Texas is Blue
Last night I went to bed at 2am. I was waiting to hear Abdul El-Sayed's victory speech. So I am under slept but deeply satisfied. You know I was talking to my wife a couple of days back, about if we can flip only one of the Texas races, the Senate race or the Governor race, which one should we wish for? It is a very hard choice, because putting a democrat senator from Texas at national stage has long term impact, but Greg Abbott as a governor of Texas was doing real damage to my children directly by defunding public school system where my kids go. Abbott's evil impact was and still is direct to my family.
Thankfully we didn't have to choose! You got both our wishes!
Do you now see the blue spine of Texas? DFW to Austin to San Antonio to Rio Grande Valley turned blue. In fact 77% Latino votes went to the democrats. That alone is game over for Republicans in Texas.
First Latina Governor in Texas
The Austin state representative and former Austin school board president won the race with roughly 52.8% of the vote (5,226,388 votes) to Abbott's 45.7% (4,523,160 votes). This school-board background is the key and my main interest to elect her as a Governor for Texas. Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa has made several key promises regarding Houston Independent School District (HISD) and Texas public education:
Promises Regarding HISD and State Takeover
End the State Takeover: She has pledged to end the state takeover of HISD and return local control of the district back to the community and elected school board
Fire the TEA Commissioner: She promised to fire Texas Education Agency (TEA) Commissioner Mike Morath on her first day in office, a key figure overseeing the HISD intervention
Oppose AI School Expansions: She criticized and vowed to oppose HISD's plans to expand AI-focused school models to 100 campuses, labeling it an experiment on children
The above is straight from Gina Hisojosa's website, and today Elon Musk correctly pointed out, "Data centers in space looking pretty appealing right now"
Yes, Sir! Not in my backyards!
I have a lot to write about this, but I need to take some rest!