ECU Congratulates No Corporate PAC Candidate Gina Hinojosa on Winning Gubernatorial Race in Texas

End Citizens United (ECU) President Tiffany Muller issued the following statement celebrating ECU-endorsed Texas Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa’s victory:

“Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa’s historic victory tonight ends three decades of corrupt leadership in Austin. We’re thrilled to congratulate her. She ran this campaign the right way, by promising to root out the pay-to-play culture that has hurt working families and without taking a dime of corporate PAC money. We look forward to working with her to pass reforms that make government accountable to the people.”

Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa earned ECU’s endorsement because she made ending systemic corruption the centerpiece of her campaign, vowing to dismantle a pay-to-play system in Texas that prioritizes billionaires over working families. As a state representative, she consistently stood up to Republicans who side with their special interest donors instead of their constituents. Governor-elect Hinojosa did not take a single corporate PAC check in her gubernatorial campaign and emphasized that rising costs are tied to Greg Abbott’s backroom deals and no-bid contracts with corporate donors.

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For 11 years, End Citizens United (ECU) has been dedicated to combating the two biggest challenges facing our democracy: the corrosive impact of Big Money in politics and attempts to block access to the ballot box. Since its founding in 2015, ECU has had over 1.4 million donors with an average donation of just $14. The group has more than four million members nationwide and is one of the nation’s leading anti-corruption organizations.