Mack: Patrick to run for SD 7?
The Chronicle's Kristen Mack included this bit of news at the tail end of her Friday politics column:
KSEV (AM 700) radio personality Dan Patrick is considering joining the crowded Republican primary race for the seat being vacated by retiring state Sen. Jon Lindsay.
Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector Paul Bettencourt is encouraging Patrick to run. "Senate District 7 needs a conservative standard bearer," said Bettencourt.
Patrick said he plans to make up his mind within the coming weeks.
Houston City Councilman Mark Ellis and Republican state Reps. Peggy Hamric and Joe Nixon already have announced their plans to run.
From time to time, Patrick's hyperactivity gets the best of him, and colleagues/friends have to pull him back to reality. That's been true previously when Patrick considered running for office, only to be confronted with evidence that success was highly unlikely. One suspects that associate David Benzion, who knows a thing or two about reading poll numbers, has been too tied up with the Katrina evacuee blogging effort this week to provide sage counsel re: Patrick's political aspirations. We suspect talk of his running for SD 7 will remain just that -- talk.
In case it does not, however, here's just one question for our astute political readers -- will he be able to run as Dan Patrick, or will he have to use his real name?
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 09/04/05 01:30 PM | Print |
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