Texas land commissioner thrives with controversy

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Jerry Patterson says he'll run for re-election or for lieutenant governor.

Jerry Patterson prepares to fly his Cessna last month at the San Marcos airport. He says he will run for re-election as land commissioner or for lieutenant governor in 2010.

Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson sparked a bitter debate with his proposed sale of the Christmas Mountains in West Texas.

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Thousands sign petition to make Texas an open-carry state 

Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson, who as a state senator helped make concealed-carry law in 1995, said he doesn’t believe that open carry would create any problems.

While he never considered proposing an open-carry measure, Patterson said he has seen the practice in Arizona.

"I went into the bank, and a guy walked in with a .45 in his back pocket," he said. "I thought, 'Well, that’s unusual.’ "

Burnt Orange Report:  Jerry Patterson May Run for Lieutenant Governor

[Red Hawk]

I think what Patterson really wants is to be Governator.

[rodney p.smith]

I think what Patterson really wants is to be Governator.

[rodney p.smith]

Patterson spell governor,if you spoited him gov !

[Buck]

Patterson knows where the real power is, and it aint' in the guv's office; the Lt. Guv was made the 'power behind the throne' after reconstruction as a means of getting 'round the carpetbaggers installed by the victorious 'northern agressors'.  Since then, the guv'nrs office has just been a head-cheerleader position.