Once a Rising Star, a Top Texas Democrat Won't Seek Re-election

[RandySF]

Lina Hidalgo, once a rising Democratic star in Texas, will not seek re-election next year as county judge in Harris County, which includes Houston, or for any other office in 2026, she told The New York Times.

Her decision ends — for the moment, at least — a meteoric political career that had fueled the hopes of many Texas Democrats and had drawn sustained and withering Republican attacks.

Ms. Hidalgo said Democratic voters who feel defeated by the aggressive actions of Republicans in Texas and in the Trump administration should not take her decision as another reason to feel deflated.

“I’m afraid people are going to say, ‘Well, you know, she’s giving up. Why shouldn’t I?’” she said. “That’s the last thing I want people to take from it.”




https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/us/politics/lina-hidalgo-texas-houston.html