Borrego’s Past Posts Shake Texas Race | Texas News

Texas News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 27, 2026 · 1m

A Texas Republican House candidate, Jorge Borrego, is under fire for old social media posts from his teenage years—filled with homophobic slurs, racist remarks, and drug references. Now running in a fiercely contested San Antonio district with big-name endorsements including Governor Greg Abbott, Borrego claims he was immature then and regrets the language. His opponent, Kristian Carranza, has already called him unfit for office. Despite Borrego’s background as a first-generation college grad and advocate for Down Syndrome and fentanyl prevention, the explosive past posts are casting a long…