Lt. Gov. Patrick Again Defeats Democrat Collier

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Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick sailed to victory Tuesday night to secure a third term as Texas’ No. 2 statewide official.

Patrick faced Democrat Mike Collier, a Houston-area accountant, at the ballot box for the second time.

This time, both candidates ran far more aggressive campaigns than in the previous contest. Patrick made promises to push through legislation to deal with skyrocketing crime rates, while Collier attacked Patrick, telling him in one TV ad to "fix the damn grid," a reference to last year's ice storm in which millions lost power and over 200 people died as a result.

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Lt. Gov. Patrick Keeps Schedule Secret

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The race for what’s arguably the most powerful position in Texas is heating up. Republican incumbent Lieutenant Gov. Dan Patrick is on a 131-stop bus tour across the state. After squeaking out a five-point victory with little campaigning four years ago, the bus tour signaled he might take this campaign more seriously. But, he’s not inviting the media along.

Pictures released by the campaign suggest small crowds. One Republican said if Patrick motivates these groups, they could spread his message without media coverage.

“My sense is Lieutenant Governor feels like the media in Texas and nationally is aligned more with the Democrats and has kind of an inability to be truly fair and objective,” said Matt Mackowiak, the chairman of the Travis County GOP. “Just because you have 20 people doesn’t mean you only got 20 votes that day. You could go out and get 2,000 votes if they’re all using their networks.”

The campaign would not tell news media why they don’t release his schedule in advance, and it did not answer any follow-up questions. 

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Collier Reveals Two Republican Endorsements

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Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor Mike Collier’s campaign said he has met with more than a dozen elected Republican officials and has been publicly endorsed by two.

Collier will have to compete with Republican incumbent Dan Patrick’s campaign war chest and lead in the polls. New polling out this week from the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin shows Patrick leading by seven percentage points amongst registered voters.

The Democrat was recently endorsed by two Texas Republicans — both of whom are on their way out of office. State Sen. Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo, and Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley said they would be voting for Collier. 

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Among Likely Voters, Democrats Narrow Gap In Statewide Races, Shows Poll

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With the November general election in Texas just two months away, a new poll shows voters’ preference in candidates among three statewide races: governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general.

The University of Houston/Texas Southern University poll shows Republican incumbents are leading in all three races, but their Democratic challengers are not far behind, especially in the attorney general’s race. The poll results come from 1,312 “likely voters” who were surveyed between Aug.11 and Aug. 29, 1,012 of whom are “almost certain” to vote in November.

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Lt.Gov. Candidate Collier Says Patrick "Isn't A Good Republican"

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Democrat Lt. Gov. candidate Mike Collier is back with another attack ad against Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, this time, saying that while he knows many good Republicans, Patrick isn't one of them.

The basis for his claim is that he allegedly took money from corporate donors, in exchange for tax breaks, and wants to fund private schools with public tax money, which he says will hurt public schools, a common Democrat refrain.

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Collier Attacks Patrick In First Ad: "Fix The Damn Grid"

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Democrat nominee for Texas Lt. Gov. Mike Collier has launched his first TV ad, attacking incumbent lieutenant gov. Dan Patrick, and calling on him to "fix the damn grid." 

This call has been taken up by several Democrats candidates, and it's become a better from mantra on the campaign trail for several of them. 

He announced the ad in a Twitter post on his feed. It can also be viewed on his YouTube channel.
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Democrat Collier Will Face Lt. Gov. Patrick In November

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Democrat Mike Collier will get his rematch against Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick again this fall, four years after he lost to the incumbent by 4 percentage points in the same race. In Tuesday night’s runoff for the Democratic nomination, Collier defeated state Rep. Michelle Beckley 55% to 45%.

The blue-haired Beckley represents the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, and was one of the Democrats in the legislature who fled to Washington, DC to prevent a voting quorum in the House.

While there, she drew criticism for announcing on video that she would run for Congress, plans that changed when she returned to Texas, announcing her lieutenant governor run last November.

Collier now faces an uphill battle against Dan Patrick.

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Dem Lt. Governor Candidate Beckley Faces Challenges

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Days after Democratic lieutenant governor candidate Mike Collier released his first TV ad, a survey of Texas voters from the Dallas Morning News and University of Texas at Tyler found that state Rep. Michelle Beckley leads Collier by double digits, 31 to 19 percent. 

Beckley, who with other legislators fled to Washington DC last year to prevent a quorum in the House, faces challenges in the race. The state’s major newspapers, and groups like the Texas AFL-CIO, Planned Parenthood Texas Votes and Texas American Federation of Teachers have all endorsed Collier.

And Beckley appears to be facing repeated backlash from former staffers.  She was awarded Texas Monthly’s “Furniture” award, a distinction reserved for the most underwhelming legislators.

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In Dem Lt. Gov. Race, Beckley Calls On Collier To Drop Out

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Houston accountant Mike Collier will face state Rep. Michelle Beckley in the May runoffs in the Democratic runoff for Lt. Governor. The winner will face incumbent Republican Dan Patrick in November.

Collier, who was the Democratic nominee in 2018, received 42% of the vote, while Beckley received 30%. Another candidate, Texas Democratic Party Vice Chair Carla Brailey, came in third.

Soon after those votes were tallied, Beckley called for Collier to drop out, saying he "doesn't inspire the base".

“I have no plans to drop out,” Collier said during an interview on Capital Tonight. “I came in first, not only statewide but in the vast majority of counties. I’m building a very diverse coalition around the state and I feel like I have a very good chance of success.”

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Former Dem. Lt. Gov. Candidate Dowd Lands MSNBC Job

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Former Democratic Texas Lt. Gov. candidate left-wing media pundit Matthew Dowd  joined MSNBC as a political contributor and analyst, MSNBC host Nicole Wallace announced on Wednesday.

Dowd's new role with the far-Left media outlet reportedly includes field reporting, where he will travel across the country to examine alleged "threats facing U.S. democracy" in the months leading up to the 2022 midterms elections.

The news comes after Dowd ended his campaign for lieutenant governor of Texas back in December. He ended his bid after a short two months after he announced, so that "a non-White male Christian" candidate could prevail.

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Lt. Gov. Candidate Says Wikipedia Page Deletion Effort Is Part of Cancel Culture

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Republican candidate for lieutenant governor Daniel Miller says a recently created Wikipedia entry on him is in danger of being deleted, and he blames cancel culture.

Just six hours after its creation by an unnamed Wikipedia editor, Miller, founder of the Texas Independence Movement, says his page, which includes biographical information on him, face to move to be deleted by other users.

"It took 25 years of service to Texas to finally get an entry on Wikipedia. It only took 6 hours for the cancel culture mafia to attempt to have the entry removed."

Wikipedia is notorious for stringent criteria for subjects of articles. If a person is deemed not notable, any over-zealous user could nominate it for deletion almost immediately upon its creation.

Miller took the move to delete his page as a sign that people are worried about his candidacy.

"While it’s frustrating to have to battle the mini-Stalins of the world merely for the right to be heard, it is the surest sign that we are winning."

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Dem Lt. Gov. Candidate Dowd Drops Out For "More Diverse" Field

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Left-wing media pundit Matthew Dowd announced he would end his bid for Texas lieutenant governor so that a non-White, male Christian candidate can prevail.

"Important news. I am ending my campaign for Lt. Governor of Texas. Now that the race is emerging in a more diverse way, I have made the decisions from a place of integrity to step back," Dowd tweeted to accompany a press release. 

The announcement came just days after he condemned Republicans for attacking the word "woke," saying it simply meant "human decency," and Jesus would call himself woke.

Also weighing on his decision may have been the fact that the State Democratic party chair Gilbert Hinojosa had endorsed lieutenant governor candidate Mike Collier several months ago and he was the only candidate in the race.

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Dem. Lt Gov. Candidate Says GOP Would Call Jesus "Woke" Today

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A former George W. Bush campaign adviser who is running as a Democrat in Texas’ lieutenant governor's race said Sunday that Jesus Christ today would be declared "woke" by conservatives.

Matthew Dowd, who is seeking his party’s nomination to take on Republican incumbent Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, said he came to the realization in church that today’s "wokeness" is just another term for human decency.

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Liberal State Legislator Who Fled To DC Joins Lt. Gov. Race

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Democratic state Rep. Michelle Beckley of Carrollton, who gained national attention for joining lawmakers who fled to Washington, D.C., to block a Republican election bill this summer, is running for lieutenant governor, expanding her party’s primary to three contenders.

In her campaign announcement on Tuesday, Beckley said she was running because Republican incumbent Dan Patrick is implementing policies that “hurt Texas business and make life harder for all Texans.”

She joins political commentator Matthew Dowd and Houston accountant and auditor Mike Collier, who was the Democratic nominee for the position in 2018.

State Democratic Party chairman Gilbert Hinojosa openly endorsed Collier last month after Dowd, a former Republican consultant, got into the race.

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Former GOP Strategist Running As Democrat Defends "Wokeness"

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A former Bush campaign adviser who is running as a Democrat in Texas’ lieutenant governor race said Sunday that Jesus Christ today would be declared "woke" by conservatives.

Matthew Dowd, who is seeking his party’s nomination to take on Republican Dan Patrick, said he came to the realization in church that today’s "wokeness" is just another term for human decency.

Dowd's comments came after Democratic strategist James Carville sparked the ire of progressives for blaming Democrat Terry McAuliffe's loss in Virginia on "stupid wokeness" and the progressive agenda.

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Texas Nationalist Leader Challenges Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick In GOP Primary

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Daniel Miller, president of the Texas nationalist movement, a group which advocates the secession of Texas from the Union, has announced he will challenge Lt. Governor Dan Patrick and the Republican primary.

In a statement Wednesday night, Miller said:

"For months, Texans who love liberty and independence have asked me to run for office to represent them and their values in Austin. I have made my decision."

In his online biography, Miller is referred to as, "an outspoken advocate for Texas independence since 1996. As the head of one of the largest and most influential political organizations in Texas, Miller has extensively researched and engaged the issue of self-determination, not just for Texas, but as part of a growing global trend."

Miller will challenge Patrick from the Right, likely criticizing the failures of the Senate, which Patrick has been leading, to push through more conservative legislation. Patrick will likely counter that the past year's regular and special legislative sessions were the most productive and most conservative in recent memory.

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Texas Democratic Party Chair Endorses Collier In Lt. Gov. Primary

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Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilbert Hinojosa has issued a statement taking sides in the Democratic primary for lieutenant governor, a week after Matthew Dowd entered the race. 

Hinojosa said that he supports Mike Collier, a Houston accountant who was the Democratic pick for lieutenant governor in 2018. Collier is the establishment favorite over Dowd, a former independent who worked for Republican George W. Bush in the 2000s and Democratic Lieutenant Governor Bob Bullock in the 1990s.

Hinojosa, elected chairman of the state's  Democratic Party in 2012, is the party's first Hispanic chairman.

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Bush Strategist Dowd Runs For Lt. Gov. -- As A Democrat

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Matthew Dowd, the chief strategist for George W. Bush’s presidential reelection campaign who later split with the former president publicly, is running for lieutenant governor as a Democrat.

Dowd also has worked for Bob Bullock, who in 1994 was the last Democrat elected as Texas lieutenant governor, and faces an uphill battle to unseat Republican Dan Patrick, the state’s second-highest-ranking official 

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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Announces Re-Election Bid

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In a video released to the media and his supporters yesterday, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick officially announced that he is running for re-election in 2022.

In the video, he said, 

"I am running for re-election in 2022. Democrats are bragging again that they are going to turn Texas blue and I am not about to let that happen. We will crush them again in 2022."

Dan Patrick was first elected Lt. Governor of Texas in 2014 and re-elected in 2018.

It's very likely that, like Gov. Greg Abbott, Patrick will face primary opposition from the Right, who are upset that some legislative priorities, such as election reform and banning sex changes for minor children, weren't passed in the regular session.

Some political observers point the finger at Patrick and House Speaker Dade Phelan schedule hearings properly.

Phelan and Patrick have sniped back and forth on Twitter blaming each other for the failures.

On May 10, Patrick was endorsed in his expected 2022 bid by former Pres. Donald Trump.

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Mike Collier Plans Another Run Against Lt. Gov. Patrick in '22

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Mike Collier, the 2018 Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor who lost to Dan Patrick by 5 percentage points, is gearing up for another run.

Collier is launching an exploratory committee to challenge Patrick again next year, though he said it is more of a "confirmatory" committee and that he is "intent on doing this."

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