Jerry E. Patterson
Jerry Emmett Patterson (born November 15, 1946), is the Commissioner of the General Land Office of Texas and a former Texas State Senator. He is the second Republican since Reconstruction to serve as Land Commissioner, a post he has held since 2003. He served in the Texas State Senate (District 11) from 1993 to 1999.
As the Republican nominee for a third term in the November 2, 2010, general election, Patterson easily defeated the Democrat Hector Uribe, a former member of both houses of the Texas State Legislature.
Patterson has stated that he intends to run for Lieutenant Governor of Texas in 2014.
Read more about Jerry E. Patterson: Political Career, Background, Patterson Honored, Western States Land Commissioners Association, Campaign For Lieutenant Governor of Texas, Electoral History
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