Roosevelt, Theodore
1901–1909

TR's New Nationalism — the 'malefactors of great wealth,' the Sherman Act enforcement, food and drug safety, and a strong-state corrective to corporate excess — is the cleanest progressive-Republican lens. Abbott's relationships with mega-donors (Yass's $6M, Tim Dunn's voucher-pushing political infrastructure) and his hands-off data-center cost-shifting posture sit against TR's frame. Hinojosa's 'fight against the billionaires and the corporations who are driving up prices' launch speech, her data-center cost-shifting critique, and her targeting of private-equity acquisitions of healthcare facilities are the cleanest 2026 echoes of TR's anti-trust rhetoric. On TR's conservation strand both candidates are thin — Abbott has signed property-rights bills that favor extraction; Hinojosa centers water reliability. Hinojosa is the closer New Nationalism fit.