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TexasTowelie

(111,313 posts)
Thu Dec 29, 2016, 02:43 AM Dec 2016

Dan Patrick may run against Greg Abbott

AUSTIN — Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick brushed aside speculation of a 2018 gubernatorial run at the end of Texas’ last legislative session, insisting he’d never challenge his “close friend” and fellow Republican Greg Abbott.

But more than 18 months after that declaration to reporters — which came without anyone actually asking about a potential intraparty clash — Patrick has meticulously moved to the governor’s right on many issues that GOP primary voters hold dear.

Patrick fully embraced Donald Trump before the election, while Abbott kept his distance. The lieutenant governor also has become Texas’ leading social conservative voice, promising to impose strict state transgender bathroom rules, promoting school vouchers and blaming Black Lives Matter for encouraging anti-police sentiment.

Patrick is a tea party-backed, fiery former conservative talk radio host, while the governor is a lawyerly, ex-Texas Supreme Court justice who appeals more broadly to traditional Republicans. Both are downplaying possible intraparty gubernatorial fight that could send shockwaves through America’s second-largest state, while also giving no indication they won’t simply seek re-election to their respective posts in two years.

Read more: http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/state-news/20161228-patrick-may-run-against-abbott.ece

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Dan Patrick may run against Greg Abbott (Original Post) TexasTowelie Dec 2016 OP
There's no doubt Patrick will try for the governorship. Paladin Dec 2016 #1
This could be fun to watch Gothmog Dec 2016 #2

Paladin

(28,204 posts)
1. There's no doubt Patrick will try for the governorship.
Thu Dec 29, 2016, 10:12 AM
Dec 2016

And the sonovabitch will probably win it, despite his ghastly personality and personal baggage. The (R) after his name guarantees it. The pigs at "Texas Monthly" will probably do another flattering article on him, just to bolster his chances.

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