Despite the four Republican candidates’ attempts to tear one another apart based on nuances in past statements on red-meat issues, the lieutenant governor’s race has so far featured fights over style, not substance.
Dan Patrick
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Sometimes, It’s Hard to Make a Good Political Bet
Political donors, endorsers and activists like to pick the winners, to be the early backers of the candidates who go on to become officeholders. All of the competition this political season is disquieting.
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Politics
Video: A Conversation With Four Lt. Gov. Candidates
On Friday, at the Texas Municipal League conference, I talked politics and policy with four Republican candidates for lieutenant governor: incumbent David Dewhurst, state Sen. Dan Patrick, Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson and Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples.
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Politics
The Evening Brief: Oct. 7, 2013
Your evening reading: Davis, Cornyn release first ads; Democrat enters comptroller’s race; new Patrick ad touts his opposition to in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants
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Demographics
Liveblog: Public Ed at The Texas Tribune Festival
We have liveblogged each of the sessions from The 2013 Texas Tribune Festival’s Public Education track, which featured panel discussions on early childhood education, charter schools, innovations in teaching and public education reform.
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Politics
TribLive: A Conversation With Dan Patrick
Full video of my 9/19 TribLive conversation with state Sen. Dan Patrick, Republican of Houston, a candidate for lieutenant governor in 2014.
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State Government
TribLive: Patrick on the Abortion Filibuster
At Thursday’s TribLive conversation, state Sen. Dan Patrick, Republican of Houston, a candidate for lieutenant governor, criticized David Dewhurst’s handling of the 83rd session’s now-famous abortion filibuster.
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State Government
TribLive: Patrick on Democratic Chairmen
At Thursday’s TribLive conversation, state Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, a candidate for lieutenant governor, revealed how he’d dole out the chairmanships of Senate committees.
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Politics
TribLive: Patrick on the Two-Thirds Rule
At Thursday’s TribLive conversation, state Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, a candidate for lieutenant governor, explained his ongoing opposition to the Senate’s two-thirds rule.
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Health care
Abortion Foes Criticize Patrick’s Past Investment
Dan Patrick has made his opposition to abortion a centerpiece of his campaign for lieutenant governor. But two prominent abortion opponents are criticizing the Houston senator for once owning stock in the maker of the “morning after” pill.
