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==Political activities==
==Political activities==
In 1990, Zaeske ran unsuccessfully as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] for the Texas State Senate because the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] incumbent in Senate District 5, Kent Caperton, refused to support Official English.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hI7kG1x237kC&pg=PA160&lpg=PA160&dq=Kae+T+Patrick&source=bl&ots=cLtrlly_L-&sig=XL6IyQMTXsqjNGO0clpb7M0fsaI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=HWbmVIGABYefgwTfuoCYBQ&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Kae%20T%20Patrick&f=false|title=Nativism Reborn?: The Official English Language Movement and the American States|author=Raymond Tatalovich|publisher=[[University of Kentucky]] Press|location=[[Lexington, Kentucky]]|page=166|accessdate=March 20, 2020and the Democrat James W. "Jim" Turner, subsequently elected in 1996 as a [[U.S. Representative]], defeated Zaeske for the seat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=57&searchparams=chamber=S~city=~countyID=0~district=5~first=~gender=~last=~leaderNote=~leg=72~party=Democrat~roleDesc=~Committee=|title=Jim Turner|publisher=Legislative Reference Library of Texas: Jim Turner|accessdate=March 20, 2020}}</ref>
In 1990, Zaeske ran unsuccessfully as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] for the Texas State Senate because the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] incumbent in Senate District 5, Kent Caperton, refused to support Official English.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hI7kG1x237kC&pg=PA160&lpg=PA160&dq=Kae+T+Patrick&source=bl&ots=cLtrlly_L-&sig=XL6IyQMTXsqjNGO0clpb7M0fsaI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=HWbmVIGABYefgwTfuoCYBQ&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Kae%20T%20Patrick&f=false|title=Nativism Reborn?: The Official English Language Movement and the American States|author=Raymond Tatalovich|publisher=[[University of Kentucky]] Press|location=[[Lexington, Kentucky]]|page=166|accessdate=March 20, 2020and the Democrat James W. "Jim" Turner, subsequently elected in 1996 as a [[U.S. Representative]], defeated Zaeske for the seat.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=57&searchparams=chamber=S~city=~countyID=0~district=5~first=~gender=~last=~leaderNote=~leg=72~party=Democrat~roleDesc=~Committee=|title=Jim Turner|publisher=Legislative Reference Library of Texas: Jim Turner|accessdate=March 20, 2020}}</ref>
The American Ethnic Coalition claimed that twenty-three members of the state legislature and four U.S. Representatives from Texas, all of whom were elected with coalition backing and took office in 1989, were committed to Officlal English. Zaeske's organization called for abolition of the printing of literature in [[Spain|Spanish]] by the Texas Workforce Commission and allowing public school districts to reject [[bilingual education]] programs. Zaeske also urged that Texas Comptroller Robert Douglas "Bob" Bullock, Sr. (1929-1999) be required to report to the legislature on taxpayer costs of bilingual programs and that [state Attorney General James Albon "Jim" Mattox (1943-2008) rule on the constitutionality of such measures. Zaeske's coalition proposed that foreign instructors in Texas public colleges. many of whom teach basic courses at universities, be required to pass an English proficiency examination. Zaeske spoke against a Texas law that permits lower tuition for students from Mexico who attend Texas public colleges: "We really can't understand why the citizens of this state should be required to underwrite foreigners going to school here when many of the children of citizens of this state are unable to go to college here because of not being able to pay the tuition."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl/1988_583490/english-backer-cites-supporters-advocate-plans-to.html|title=English backer cites supporters/Advocate plans to run for office|date=November 12, 1988|publisher=''The Houston Chronicle''|accessdate=September 5, 2011; material no longer on-line}}</ref>
The American Ethnic Coalition claimed that twenty-three members of the state legislature and four U.S. Representatives from Texas, all of whom were elected with coalition backing and took office in 1989, were committed to Officlal English. Zaeske's organization called for abolition of the printing of literature in [[Spain|Spanish]] by the Texas Workforce Commission and allowing public school districts to reject [[bilingual education]] programs. Zaeske also urged that Texas Comptroller Robert Douglas "Bob" Bullock, Sr. (1929-1999) be required to report to the legislature on taxpayer costs of bilingual programs and that [state Attorney General James Albon "Jim" Mattox (1943-2008) rule on the constitutionality of such measures. Zaeske's coalition proposed that foreign instructors in Texas public colleges. many of whom teach basic courses at universities, be required to pass an English proficiency examination. Zaeske spoke against a Texas law that permits lower tuition for students from Mexico who attend Texas public colleges: "We really can't understand why the citizens of this state should be required to underwrite foreigners going to school here when many of the children of citizens of this state are unable to go to college here because of not being able to pay the tuition."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl/1988_583490/english-backer-cites-supporters-advocate-plans-to.html|title=English backer cites supporters/Advocate plans to run for office|date=November 12, 1988|publisher=''The Houston Chronicle''|accessdate=September 5, 2011; material no longer on-line}}</ref>