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IrelandHinojosa brings Republican Ernest Bailes onto Texas transition team
Public schools provide common ground as Texas's Democratic governor-elect introduces a team that also includes organized labor.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 412,966 views a day, 24 times a normal first day on this channel (16,941).
Gina Hinojosa Shocks GOP, Unveils Transition Team After Historic Texas Win With A Surprise Inclusion
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- 1:05Hinojosa introduces Barksdale, Pollock, Bailes and Madden as key figures in her bipartisan transition.
- 2:35Madden outlines his government and emergency management experience as he takes charge of the transition.
- 4:01Pollock represents building trades workers and calls for an economy that works for all Texans.
- 5:02Republican Ernest Bailes says public schools and children's interests should take priority over partisanship.
- 6:40Hinojosa says people are tired of divisions, fighting and culture wars.
- 8:45Hinojosa says Abbott has assured her his administration will cooperate fully with the transition.
Ernest Bailes puts the purpose plainly: "We will put partisanship aside. We will work together for what is best for the kids of the state of Texas." The Republican former state representative is joining Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa's transition team, giving a concrete face to her promise of bipartisan government.
Hook Global's upload of the press conference, credited to the Associated Press, drew about 413,000 views in its first day, roughly two dozen times the channel's usual start for regular videos. Behind the title's promised "surprise inclusion" is a discussion centered on public education, workers and preparing to govern.
Joe Madden will lead the transition as executive director. Ryan Pollock, executive director of the Texas Building Trades Council, brings organized labor into the group, saying: "This is about an economy that works for all Texans." Tamila Barksdale is also introduced as a key transition figure.
Hinojosa's cross-party pledge comes with a smaller Texas joke: the team includes both an Aggie and a Longhorn. But her answer to reporters is more direct. "People are tired of the divisions, of the fighting, tired of the culture wars," she says.
Asked about the handover from Greg Abbott, Hinojosa reports cooperation rather than obstruction: "Greg Abbott has been gracious and made sure to make me understand that they are going to fully cooperate with this transition."
Republican politician and businessman who represented Texas's 18th district in the state House from 2017 to 2025.
More on Wikipedia ›Texas's Democratic governor-elect and a lawyer. She has represented the 49th district in the Texas House since 2017.
More on Wikipedia ›Republican governor of Texas since 2015. He previously served as the state's attorney general and as a Texas Supreme Court justice.
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