Jerry E. Patterson

Politician

1946 –

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Who is Jerry E. Patterson?

Jerry Emmett Patterson, is the departing 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 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 was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Texas in the primary election held on March 4, 2014.

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Born
Nov 15, 1946
Houston
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Texas A&M University
Lived in
  • Texas
  • Austin

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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