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Leticia Van de Putte, a pharmacist, was the 2014 Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor. She previously served in the Texas House.

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Leticia Van de Putte
stated on October 15, 2014 in a video ad:

"In 2013," Dan Patrick voted "against funding to test the backlog of rape kits, allowing rapists to walk free."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 17, 2014
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on September 29, 2014 in a debate in Austin:

Dan Patrick said that if women "get paid less than a man for the same job, that that’s not a problem."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 2, 2014
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on September 29, 2014 in a debate:

The state-hired company that evaluates state-mandated student exams "goes on Craigslist to get examiners to read our students’ essays."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 2, 2014
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on August 29, 2014 in a press release:

"Our men and women of the Guard have been forced to contact food banks to feed themselves."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 19, 2014
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on June 27, 2014 in her speech to the Texas Democratic Party state convention:

Dan Patrick was the only state senator "who voted against the Veteran Entrepreneurship Program, a program that assists veterans in successfully starting up their own businesses."

By W. Gardner Selby • July 3, 2014

Dan Patrick
stated on October 22, 2014 in a TV ad, "Better Schools":

Leticia Van de Putte "voted to stop schools from removing teachers convicted of a felony."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 29, 2014
Dan Patrick
stated on October 8, 2014 in a TV ad:

Leticia Van de Putte "opposed putting National Guard troops on the border, would send millions to Central American governments instead and wrote the law giving in-state tuition to illegal immigrants."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 8, 2014
Dan Patrick
stated on September 29, 2014 in a debate in Austin:

Leticia Van de Putte "voted to give illegal immigrants in this country free health care--not emergency health care but total free health care."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 2, 2014

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