Three statewide elected Republicans — Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson and Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples — have all confirmed interest in the 2014 lieutenant governor's race while at the Republican National Convention.
The Tribune is collaborating with YNN/Capital Tonight to provide convention coverage.
The Texas Tribune is pleased to provide the opportunity for you to share your observations about this story. We encourage lively debate on the issues of the day, but we ask that you refrain from using profanity or other offensive speech, engaging in personal attacks or name-calling, posting advertising, or wandering away from the topic at hand. To comment, you must be a registered user of the Tribune, and your user name will be displayed. Thanks for taking time to offer your thoughts.
Comments (4)
Dale Curry
With patterson in the race, it will be one big bigoted race to the bottom. Fly that confederate flag jerry!
Dale Curry
Any group that would trigger our national debt downgrade, are no patriots by my perspective.
Healthy Texan
And the hate-filled comments from the left begin!
Janet Thomas
Great, all three are open borders proponents.