A Conversation with Jerry Patterson February 14, 2013

The Texas Tribune invites you to join us for coffee and conversation with Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson. From 1993 to 1999, Patterson served as state senator for District 11, which included Harris, Galveston and Brazoria counties. Patterson's most significant legislative successes include passage of the state's concealed handgun law, a constitutional amendment allowing home equity lending, the Texas coastal management plan and the creation of the Texas State Veterans Home Program. An advocate for fellow veterans, he chaired the first veterans affairs committee in the Texas Senate. In November 2002, Patterson was elected as the 27th Texas land commissioner. He was re-elected to a third term in 2010.