2026 Election: Tough Texas Governor race

But in the meantime, we do want to get to this governor's race now. We have the challenger, Democrat Gina Hinojosa, facing off against Greg Abbott, the incumbent governor here. So this is a race lots of folks are watching as well. And this one, when you look at the polling, it's a toss-up yet again. It can go either way. So right now we have our Sacra Gray. She is covering the Hinojosa camp and our Randy Wallace following the governor. We'll start with you, Randy. Yeah, Anthony, now, as you know, Greg Abbott is the longest-running incumbent governor in the United States, and he's hoping to win a fourth unprecedented term. But this is going to be probably his biggest political fight of his life. He was the longest-running attorney general in Texas, and again, he's hoping to win a fourth term. Here's something that he— Recently said about his opponent, Gina Hinojosa. Take a listen. Listen, my opponent, she made her position clear. After Hurricane Harvey hit back in 2017, my opponent said that the only way forward is with a Texas Green New Deal. Let me tell you something. That's crazy talk. That's not the way forward. The way forward is to make sure that Texas continues to lead the country and be one of the global leaders in producing oil and gas. It's what the world... Relies upon and it will prevent happening in Texas, what's happened in so many other regions across the world, as well as what's going on in California and New York right now. Now, you know, this could be an extremely long night because, again, they are running neck and neck. So it could be several hours after the polls close before we know who won. I'm going to send it over to my colleague, Sacra, who's at Hinojosa's party. Yeah, well, the anticipation is brewing here in East Austin. Gina Hinojosa's election night watch party will begin in just a few hours as the Democrat looks to pull off what her party has not been able to do in more than three decades, which is to win the keys To the governor's mansion. Now she has had a busy day earlier today. She was at the Austin Recreation Center where she met up with her supporters, took pictures and gave her final pitch to Texans, which centered around education. Which has been the main pillar throughout the course of her campaign. Today she touched on topics like stopping the school state takeovers, rolling back private school vouchers and returning power to locally elected school boards. Now, with that, we caught up with Hinojosa and her supporters outside of that polling place today as the final hours of voting tick away. Parents and community and teachers fighting against the state to do what they can to hold on to what's left because our public schools are worth fighting for. What it would mean is a beginning of a return to a state that is working for the people and not the corporations and the billionaires. I really believe that the Democrats in this state are tuned in to the people and tuned We've tuned into our needs, and I don't feel like the Republicans are. Now, after crisscrossing across the state, Gina Hinojosa is back in Austin, her home. She represented District 49 in the Texas House. So she is back here on her home turf as we wait and see if she gets the turnout she needs to end the drought. Sacra Gray, Fox 26, sending it back to you. All right, Randy and Sacra, thank you so much. I want to reiterate something they both said. The governor, Greg Abbott, he's looking to be the longest serving governor with a win here. And Hinojosa is looking to do something that Democrats haven't won in 30 years, and that's So either way, there's going to be some history here today on that front when it comes to the governor's race.