MIDTERM ELECTIONS

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on outgoing House Speaker Joe Straus: "He's not much of a Republican."

In a wide-ranging interview Wednesday night, Patrick sounded off about Straus, the midterm elections and U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke: "It scares me what he stands for."

By ALEX SAMUELS, The Texas Tribune
Posted 11/8/18

Outgoing Texas House Speaker Joe Straus on Wednesday advised his counterpart in the Senate, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, to “listen more and talk less” during next year’s legislative …

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