r/texas • u/miserable-llama • 10h ago
🗞️ News 🗞️ Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick visits Waco, discusses costs and November election
https://www.kwtx.com/2026/10/15/lt-gov-dan-patrick-visits-waco-discusses-costs-november-election/Dan Patrick says “we could lose Texas in three weeks”, Lt. Governor opponent Vikki Goodwin says she wants to bring about change, after Republicans have been in control for 30 years.
State Rep. Vikki Goodwin, the democratic candidate for Lt. Governor who is running against incumbent Dan Patrick, has been also touring Texas.
During the campaign trail, she’s made affordability, public education, THC legalization (with sensible reform), healthcare, and data center regulation her biggest priorities.
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u/rvretiredlife 9h ago
Yeah, what have the Republicans said they are going to do for texas that they could have been doing for the last 30 years? They are only running on lies and fear mongering
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u/black_flag_4ever born and bred 7h ago
They had three decades to show us why they should run the state and failed miserably.
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u/OldYellersLastHandy 9h ago
Man, imagine how desperate you have to be to willingly visit Waco.
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u/Dirt-Southern 9h ago
The zoo is nice.
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u/BucketofWarmSpit 6h ago
Cameron Park is really cool. It has a lot of trails in it. I used to run there all the time. Hardly anyone was ever there.
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u/Dirt-Southern 6h ago
It's fantastic! My ex wife just really loved the zoo. I enjoyed seeing a Dik Dik
because i'm a man child. Still need to visit DP if it's even open for visitors
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u/Stargaze420 8h ago
Whoa now. My parents live there. I visit out of love for them, not desperation. Now when its time to go, I do leave desperately.
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u/poston03 8h ago
As some who grew up in the area, you speak the truth. People always tell me they love what the Gaines did to Waco. I always just reply that “you can’t polish a turd”.
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u/OldYellersLastHandy 6h ago
I saw a graph a while back showing that while Texas has had a massive population boom, Waco barely changed at all which means Waco is worse than wherever they’re coming from.
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u/Bring_cookies 7h ago
I drive through there but don't stop. Just making the freeway changes there is frustrating.
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u/analogkid84 4h ago
Imagine saying you could "lose Texas" when all that's been done for multiple decades of control is performative do-nothing bullshit. What, in fact, are you actually "losing"?
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u/TXbeatsyouinafight 8h ago
Old Fashioned Dan is 76 years old. I hope someone in Waco was able to help him set the timer on his VCR.
Don’t forget that Old Fashioned Dan made this decision for you: