During her nearly 10 years in the Texas House of Representatives, Gina Hinojosa voted to strip Texans of their hard-earned money to fund her radical socialist wish list. Hinojosa has never met a tax increase she didn’t like. She is in favor of a state income tax, higher property taxes, taxes on retirement account transactions and inheritance – even taxes on animal feed for rural Texas farmers and ranchers. Despite her record, Hinojosa denies that her solution for a “better Texas” is taxes, taxes, and more taxes.
2016:
During a Texas Tribune forum at The Austin Club, Hinojosa offered her opposition to another tax cut at the state level. She said, “No, I don’t think we need to make more decisions at the state level to cut taxes.”
2016:
During an interview with KXAN, Gina Hinojosa said, “We don’t have … the third leg of that stool … income taxes.”
2019:
Hinojosa
voted against the constitutional amendment that banned a state income tax for Texans.
2019:
Hinojosa
voted against reducing Texans’ property tax bills.
2025:
Hinojosa
voted against and killed additional property tax relief for Texans.
2025:
Hinojosa had the opportunity to remove retail animal feed inventory from property taxes. Instead, she
failed to lower costs for Texas farmers and ranchers.
2025:
Hinojosa
voted against the constitutional amendment banning death taxes on estates and inheritances.
2025:
Hinojosa
voted against prohibiting transactions taxes on Texans’ retirement accounts and investments.
2026:
Hinojosa was so desperate to hide her votes that Gina For Texas sent a cease-and-desist letter to multiple Texas TV stations.
2026:
In an October 11 interview with MSNOW, Hinojosa defended her support of a state income tax with ignorance: “Silly me.”
2026:
October 13 interview with CBS Texas, Hinojosa denied her vote against a constitutional ban on a state income tax. The anchor pointed out that “Hinojosa’s position [on a state income tax] isn’t quite consistent with legislative records.”
Hinojosa’s radical socialist theory that more taxes are the answer to a more affordable Texas started well before her time in the Texas House of Representatives – where she voted more than 40 times to increase Texans’ property taxes. As an Austin Independent School District (AISD) Board member, Hinojosa voted time and again to take Texans’ hard-earned money through higher property taxes.
2012-2016:
The total amount of AISD property taxes imposed
increased by nearly $405 million, or 52%, during Hinojosa’s tenure on the AISD School Board.
2012-2016:
Over her four years on the AISD School board, Hinojosa voted to
increase AISD property taxes on the average Austin home by nearly
$900 total.
2013:
In her first year on the School Board, she voted to
increase AISD property taxes on the average Austin home by nearly
$140.
2014:
Her second year, she voted to
increase AISD property taxes again – by
$230 on average.
2015:
In year three, as AISD board president, she
increased AISD property taxes yet again by over
$170 on average.
2016:
In year four, Hinojosa voted to
increase AISD property taxes by more than
$330 on average.
