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. |