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The Texas Tribune
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Patrick Svitek

Republicans, bullish on South Texas, weigh how hard to compete for a state Senate seat there

Adam Hinojosa Morgan LaMantia Dan Patrick Republican Texas Mayra Flores Republican Party South Texas Dave Carney Greg Abbott
Adam Hinojosa, Texas Senate District 27 Republican Candidate, answers questions during a Futuro RGV candidate forum in Brownsville on Jan. 19, 2022.
Adam Hinojosa, Republican candidate for Texas Senate District 27, answers questions during a Futuro RGV candidate forum in Brownsville in January 2022. (Credit: Verónica G. Cárdenas for The Texas Tribune)

Addressing a Hidalgo County GOP dinner last month, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick singled out for praise a friendly Democrat in the crowd, retiring state Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr. of Brownsville.

Patrick said Lucio, the most moderate Democrat in the Senate, “voted more for conservative causes than one or two of my Republicans” and “never ever let me down when I needed a vote.”

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