ICYMI: Chairman Hinojosa Speaks to the Washington Post On the Importance of Texas Supreme Court Races in the Fight for Abortion Access in Texas

AUSTIN, Texas -- Earlier this week, the Washington Post ran a portion of an interview with Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa on the importance of Texas Supreme Court races in the fight for abortion access in Texas. 

From the Washington Post article ‘State supreme courts could soon decide on abortion, raising stakes of their midterm races’: 

“Texas Democratic Party Chair Gilberto Hinojosa said the party will try to convince Texas voters that supporting Democratic justices will achieve a ‘much quicker result’ in protecting abortion rights, as opposed to trying to end the filibuster and pass a federal guarantee in the U.S. Senate, for example.

“Hinojosa said he hopes for a repeat of 2018, when Democrats beat 19 incumbent Republicans on the state’s appellate courts, giving the party a majority on half of the state’s 14 appeals courts.”

The article also quoted Democratic Texas Supreme Court Nominee Erin Nowell on the energy she’s seeing on the ground from Texas voters:

“In Fannin County, Tex., which voted for Trump by 63 points in 2018, Erin Nowell said she heard from a group of older White women who were upset and recalling their experiences pre-Roe at a recent club meeting.

“‘It’s affecting so many people that those low-propensity voters are more energized,’ said the appellate judge running for Texas Supreme Court as a Democrat. ‘They have a reason that, hey, this is why you need to come out and vote, and so we’re seeing more energy and more motivation and more surge in people who might have sat it out.’”