TS Tom Schaller Professor of political science at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, who studies American campaigns, elections, political parties and race.

“Islamophobia also reared its head last weekend in the Texas governor’s race when incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott accused his opponent, state legislator Gina Hinojosa, of supporting Sharia law. Again, consider how bizarre it is to declare Hinojosa, a Catholic, a Muslim sympathizer.”

Public Notice · US Politics · October 2026