements at a time, newest first; filters apply to the statements loaded so far. Export saves the statements that match. Sources: 1,172 posts on X.

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Policy

Education is what Hinojosa talks about most: 49% of policy statements, 3.2 times the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.49 on a 0–1 scale (State House Democrats average 0.54; 340th of 503).

Each policy statement is tagged by the AI model with one or more of 25 policy areas from the Congressional Research Service list, so the shares say what Hinojosa talks about. The bills Hinojosa sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Hinojosa talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the TX 2025–26 session

0%54%
Hinojosa
Peers
Education301 statements
49%
15%
Government Operations and Politics116 statements
19%
15%
Economics and Public Finance96 statements
16%
11%
Taxation65 statements
11%
4%
Health56 statements
9%
15%
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Policy areas Hinojosa talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the State House Democrats average.
RowHinojosaPeers
Education49%15%
Government Operations and Politics19%15%
Economics and Public Finance16%11%
Taxation11%4%
Health9%15%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Hinojosa’s policy statements in an area; the thin grey bar is the average share for State House Democrats. A statement counts once in each of its areas, so shares can add to more than 100%. The five largest areas are shown; the toggle shows the rest.

Talks about · legislates on

Left: share of statements by policy area. Right: share of bills. Areas in order of their share of statements; both sides run from 0 to 54%. Grey ticks are the State House Democrats averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onEducationEducation, talks about: 49% (State House Democrats 15%)49%Education, legislates on: 22% (State House Democrats 10%)22%Government Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 19% (State House Democrats 15%)19%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 11% (State House Democrats 8%)11%Economics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 16% (State House Democrats 11%)16%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 0% (State House Democrats 2%)0%TaxationTaxation, talks about: 11% (State House Democrats 4%)11%Taxation, legislates on: 7% (State House Democrats 7%)7%HealthHealth, talks about: 9% (State House Democrats 15%)9%Health, legislates on: 13% (State House Democrats 15%)13%
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Hinojosa's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutState House Democrats, talks aboutLegislates onState House Democrats, legislates on
Education49%15%22%10%
Government Operations and Politics19%15%11%8%
Economics and Public Finance16%11%0%2%
Taxation11%4%7%7%
Health9%15%13%15%
0.49

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

State House Democrats average 0.54. Ranks 340th of 503.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

Agreement is 1 minus the distance between the two distributions (Jensen–Shannon): 1 means Hinojosa legislates on exactly the areas Hinojosa talks about, in the same proportions; 0 means no overlap. It does not say whether the bills match the positions in the statements, only the subjects. Bills Hinojosa sponsored count fully, cosponsored bills a quarter. Shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.

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Ideology

Hinojosa sits at −0.84 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more liberal than 79% of State House Democrats. Approximate range −0.86 to −0.82, which understates the uncertainty; from 198,741 donors and 849 roll calls.

CSIP, the lab’s Common-Space Ideal Point, places every official, federal and state, on one left–right scale, estimated from roll-call votes, who gives money to whom, and the text of statements. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it; 0 is the centre of the scale, not a definition of “moderate”.

−0.84

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −0.86 to −0.82. From 198,741 donors and 849 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Hinojosa −0.8State House Democrats −0.6Texas House +0.3All State House +0.1

The outlined dot is Hinojosa, coloured by its side of 0 (blue left, red right, deeper further out); the bar through it is the approximate range (±1.96 standard errors), which understates the uncertainty; the grey ticks below are the medians of Hinojosa’s groups. 0 is the centre of the scale, not “moderate” by definition.

What this means, and what it doesn’t

The score summarises how an official votes, who funds them and how they talk, relative to everyone else. It does not grade positions as good or bad, and two officials with the same score can differ on any single issue. The ± range is 1.96 standard errors, which understates the uncertainty: scores whose ranges overlap may not differ at all, and even scores whose ranges do not overlap may not differ.

Where Hinojosa sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →State House Democratsmedian −0.6Hinojosa −0.8Texas Housemedian +0.3All State Housemedian +0.1
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Hinojosa's CSIP score of −0.84 placed against State House Democrats, Texas House, All State House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Hinojosa
State House Democrats2392−0.621%
Texas House148+0.33%
All State House5324+0.19%
How to read the strips

Every small dot is one official on the same scale, coloured by its own score (blue left of 0, red right of 0, grey at 0, deeper further out) and spread up and down only to keep dots apart; where a group is crowded the dots overlap, and darker patches mean more officials. The large outlined dot is Hinojosa in every row; the rule is each group’s median. The table under the figure gives the share of each group to the left of Hinojosa.

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Money

Hinojosa reported $21.3M in the 2026 cycle, 527.5 times the State House Democrats’ median of $40.4K. State filings report no small-donation total. 75% of itemized individual money came from Texas.

Campaign money from state campaign-finance filings, as aggregates only; the lab never shows an individual donor. Campaigns must report by name every person who gives them more than $200 in a cycle (“itemized”); smaller gifts are reported only as one total (“unitemized”), so donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations describe itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift total, so these figures add up itemized contributions only.

Election cycle
$21.3M

itemized in the 2026 cycle

From 200,864 itemized donors. State House Democrats’ median $40.4K.

Where the money came from

Each square is one percent of itemized contributions in the 2026 cycle.

Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)Individuals (itemized): $19.8M (93.1%)PACs and other committees: $1.5M (6.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.5M (6.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.5M (6.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.5M (6.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.5M (6.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.5M (6.9%)PACs and other committees: $1.5M (6.9%)
  • Individuals (itemized)93 squares$19.8M
  • PACs and other committees7 squares$1.5M
  • Party committees$2,080
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Sources of Hinojosa's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$19.8M93.1%
PACs and other committees$1.5M6.9%
Party committees$2,0800.0%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

Totals say how much a campaign took in, not how it was spent, and they rise sharply when a seat is up for election; compare cycles with that in mind.

Receipts by cycle

Itemized contributions, 2020 to 2026. The grey line is the State House Democrats’ median for 2026.

2020 cycle: $137.0K$137.0K20202022 cycle: $207.1K$207.1K20222024 cycle: $348.9K$348.9K20242026 cycle: $21.3M$21.3M2026State House Democrats median $40.4K
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Hinojosa's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State House Democrats median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$137.0K
2022 cycle$207.1K
2024 cycle$348.9K
2026 cycle$21.3M

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 75% came from Texas.

  1. Texas$14.9M
  2. California$1.2M
  3. New York$406.1K
  4. Illinois$404.9K
  5. Massachusetts$240.4K

Small donations

State filings report no total for small gifts.

Not reported in state filings.

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: $12.5KAKMaine: $20.2KMEVermont: $17.2KVTNew Hampshire: $22.9KNHWashington: $200.3KWAIdaho: $21.3KIDMontana: $9,344MTNorth Dakota: $2,415NDMinnesota: $72.7KMNIllinois: $404.9KILWisconsin: $46.1KWIMichigan: $76.0KMINew York: $406.1KNYRhode Island: $15.0KRIMassachusetts: $240.4KMAOregon: $116.6KORNevada: $31.3KNVWyoming: $6,802WYSouth Dakota: $4,771SDIowa: $15.8KIAIndiana: $36.2KINOhio: $54.7KOHPennsylvania: $110.6KPANew Jersey: $99.1KNJConnecticut: $66.4KCTCalifornia: $1.2MCAUtah: $24.4KUTColorado: $171.9KCONebraska: $8,793NEMissouri: $49.0KMOKentucky: $19.1KKYWest Virginia: $4,190WVVirginia: $160.0KVAMaryland: $150.1KMDDelaware: $13.1KDEArizona: $101.3KAZNew Mexico: $125.0KNMKansas: $26.6KKSArkansas: $22.6KARTennessee: $43.0KTNNorth Carolina: $92.8KNCSouth Carolina: $27.7KSCDistrict of Columbia: $89.7KDCOklahoma: $29.4KOKLouisiana: $37.1KLAMississippi: $9,060MSAlabama: $16.3KALGeorgia: $72.8KGAHawaii: $25.1KHITexas: $14.9MTXFlorida: $224.8KFL
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Hinojosa's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Texas$14.9M
California$1.2M
New York$406.1K
Illinois$404.9K
Massachusetts$240.4K
Florida$224.8K
Washington$200.3K
Colorado$171.9K
Virginia$160.0K
Maryland$150.1K
New Mexico$125.0K
Oregon$116.6K
Pennsylvania$110.6K
Arizona$101.3K
New Jersey$99.1K
North Carolina$92.8K
District of Columbia$89.7K
Michigan$76.0K
Georgia$72.8K
Minnesota$72.7K
Connecticut$66.4K
Ohio$54.7K
Missouri$49.0K
Wisconsin$46.1K
Tennessee$43.0K
Louisiana$37.1K
Indiana$36.2K
Nevada$31.3K
Oklahoma$29.4K
South Carolina$27.7K
Kansas$26.6K
Hawaii$25.1K
Utah$24.4K
New Hampshire$22.9K
Arkansas$22.6K
Idaho$21.3K
Maine$20.2K
Kentucky$19.1K
Vermont$17.2K
Alabama$16.3K
Iowa$15.8K
Rhode Island$15.0K
Delaware$13.1K
Alaska$12.5K
Montana$9,344
Mississippi$9,060
Nebraska$8,793
Wyoming$6,802
South Dakota$4,771
West Virginia$4,190
North Dakota$2,415
200,864

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

75%

from Texas

Of itemized individual dollars

How to read the map

Every state the same size. Darker states gave more itemized money; hatched states had no itemized donors; the outlined state is Texas. Gifts of $200 or less carry no address and are left out.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. NOT EMPLOYED$2.2M 508 donors
  2. ATTORNEY$541.7K 107 donors
  3. FINANCE$227.5K 5 donors
  4. LAWYER$190.7K 37 donors
  5. RETIRED$163.4K 48 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS COPE$250.0K
  2. IBEW PAC VOLUNTARY FUND$171.0K
  3. UFCW ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB GENERAL FUND$155.0K
  4. TEXAS ORGANIZING PROJECT PAC$149.0K
  5. CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE$100.0K

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. BERNSEN LAW FIRM$55.0K 4 donors
  2. NVIDIA$30.7K 3 donors
  3. THE FERGUSON LAW FIRM LLP$22.5K 4 donors
  4. KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP$17.2K 5 donors
  5. CITY OF AUSTIN$16.2K 3 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Hinojosa voted with the majority of Texas House Democrats on 96.0% of party-line votes and missed 13% of 3,700 roll calls. Texas House on average: 85% party unity, 93.1% attendance. Across all roll calls, Hinojosa voted against the majority of Texas House Democrats 220 times.

3,700 roll calls Hinojosa could vote on in the TX 2025–26 session, compared with Texas House. Attendance is the share with a vote recorded. Party unity counts only party-line roll calls, where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides, and is the share of those where Hinojosa voted with the majority of Texas House Democrats. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

220

votes against the majority of Texas House Democrats

Party unity 96.0%, Texas House average 85%, ranks 16th of 143. 3,700 roll calls in the TX 2025–26 session.

Attendance and party unity

The thick bar is Hinojosa, the thin grey bar the Texas House average. The scale runs from 80% to 100% to show the gap.

80%100%
Hinojosa
Peers
Rank
Attendance
87%
93.1%
122nd of 143
Party unity
96.0%
85%
16th of 143
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Hinojosa's attendance and party unity against Texas House.
RowHinojosaPeers
Attendance87%93.1%
Party unity96.0%85%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

A missed roll call has many causes, from illness to campaigning, so attendance says how often, not why. A vote against the majority can be on procedure as well as substance, and many fall on roll calls where both parties split; the key votes below show the ones that decided something.

Key votes

25 roll calls the lab flagged as key in the TX 2025–26 session

Key votes
Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
Sep 3, 2025
HB 1
Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties.
passage
YeaWith majoritypassD 44–1 · R 46–37Democrats 44 yea, 1 nay; Republicans 46 yea, 37 naybecame law · party crossover · much discussed
Sep 3, 2025
SB 1
Relating to campground and youth camp safety.
passage
YeaWith majoritypassD 45–0 · R 76–8Democrats 45 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 76 yea, 8 naybecame law · much discussed
Sep 3, 2025
HB 8
Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement, public school performance ratings, and interventions
passage
NayWith majoritypassD 1–40 · R 78–7Democrats 1 yea, 40 nay; Republicans 78 yea, 7 naybecame law · much discussed
Sep 3, 2025
SB 5
Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and preparedness and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those appropriations.
adopt the conference committee report on SB 5.
YeaWith majoritypassD 43–0 · R 86–0Democrats 43 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 86 yea, 0 naybecame law · much discussed
Sep 3, 2025
HB 8
Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement, public school performance ratings, and interventions
passage
YeaWith majoritypassD 45–1 · R 41–41Democrats 45 yea, 1 nay; Republicans 41 yea, 41 naybecame law · party crossover · much discussed
How key votes are chosen

Automatically: a final-passage or override vote where the measure became law, the margin was under 10%, at least 10% of either party voted against its majority, or the bill was among the 25 most mentioned in officials’ own statements. Up to 25 per window, most recent first; five are shown. Bars show yea on the left, nay on the right, per party.

Votes most often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Hinojosa most often

  1. Gene WuD3,111 shared votes93%
  2. Vikki GoodwinD3,091 shared votes93%
  3. Linda GarciaD3,111 shared votes93%
  4. Jon RosenthalD3,179 shared votes93%
  5. Pete FloresR3,049 shared votes93%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Hinojosa least often

  1. Briscoe CainR3,017 shared votes46%
  2. Brian HarrisonR3,134 shared votes47%
  3. Mike OlcottR3,035 shared votes47%
  4. David LoweR3,137 shared votes47%
  5. Steve TothR3,111 shared votes49%
How to read the agreement lists

The share of roll calls both members voted on where they voted the same way, among colleagues sharing at least 50 such votes. High agreement with members of the other party is common on routine votes.

Full voting record

TX 2025–26 session, loads in batches

Back to topNext: Legislation

Legislation

Hinojosa sponsored 90 bills in the TX 2025–26 session; 1 became law. Cosponsored 21 others. 77% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Texas House average 49%; 4th of 145).

The bills Hinojosa sponsored and cosponsored in the TX 2025–26 session, from the official bill records, and how far each got: introduced, referred to or acted on in committee, passed one chamber, passed both, became law. A bill counts at every stage it has reached, so the blocks only shrink to the right.

Bills by stage

Counts for the TX 2025–26 session

Sponsored90 billsSponsored, Introduced: 9090Sponsored, In committee: 8686Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 6969Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 11Sponsored, Became law: 11Cosponsored21 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 2121Cosponsored, In committee: 2121Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 1212Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 77Cosponsored, Became law: 77IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Hinojosa sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored90866911
Cosponsored21211277
How to read the blocks

Ink blocks are bills Hinojosa sponsored, ochre blocks bills Hinojosa cosponsored; the figure above each block is the count. Most bills in any legislature never leave committee, so a short staircase is the norm.

77%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

Texas House average 49%. Ranks 4th of 145.

Cosponsorship partners

Colleagues who most often cosponsor with Hinojosa, by number of shared bills in the TX 2025–26 session; the square shows their party.

  1. Lulu Flores5
  2. Donna Howard5
  3. Nicole Collier5
  4. Charlene Ward Johnson4
  5. Mihaela Pleșa4
What this means, and what it doesn’t

The score is the share of sponsored bills that a committee reported out or a chamber passed, with at least 5 sponsored bills, ranked within the peer group. Members of the majority party and committee chairs move more bills, so the rank reflects position in the chamber as well as effort. Cosponsorship partners are the five colleagues who share the most of Hinojosa’s bills; the toggle shows more.

Bill list

Sponsored and cosponsored, with status and policy area; five are shown, the toggle shows the rest

Bills sponsored and cosponsored
HR 26Congratulating Michael Rye of the Rosedale School on his selection as an Austin ISD 2025 Teacher of the Year.SponsorAug 18, 2025Passed one chamberUnassignedReported enrolled Aug 27, 2025
HR 25Congratulating Bertha Saucedo of Jaime Padrón Elementary School on her selection as an Austin ISD 2025 Teacher of Promise.SponsorAug 18, 2025Passed one chamberUnassignedReported enrolled Aug 27, 2025
HR 28Congratulating the Most Reverend Daniel E. Garcia on his appointment as bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Austin.SponsorAug 18, 2025Passed one chamberUnassignedReported enrolled Aug 28, 2025
HR 27Congratulating Elena Cantu of the Rosedale School on her selection as an Austin ISD 2025 Teacher of Promise.SponsorAug 18, 2025Passed one chamberUnassignedReported enrolled Aug 27, 2025
HB 1Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties.CosponsorAug 15, 2025Became lawEmergency Management(model)Effective immediately Sep 5, 2025

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 1 time in 90 days. Hinojosa’s official site had 1 page when last crawled on Oct 1, 2026.

The lab crawls Hinojosa’s official and campaign websites (weekly for Congress, monthly for the states) and keeps every page’s text, so changes can be read later; it also records social accounts and describes the images Hinojosa posts with a vision model.

Websites

How to read the counts

“Pages crawled” is the size of the site at the last crawl; “changes in 90 days” counts pages whose text differed from the previous crawl. Sites change for many routine reasons, such as new press releases, so a high count is not by itself notable.

Images Hinojosa posted

No images from Hinojosa’s posts have been described.

About the descriptions

Written by a vision model and may be wrong. Open the post to see the original. Five are shown; the toggle shows the rest.

State floor speeches

No transcribed state floor speeches are matched to this legislator yet.

Floor speeches

Transcribed from chamber video or captions by the lab. They are not classified for kinds of statement.

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Methods and sources

How this page was made. Profile built Oct 28, 2026; site last built Oct 28, 2026. Every number on the page is computed from the sources listed here, by the same rules for every official; nothing is written by hand.

The headline

The headline is the measure on which Hinojosa is most unusual among State House Democrats, chosen by one rule for every official of every party. The candidates are the rate of each kind of statement and of extreme labels, party unity, attendance, the small-donor share, the in-state share and total receipts of the latest cycle, the share of sponsored bills that got out of committee, talk-to-bills agreement, and the CSIP score’s place within the party group.

The builder ranks every measure within the same peer group the page compares it with, and writes each official’s percentile: the share of the group below the value, ties counting half, so 0.5 is the median and a value shared by many never ranks first. A measure’s score is how far that percentile sits from the median (0 in the middle, 0.5 at either end), and the highest score leads if it is above 0.25, outside the middle half of the group. Scores within 0.03 of each other are a tie, broken in this order: votes against the party majority, kinds of statement, ideology, roll calls missed, small donations, in-state money, legislation, agreement, extreme labels, receipts.

A measure counts only with at least 200 statements, 100 roll calls or 5 sponsored bills behind it and a peer group of at least 10. Two things never lead: high party unity or attendance, where most members sit, and a high rate of a kind of statement backed by fewer than 10 statements. When nothing qualifies, the headline is a neutral fact instead: statements classified, or years in office. The wording always names the direction (“in the bottom 5% of …”, “votes against the majority of …”).

Identifiers

Profile id
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Open States
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Bulk files with the same data for every official:

Freshness of this profile’s data

  • What politicians sayOct 27, 20261 days agoMembers of Congress: tweets since 2017; press releases, newsletters and floor speeches since 2022. State legislators: tweets since May 2024. Governors: tweets since January 2025. Labels from an LLM classifier.
  • Roll calls (state)Oct 21, 20267 days agoOpen States floor roll calls, 2019 on (none for AK and MO).
  • Bills (state)Oct 28, 2026todayOpen States bills and sponsors, 2019 on; stages from roll calls.
  • Campaign money (state)no dateState campaign-finance agencies, 2019 on; aggregates only.
  • Ideology (CSIP)Oct 25, 20263 days agoCommon-Space Ideal Points (CSIP), current validated run.
  • WebsitesOct 25, 20263 days agoWeekly crawls of federal sites since April 2026; monthly state crawls since June 2026.
  • State floor speechesOct 21, 20267 days agoState floor speech turns (published transcripts and captions), 2020 on; not LLM-classified.

How the measures work

What politicians say
Every post, press release, newsletter and congressional floor speech is read by a language model and marked for personal attacks, policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship and credit claiming. A statement can be in several. Rates are shares of statements in the window. The methods paper.
Extreme labels
A statement has an extreme label when it calls a politician, party or policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who the label is aimed at.
Policy areas and agreement
Statements and bills share 25 Congressional Research Service policy areas (state bills are assigned by a language model). Agreement is 1 − Jensen–Shannon distance between the two distributions, shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.
Ideology (CSIP)
Common-Space Ideal Points place federal and state officials on one left–right scale, estimated jointly from roll calls, campaign contributions and the text of statements, with standard errors. Only a validated run is shown. The methods paper.
Campaign money
Campaigns report by name only donors who give more than $200 in a cycle; smaller gifts are reported as one total. Federal totals and the small-donor share come from the FEC’s financial summaries of each campaign committee. Donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations cover itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift totals, so state figures are itemized only. The lab never publishes donor names.
Votes and key votes
Attendance, party unity and the count of votes against the majority of an official’s own party come from roll calls (Voteview for Congress, chamber records for the states). Key votes are final-passage or override votes that became law, were decided by under 10%, saw at least 10% of a party vote against its majority, or concerned one of the 25 bills most mentioned in officials’ statements.
Peers and ranks
Comparisons are with the same party, chamber and level (for example House Democrats); state legislators are compared within their state and chamber for votes. Every comparison names its group. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; tied values share the average of their ranks, and the percentile is the share of the group below the value, ties counting half.

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