(Ed.'s Note: The wind chill factor at about 5 p.m. Tuesday felt like it was in the mid-30s, and those attending JP 2-1Cindy Hinojosa's campaign kickoff were all bundled up, a strange thing when the temperatures during the Charro Days fiesta only days earlier hovered in the mid-70s. But that deter her supporters from attending her campaign kickoff for the 2020 Democratic party primary. Political activists from throughout the county were visible in the crowd which included her mother Pct. 1 county commissioner Sofie Benavides visible in the foreground in the bottom photo.
And that is her husband, former Cameron County Judge and current Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa in the middle photo addressing the crowd and supporting her candidacy.
Cindy Hinojosa knows she has her work cut out for her going up against 16-year incumbent Linda Salazar, and this early start of the campaign is an indication that she does. Numerous elected officials were on hand as were a pastor who delivered the invocation and a mariachi who warmed up the crowd. In the picture below, Hinojosa, second from right with her back to the camera, greeted well wishers.)