Despite tough odds in bout against Dan Patrick, Democrat Mike Collier is still swinging to win Texas
If the race for lieutenant governor were a boxing match, Mike Collier would be the intrepid underdog — suited up, limbered up and waiting in the ring.
Problem is, his opponent doesn’t even have his gloves on.
For a year, Collier has pulled no punches in his fight to unseat Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. But Patrick, easily one of the state’s most influential Republicans, behaves as though he’s running unopposed. With statewide name recognition and a 4-to-1 fundraising advantage, Patrick has dodged Collier’s volleys, right and left.
It’d be hard for any boxer to expect a fair fight with their punches seeming to fall on empty air. Yet Collier keeps swinging. And all he needs to land a knockout, he claims, is for the fans to turn out.
“I’m not ready to say we’re going to win, I’m saying that we can,” Collier told The Dallas Morning News. “If Democrats turn out, we win.”
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