AUSTIN — Former Republican Lt. Gov. Bill Ratliff endorsed Democrat Mike Collier over GOP incumbent Dan Patrick Thursday, adding another prominent cross-party...
Mike Collier, Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, spoke during a town hall at Northaven United Methodist Church in Dallas on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. Former Republican Lt. Gov. Bill Ratliff endorsed Collier Thursday in his bid to unseat GOP incumbent Dan Patrick.AUSTIN — Former Republican Lt. Gov. Bill Ratliff endorsed Democrat Mike Collier over GOP incumbent Dan Patrick Thursday, adding another prominent cross-party supporter to his coalition of support.
Ratliff served in the Legislature as a senator from 1999 until he was elected by the Senate in 2000 to finish the term of Rick Perry as lieutenant governor. Perry succeeded George W. Bush as governor after Bush was elected president. Ratliff did not run for a full term as lieutenant governor in 2022 and retired from the Senate in 2004.
In recent weeks, Collier has been making a play for moderate Republicans and independents as his campaign heads into the home stretch of campaigning. It has been a stark about face after he fended off challengers in the Democratic primary and runoff that“We are building a coalition across the state and across the aisle, and I could not be more proud to have Governor Ratliff’s support,” Collier said in the announcement.
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