SBC's ERLC framework — pro-life, religious-liberty, traditional-marriage158 — aligns Abbott on SB 8, SB 10/11/763, SB 12/14/15, and the broader social-conservative package; he runs strongly with the SBC on essentially every published priority. Hinojosa runs against the SBC on abortion, LGBTQ, and church-state. The SBC's immigration-reform strand (Greear, Moore, McKissic) complicates alignment with Abbott on Operation Lone Star. The cluster's clearest GOP-coded grader.
Issue
Abbott
Hinojosa
Abortion (SB 8)
Helps
Hurts
Abbott: Helps · Hinojosa: Hurts
SBC's ERLC treats pro-life policy as its flagship priority; Abbott signed SB 836 and Hinojosa voted against.
Religious-liberty package (SB 10/11/763)
Helps
Hurts
Abbott: Helps · Hinojosa: Hurts
SBC backs religious-liberty legislation in schools as a core ERLC priority; Abbott signed the SB 10/11/763 package44 and Hinojosa voted against.
Trans youth care ban (SB 14)
Helps
Hurts
Abbott: Helps · Hinojosa: Hurts
SBC's traditional-sexuality framework opposes pediatric gender-affirming care; Abbott signed SB 1493 and Hinojosa voted against.
LGBTQ student clubs (SB 12)
Helps
Hurts
Abbott: Helps · Hinojosa: Hurts
SBC opposes school-sanctioned LGBTQ student programming; Abbott signed SB 1296 and Hinojosa voted against.
Trans athlete ban (SB 15)
Helps
Hurts
Abbott: Helps · Hinojosa: Hurts
SBC's traditional-sexuality framework opposes trans participation in single-sex sports; Abbott signed SB 15 and Hinojosa voted against.
Operation Lone Star (SBC immigration-reform strand)
Hurts
Helps
Abbott: Hurts · Hinojosa: Helps
SBC's immigration-reform strand under J.D. Greear, Russell Moore, and Dwight McKissic supports humane treatment and legal pathways; Operation Lone Star runs against that strand under Abbott, while Hinojosa aligns with the reform-strand framework.1
Comprehensive immigration reform
—
Helps
Abbott: — · Hinojosa: Helps
SBC has published resolutions backing comprehensive immigration reform with legal pathways; Hinojosa supports comprehensive reform.1 Abbott has prioritized enforcement-only and earns no credit on the SBC's reform strand.
Sources
- Gina Hinojosa for Texas Governor, official campaign priorities page, accessed May 2026. (full list)
- Eleanor Klibanoff, 'Gov. Greg Abbott signs into law one of nation's strictest abortion bans,' Texas Tribune, May 19, 2021. (full list)
- Texas Tribune, 'Ten Commandments in Texas schools: SB 10 explained,' May 24, 2025. (full list)
- Eleanor Klibanoff, 'Texas bans gender-affirming care for trans minors,' Texas Tribune, June 2, 2023. (full list)
- Texas AFT, 'SB 12, the Parents Bill of Rights, deep dive,' 2025 — pronoun, DEI, and GSA provisions. (full list)
- Southern Baptist Convention, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission: pro-life, religious-liberty, traditional-marriage framework; immigration ambivalence. (full list)