Texas Votes: 2014 Texas Republican Lieutenant Governor Debate

The 2014 Texas Republican Lieutenant Governor Candidates with Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst and State Senator Dan Patrick debate the issues.

3rd & 7 37yd

.@DavidHDewhurst : TX DPS can cover the 1,200 border w/ a surge; can decrease drug trade; surges work; add $4 -5 mill more monthly #txvotes

by Cindy George via twitter 5/3/2014 12:24:40 AM
Patrick: 'We need choice in our schools' Says poor African American/Hispanics at bad inner-city schools don't have options #txvotes

by Peggy Fikac via twitter 5/3/2014 12:24:43 AM
.@DanPatrick “I’m going to be the lt. gov who reaches out to black and brown parents.” #txvotes

by David Saleh Rauf via twitter retweeted by lauraisensee 5/3/2014 12:24:59 AM
.@DanPatrick : Instead of catching 20% who cross illegally, we need to catch 80% percent #txvotes

by Cindy George via twitter 5/3/2014 12:26:02 AM
Gotta say ... @CohenCraig w/ @HoustonPubMedia doing his best to keep candidates on the qs ... but they love to veer off #txvotes

by Laura Isensee via twitter 5/3/2014 12:26:22 AM
83,551 people could have seen #txvotes since its 1st mention until it became a Trending Topic. #trndnl

by US Trends via twitter 5/3/2014 12:26:40 AM
Look at the Dan Patrick/David Dewhurst vote breakdown in North Texas during March primary bit.ly/PZakXR via @keranews #txvotes

by Rick Holter via twitter 5/3/2014 12:26:59 AM
.@KPRCMaryBenton has qs for @DanPatrick on women's health and closed clinics

by Laura Isensee via twitter 5/3/2014 12:27:15 AM
@DavidHDewhurst : "He is not telling you the truth" about bills expanding health care for undocumented #txvotes

by Cindy George via twitter 5/3/2014 12:27:39 AM
Spend more on the education of our kids - not border security

by Why don't we spend more on... 5/3/2014 12:27:45 AM
.@KPRCMaryBenton to @DanPatrick on closed clinics bc of #sonogram bill: What do you say to #Texas women who need primary care? #txvotes

by Cindy George via twitter 5/3/2014 12:27:47 AM
.@DanPatrick says he's proud of #sonogram bill, slams @PPact , says will "save lives" by turning ppl away from PP #txvotes

by Laura Isensee via twitter 5/3/2014 12:28:14 AM
.@DanPatrick says he has done well in Education. Like trying to kill his own signature bill SB1406? #txlege #txltgov

by StaceinTexas via twitter 5/3/2014 12:28:25 AM
.@DanPatrick : #sonogram bill will save 15K lives; @PPFAQ "doesn't care about women"; TX women will get care from docs who care #txvotes

by Cindy George via twitter 5/3/2014 12:28:27 AM
How will Patrick help women meet health needs? His answer: Planned Parenthood doesn't care about women or offer services it says #txvotes

by Peggy Fikac via twitter 5/3/2014 12:29:27 AM
Now @DavidHDewhurst trying to burnish his #prolife record ... "we passed it, it's law and we've improved women's health" #txvotes

by Laura Isensee via twitter 5/3/2014 12:29:29 AM
.@DavidHDewhurst : Proud of #sonogram bill; it passed; "We've saved lives & improved women's health" #txvotes

by Cindy George via twitter 5/3/2014 12:29:29 AM
During Primary, Patrick And Dewhurst Both Sticking By Claims Found To Be False, Incomplete bit.ly/SiXsxE via @keranews #txvotes

by Rick Holter via twitter 5/3/2014 12:29:44 AM
.@DanPatrick "I don’t care if every Planned Parenthood clinic in America goes out of business ... more babies will live." #txvotes

by David Saleh Rauf via twitter 5/3/2014 12:29:58 AM
So according to both Lt. Gov candidates, abortion services do not qualify as healthcare. #txvotes

by Lyndsey Rodriguez via twitter 5/3/2014 12:30:05 AM
.@DanPatrick blames @DavidHDewhurst for mishandling bill and making @WendyDavisTexas a "rockstar" #txvotes

by Laura Isensee via twitter 5/3/2014 12:30:14 AM
.@holleynews asks @DavidHDewhurst if he wld fight #samesexmarriage . He says yes. 'I think a marriage shld be betwn a man and woman' #txvotes

by Laura Isensee via twitter 5/3/2014 12:31:07 AM
And how are you going to provide health care for all those children that are born, to poor people that have no insurance Since you have rejected the Medicare program?

by Why don't we spend more on... 5/3/2014 12:31:08 AM
.@DanPatrick said he wanted Gov Perry to call Leg back on #sonogram bill which would have avoided making @WendyDavisTexas rock star #txvotes

by Cindy George via twitter 5/3/2014 12:31:20 AM
if undocumented people could not attend Texas schools would it not help stem the tide of unsanctioned immigration?

by one point of view 5/3/2014 12:31:44 AM
From March: GOP Lt. Gov. Candidate Dan Patrick Campaigns With Mike Huckabee In Highland Park bit.ly/SiXPsc via @keranews

by Rick Holter via twitter 5/3/2014 12:31:46 AM
Returning to criticism of Patrick's assessment of him, Dewhurst: 'I don't want to go back and forth today' #txvotes

by Peggy Fikac via twitter 5/3/2014 12:32:02 AM
.@holleynews to @DavidHDewhurst on Houston equal right ordinance: Dewhurst said marriage is between man & woman; no const amendment #txvotes

by Cindy George via twitter 5/3/2014 12:32:16 AM
Dewhurst: 'Dan, you gotta either read the bills or tell the truth' (Or both?) #txvotes

by Peggy Fikac via twitter 5/3/2014 12:32:34 AM
Patrick. 'Amazing' #txvotes

by Peggy Fikac via twitter 5/3/2014 12:32:47 AM
.@holleynews to @DavidHDewhurst on Houston equal right ordinance: Dewhurst said marriage is between man & woman #txvotes

by Cindy George via twitter 5/3/2014 12:32:51 AM
Dewhurst to Patrick: read the bills or tell the truth. Who to believe?! #txvotes

by Laura Tolley via twitter 5/3/2014 12:33:10 AM
Patrick. 'Amazing' #txvotes

by Peggy Fikac via twitter 5/3/2014 12:33:15 AM
Patrick said as leader, Dewhurst should have refused effort to take out abortion ban at 20 weeks initially #txvotes

by Peggy Fikac via twitter 5/3/2014 12:33:28 AM
.@DanPatrick doesn't really answer qs on #samesexmarriage .... continues on deconstructing what went wrong w/ filibuster #txvotes

by Laura Isensee via twitter 5/3/2014 12:33:38 AM
Patrick said as leader, Dewhurst should have refused effort to take out abortion ban at 20 weeks initially #txvotes

by Peggy Fikac via twitter 5/3/2014 12:33:58 AM
.@DavidHDewhurst & @DanPatrick disparities down to the attire: Dewhurst in red tie; Patrick in blue & red striped tie #txvotes

by Cindy George via twitter 5/3/2014 12:34:24 AM
.@auroralosada asks @DanPatrick why #charter schools which receive tax dollars be allowed to teach #creationism ? #txvotes

by Laura Isensee via twitter 5/3/2014 12:34:29 AM
Dewhurst invites: 'Ladies and gentleman, just simply call Sen. Glenn Hegar' the bill author #txvotes

by Peggy Fikac via twitter 5/3/2014 12:34:38 AM
.@auroralosada to @DanPatrick : Is it right for charter schools, which are public schools, to teach #creationism ? #txvotes

by Cindy George via twitter 5/3/2014 12:34:52 AM
Dewhurst: 'This man is divorced from reality. I made a mistake in appointing him as chair of the Senate Education Committee' #txvotes

by Peggy Fikac via twitter 5/3/2014 12:35:22 AM
.@DanPatrick : Charter schools work; maybe some things need to be changed in curricula; circled back to Dewhurst's truthfulness #txvotes

by Cindy George via twitter 5/3/2014 12:35:44 AM
.@DanPatrick says need more #schoolchoice and more #charters - says he personally believes in #creationism #txvotes

by Laura Isensee via twitter 5/3/2014 12:35:47 AM
Here's Sen @Glenn_Hegar 's Capitol office number. You'll probably want to wait til Monday to call (512) 463-0118 #TxLege

by Scott Braddock via twitter retweeted by pfikac 5/3/2014 12:36:10 AM
.@DavidHDewhurst says only thing he may agree w/ @DanPatrick tonight is #creationism - that kids learn that as well as evolution #txvotes

by Laura Isensee via twitter 5/3/2014 12:36:29 AM