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September 9, 2026 3:45 PM
Abbott slams Hinojosa as “Gender Bender Gina” on the airwaves and online; Hinojosa rejects Abbott’s framing of the election and counters that her pronouns are “Mom, Texan…and soon to be Governor”
DALLAS – With
the Labor Day weekend in the rearview and the RNC Midterm Convention
set to kick off tonight at American Airlines Center headlined by
President Donald Trump, Gov. Greg Abbott and Rep. Gina Hinojosa
are now duking it out on the airwaves and online.
It marks a
shift in the contest that’s been relatively lowkey compared to the US Senate
race between AG Ken Paxton and Rep. James Talarico. It also makes
Abbott the latest statewide GOP nominee to go into all-out
attack mode against a Democratic opponent.
For weeks,
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Ag Commissioner nominee Nate Sheets have
also singled out their Democratic opponents by name. For Patrick, that is
something he has not done in at least a decade.
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September 9, 2026 3:42 PM
“this request, as it's written, asks lawmakers to substantially increase funding for the TEFA voucher program from $1 billion to potentially $4.4 billion without enough information to evaluate it”
Barely a
month into the new school year and the state’s new $1 billion voucher program
is already the most successful in the country and already needs an estimated $1
billion more.
That was
the pitch from Travis Pillow with Comptroller Don Huffines’
office as he asked for a budget increase while appearing before a joint budget
hearing today. State agencies were there to talk about their LARs.
But
advocates for public schools and transparency in government were quick to say Huffines’
request is being made without sufficient data to support making such a
significant change.
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September 9, 2026 1:00 PM
Patrick also seems to set an arbitrary guideline of “four months before session” in which state agencies shouldn’t make significant decisions without raising his ire
DALLAS – Speaking
to the Republican Party of Texas welcome breakfast at the RNC
Midterm Convention, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick told attendees he’s
very unhappy with Gov. Greg Abbott’s appointees to the PUC over
their decision to move forward with major transmission line projects that rural
residents have been angry about for months.
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September 9, 2026 9:44 AM
Clint began his career at the Texas Capitol in 1973 and went on to work 27 legislative sessions — 54 years — first with Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, then AT&T, and finally with HillCo Partners from 1998 until 2023 when he retired to spend time with his family. “I’m deeply saddened by the passing of my longtime friend and colleague, Clint Smith. Clint was one of a kind. He was smart, thoughtful, steady under pressure and, above all, a man of tremendous character,” said Buddy Jones, co-founder of HillCo Partners. Services are pending.
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September 8, 2026 6:50 PM
And statewide races are included this time
The chili
peppers are back: The list
is here.
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September 7, 2026 5:00 PM
“The party can’t afford to continue to make the same mistakes of the past and not invest in our Latino candidates and Latino voters,” the group wrote to DGA Chair Andy Beshear
A group of prominent Latino leaders is asking the Democratic Governors Association
to invest in Rep. Gina Hinjosa’s bid to topple Gov. Greg Abbott
this fall – a bid that seemed like more of a longshot before poll after poll has
shown her within striking distance of becoming the first Democrat elected to
the governor’s mansion in a generation.
A victory in
November would also make Hinojosa the first Latina elected as Texas’ chief
executive officer, noted the group of Latino leaders mostly from around here. The
GOP gains made among Latino voters in Texas over the last decade did not happen
without serious investments from Republicans, especially by Gov. Abbott in the
Rio Grande Valley since 2014.
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September 7, 2026 4:57 PM
The schedule is here. Depending on your browser you might have to right click and open the link in a new tab.
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September 4, 2026 11:23 AM
A new boss at the Texas Association of Business, new lobby ventures, staffer moves, and a notable retirement from the Capitol
There’s no
calm before the storm.
Of course,
Labor Day Weekend usually serves as the unofficial start of the campaign season
in even numbered years. Republican US Senate nominee Ken Paxton seems to
be the only major candidate who’s honored that tradition this year. He’s
started barnstorming the state after our sources in Houston told us that President
Donald Trump last week at a fundraiser told Paxton
“get your ass out there on the campaign trail!”
That’s
after Democratic nominees James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa have already
been crisscrossing Texas for months in their campaigns. It’s also after
Talarico already spent millions on positive TV commercials introducing himself
and has now shifted to negative attack ads against Paxton this past week.
On the Quorum
Report Radio podcast – dropping later today on your favorite podcast
app – we’ll take an in-depth look at how Paxton’s doing as the standard bearer
for Texas Republicans. It’s quite a debate among Republicans. The links to follow
the show on Apple Podcasts and Spotify are on the QR
homepage.
Meantime, there
are some huge career moves to tell you about. People on the Move returns today with news about the new boss at the Texas
Association of Business, agency news, new lobby ventures, a notable retirement,
and more. When you want to see your career news in the pages of Quorum Report,
it’s easy: Send the scoop to ksbraddock@gmail.com
and use POTM in the subject line.
Please and
thank you so much.
Here’s the
latest edition.
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September 3, 2026 3:59 PM
Here’s
the note about it from industry publication Radio + Television Business
Report.
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