Over at the Gina Hinojosa watch party in East Austin, the mood is jubilant. The blue LED-lit room is filled with cocktail tables with veladoras, prayer candles, with lotería (a Mexican game similar to bingo) icons for “Gobierna,” the feminine form of governor in Spanish. CNN is playing on two big projector screens, flanking a Texas flag at center stage. When the Texas governor’s race shows up on screen with Hinojosa up by double-digits, the crowd electrifies. They cheer, whistle and whoop. “Go Gina!” a supporter shouts. Later, “Freedom! '90” by George Michael plays. Fitting because if Hinojosa wins she’d be the first Democrat elected to statewide office since almost that long ago — 1994!