Dan Patrick
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Dan Patrick
RepublicanTitular
Candidato a Lieutenant Governor.
Antecedentes
Patrick has been lieutenant governor since 2015 and presides over the Texas Senate. He previously served in the Texas Senate and worked as a sportscaster and talk radio host. He won the March 2026 Republican primary with 84.7%.
- Current role
- Lieutenant Governor of Texas (since 2015)
- Occupation
- Former broadcaster and radio host
- Education
- B.A., English, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- Prior offices
- Texas Senate, District 7 (2007-2015); Lieutenant Governor of Texas (2015-present)
Positions
Property Taxes
What is the candidate's position on property tax levels and relief?
Proposes extending the senior school homestead exemption to residents 55 and older and raising the general homestead exemption from $140,000 to $180,000. Listed homestead exemption increases to $140,000 (SB 4) and $200,000 for seniors (SB 23) among his 2025 Senate priorities.
Education and School Choice
What is the candidate's position on public school funding, education savings accounts, and curriculum?
Advocates the education savings account program (often called school vouchers) and has proposed lowering a school's rating if it does not remove graphic books.
Historial de votaciones
Championed SB 2 (2025), creating the education savings account program (often called school vouchers); also listed teacher pay raises, Ten Commandments displays and school prayer among 2025 priorities.
Border Security
What role should the state play in border security and immigration enforcement?
Campaign site says he will secure the border. Listed SB 8 (2025), requiring local law enforcement to assist federal deportation efforts, as a session priority.
Power Grid and Energy
What is the candidate's position on the ERCOT grid, reliability, and energy production?
Supports adding thermal generation, a temporary moratorium on new data centers, and pausing large transmission line projects to protect landowners.
Water
What is the candidate's approach to water supply and infrastructure?
Listed increased investment in the state's water supply (SB 7) as a 2025 Senate priority.
Abortion
What is the candidate's position on Texas abortion law?
Supports preserving Texas' abortion ban.
Historial de votaciones
Authored the 2011 mandatory sonogram law as a state senator; listed the Life of the Mother Act and a bar on taxpayer-funded abortion travel among 2025 priorities.
Firearms
What is the candidate's position on Texas firearms laws?
Campaign site says he works to protect the Second Amendment.
Historial de votaciones
In 2019 called for background checks on gun sales between strangers; later backed legislation expanding gun rights, including constitutional (permitless) carry.
Public Safety and Bail
What is the candidate's position on bail, policing, and criminal justice?
Listed bail reform bills (SB 9 and SB 40) among 2025 Senate priorities.
Health Care
What is the candidate's position on Medicaid, insurance coverage, and health costs in Texas?
Listed a dementia prevention and research institute (SB 5) and a 'Making Texas Healthy Again' bill (SB 25) as 2025 priorities; no Medicaid position located.
Elections and Voting
What is the candidate's position on election administration, voting rules, and redistricting?
No se encontró una declaración pública.
Buscado el 20 oct 2026.
Historial de votaciones
Backed 2021 legislation changing voting rules, including barring local officials from sending unsolicited mail-ballot applications; listed a bill on non-citizen voting (SB 16) as a 2025 priority.
Cannabis and THC
What is the candidate's position on hemp-derived THC, medical cannabis, and marijuana laws?
Supports banning the sale of THC products.
Historial de votaciones
Prioritized SB 3 (2025), which passed the Legislature to ban consumable THC products and was vetoed by Gov. Abbott.
Priorities for This Office
What does the candidate say they would prioritize in this specific office?
Seeking a fourth term; his campaign lists lowering property and business taxes, border security, grid reliability and protecting life, religious freedom and the Second Amendment.
Transgender Policy
What is the candidate's position on Texas laws related to transgender people, including medical treatment for minors, school sports, facilities, and legal definitions of sex?
No se encontró una declaración pública.
Buscado el 20 oct 2026.
Historial de votaciones
As presiding officer of the Senate, issued an August 2025 statement on Senate passage of SB 7, limiting access to women's restrooms, locker rooms and family shelters by sex, saying the Senate would keep passing it each session.
Religion and Public Schools
What is the candidate's position on religion in public schools, such as displaying the Ten Commandments, school prayer, and chaplains?
Listed "Placing the Ten Commandments in School" (SB 10) and "Protecting the Freedom to Pray in School" (SB 11) among his top 2025 legislative priorities; both became law.
Religious Liberty and Faith Communities
What has the candidate said or done regarding religious freedom and specific faith communities in Texas, such as Christians, Jews, and Muslims?
Said in a 2026 social media post that he would "get to the bottom of the 'EPIC City' and 'Sharia Law' issues in Texas."
Historial de votaciones
In January 2026 interim charges, directed the Senate State Affairs Committee to study "preventing Sharia law in Texas," including the East Plano Islamic Center development, and recommend legislation.
Home Insurance and Housing Costs
What is the candidate's approach to home insurance rates and housing costs in Texas?
Listed "Removing Barriers to Affordable Housing" (SB 15) and "Stopping Squatters" (SB 38) among his 2025 priorities; 2026 interim charges ask for legislation to protect Texans from housing discrimination and "unscrupulous developers." No home insurance position found.
Dinero
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Respaldos
No se encontraron respaldos públicos. Buscado el 20 oct 2026.