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Rivals pile on Beshear over his resistance to Latinos' push for Texas funds
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Andy Beshear is in open war with prominent Latino lawmakers, and his potential 2028 rivals for president are taking advantage.
Key facts
- Beshear, who personally donated $25,000 to Hinojosa's campaign, ultimately announced the DGA would give her team $1 million, 10% of the original ask and a small commitment for a big state like Texas
- Pritzker, a potential 2028 rival to Beshear who already had donated $200,000 to Hinojosa's campaign, then publicly announced he was donating an additional $1 million to Hinojosa
- When Latino leaders asked for the cavalry, JB Pritzker sent it, putting $1.2 million behind Gina Hinojosa because he knows the race is winnable," Cristóbal Alex, board chair of the Latino Victory
- Moore privately told the DGA to reallocate $100,000 from his reelection campaign to Texas, two Democratic officials told Axios
Summary
Wes Moore have given money to Hinojosa's bid to unseat Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R), and earned praise from Latino lawmakers. The back-and-forth amounts to one of the first fights of the 2028 Democratic primary, against the backdrop of the party's desperation to reverse the GOP's recent gains among Latino voters.