Texas Democrat Gina Hinojosa, who is running against Republican incumbent Greg Abbott in the gubernatorial race, is threatening legal action against TV stations that air Abbott’s latest attack ad on her voting record on taxes.
Gina Hinojosa's campaign sent cease-and-desist letters to TV stations Friday demanding they yank a Greg Abbott attack ad that claims she voted to raise taxes 40 times. Read letter: https://t.co/UlzdeYEOha pic.twitter.com/ztlxMXSFBQ
— Phil Jankowski 🌟 (@PhilJankowski) October 3, 2026
Greg Abbott spending $12M on TV ad going negative on Gina Hinojosa. pic.twitter.com/SHUsYeNufb
— Politics Watch (@politics_watch1) September 22, 2026
The ad claims that Hinojosa voted to raise property taxes, a chief issue amongst Texans, 40 times during her tenure in the state legislature. Hinojosa’s legal team claims that the ad is tantamount to defamation and has urged stations to pull the ad and issue a correction, or face “potential legal liability.”
Legal representation from the Abbott campaign has claimed that the ad is entirely factual, and that the Hinojosa campaign is mischaracterizing “the law and facts.” Another statement from a campaign official called the move to pull the ad “lawfare,” stating that “legal intimidation tactics are a tired piece of the Democrat playbook.”
Here's Greg Abbott's legal response to cease-and-desist demand. https://t.co/MO0ddvTLm7 https://t.co/MOlXItBMCr pic.twitter.com/g2X8c0P7KY
— Phil Jankowski 🌟 (@PhilJankowski) October 3, 2026
Abbott campaign says TV stations rejected demand. https://t.co/MOlXItBMCr pic.twitter.com/ntihDzUeTJ
— Phil Jankowski 🌟 (@PhilJankowski) October 3, 2026
The $12 million ad buy has been playing since September 22. It’s the latest attack ad from the Abbott campaign against Hinojosa, who he will face off against on Election Day in just 31 days.
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