Hinojosa, 52, is attempting something no Texas Democrat has accomplished since Ann Richards won the governorship in 1990. The survey of 619 likely Texas voters carried a margin of error of plus or minus 4.7 percentage points, meaning the contest was statistically tied. The survey included more than 1,000 registered Texas voters and had a margin of error of approximately three percentage points. "I am not running to be the Governor for Democrats," she told delegates at the Texas Democratic Convention in June. Hinojosa would need to overcome Texas' Republican lean, Abbott's enormous financial advantage and more than 30 years of Democratic defeats to pull it off.