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Nixon did not seek reelection to a seventh House term in 2006 because he ran instead unsuccessfully for the District 7 seat in the state Senate. The position was instead won by the radio commentator and [[business]]man [[Dan Patrick]], who in 2014 was elected lieutenant governor, a post he currently fills, against the then incumbent [[Moderate Republican]] David Dewhurst. Two years before, Dewhurst was defeated in a bid for the [[U. S Senate]], a post filled by [[Ted Cruz]]

Nixon did not seek reelection to a seventh House term in 2006 because he ran instead unsuccessfully for the District 7 seat in the state Senate. The position was instead won by the radio commentator and [[business]]man [[Dan Patrick]], who in 2014 was elected lieutenant governor, a post he currently fills, against the then incumbent [[Moderate Republican]] David Dewhurst. Two years before, Dewhurst was defeated in a bid for the [[United States Senate]], a post filled by [[Ted Cruz]]

==Background==

==Background==