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Gilberto HinojosaBrownsville, Texas@HinojosaATXEnergetic Texas Democratic Chair seeking new opportunities in legislative affairs, punditry, and/or life coaching. My superpowers are envisioning profound success, reflecting on total failure, assigning blame, and expressing I’m-rubber-you’re-glue-level deflection.Relevant ExperienceTexas Democratic party chair, 2012–present • Before the 2022 midterms, elected 67 Democratic members to Texas Legislature (42 percent increase); flipped Harris, Fort Bend, Bexar counties to Democrats; flipped enough seats that Democrats control half of the courtsof appeal; increased Democrat turnout by 30 percent . . . without ever winning a statewide race, but still! • Came “really close” with Beto in 2018 • Turned Texas into what I like to call the “biggest battleground state”• Have spread more inexplicably positive vibes about Democratic election chances than anyone in the long and colorful history of Texas politics•…

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