Governor
Gina Hinojosa
Democrat
Greg Abbott
Republican
Labor & Wages
Gina Hinojosa
Hinojosa spent her career as a union and civil rights attorney standing up for workers and fighting for working families.
COST OF LIVING & AFFORDABILITY
Gina Hinojosa
Hinojosa proposed putting $1,500 back in the pocket for Texas working families as direct relief to help cover everyday rising costs
Greg Abbott
Under Abbott’s leadership, Texas utility rates have risen around 40% since 2020.
Abbott: KLTV, 8/10/2026.
U.S. Senate
James Talarico
Democrat
Ken Paxton
Republican
Labor & Wages
James Talarico
Talarico has a 100% pro-labor voting record and wants to guarantee paid family leave and make it easier for workers to unionize.
Talarico: Texas Tribune, 1/16/2026; James Talarico for Senate, accessed 7/24/2026.
QUALITY HEALTH CARE
James Talarico
Talarico is committed to expanding health care coverage, lowering prescription drug costs, and saving the rural hospitals working families rely on.
Talarico: James Talarico for Senate.
Ken Paxton
Paxton tried to strike down expanded access to health care in court – a lawsuit that would have increased health care costs.
Paxton: The Dallas Morning News, 10/1/26.
COST OF LIVING & AFFORDABILITY
James Talarico
Talarico opposes tariffs that cost Texas families more than $2,500 a year.
Talarico called on the USDA to be fully staffed after a screwworm outbreak threatened Texas’ $15 billion cattle industry and the jobs it supports.
Talarico: James Talarico for Senate; KGNS, 6/9/2026; JEC, July 2026.
Ken Paxton
Paxton supports tariffs, which are costing working Texas families more than $2,500 a year.
Paxton: AOL, 6/11/2026.
Economic Security
James Talarico
Talarico wants to protect Social Security and health care so Texans who work their whole lives can retire with dignity.
Talarico: James Talarico for Senate.
Ken Paxton
Paxton praised federal cuts — costing 1.4 million Texans their insurance and putting $31 billion in health care funding at stake — and called it “HISTORIC legislation.”
Paxton: KXAN, 7/3/2025.
State Senate District 9
Taylor Rehmet
Democrat
Leigh Wambsganss
Republican
Labor & Wages
Taylor Rehmet
Rehmet was the first rank-and-file union member ever elected to the Texas Senate. He bargains the contracts for nearly 5,000 workers in Texas.
Rehmet: campaign website.
COST OF LIVING & AFFORDABILITY
Taylor Rehmet
Rehmet is running on cracking down on corporate price gouging, exempting grocery stores from inventory taxes, and regulating dynamic pricing that raises prices in real time.
Rehmet: campaign website.
Leigh Wambsganss
Wambsganss has said nothing about addressing grocery prices or price gouging.
Wambsganss: campaign website.
QUALITY HEALTH CARE
Taylor Rehmet
Rehmet is working to make health care more affordable, vowing to curb insurance premium hikes, lower prescription drug prices, and rein in hospital costs.
Rehmet: campaign website.
Leigh Wambsganss
Wambsganss has no plan to bring down what families pay for care.
Wambsganss: Texas Hospital Association, 9/7/26.