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|name= Jerry Emmett Patterson
|name= Jerry Emmett Patterson
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Patterson was land commissioner for three terms from 2003 to 2015. In 2010 in his last election as land commissioner, Patterson defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Hector Uribe, a former member of both houses of the Texas legislature. Patterson succeeded David Dewhurst, another Moderate Republican, as land commissioner. Dewhurst had defeated Patterson for land commissioner in the 1998 Republican primary, and Patterson won the seat in 2002, when Dewhurst was instead elected lieutenant governor. In 2014, Dewhurst was unseated as lieutenant governor by fellow Republican [[Dan Patrick (politician)|Dan Patrick]], a conservative. Patterson did not seek a fourth term as land commissioner in 2014 but instead ran unsuccessfully in the lieutenant governor primary that year.
Patterson was land commissioner for three terms from 2003 to 2015. In 2010 in his last election as land commissioner, Patterson defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Hector Uribe, a former member of both houses of the Texas legislature. Patterson succeeded David Dewhurst, another Moderate Republican, as land commissioner. Dewhurst had defeated Patterson for land commissioner in the 1998 Republican primary, and Patterson won the seat in 2002, when Dewhurst was instead elected lieutenant governor. In 2014, Dewhurst was unseated as lieutenant governor by fellow Republican [[Dan Patrick (politician)|Dan Patrick]], a conservative. Patterson did not seek a fourth term as land commissioner in 2014 but instead ran unsuccessfully in the lieutenant governor primary that year.
From 1993 to 1999, Patterson represented Texas Senate District 11, based in the area about his native [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] area.
From 1993 to 1999, Patterson represented Texas Senate District 11, based in the area about his native [[Houston, Texas|Houston]].
In 1984, when [[Ronald W. Reagan]] was re-elected as President, Patterson ran for a seat in the [[United States House of Representatives]] for Texas' largely blue collar 25th congressional district but was defeated by the freshman Democratic Representative Michael A. Andrews, 64 to 36 percent.
In 1984, when [[Ronald W. Reagan]] was re-elected as President, Patterson ran for a seat in the [[United States House of Representatives]] for Texas' largely blue collar 25th congressional district but was defeated by the freshman Democratic Representative Michael A. Andrews, 64 to 36 percent.