In eight years as arguably the most conservative “Big Two” in Texas history, Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick have achieved an uneasy peace.
have achieved an uneasy peace. The two Republican leaders rarely clash in public and they’ve increasingly avoided conflict by doubling down on the unique — and quite different — duties the state Constitution prescribes for them.
Some have likened them to an old married couple who, lacking personal rapport and affection, spend as much time as possible in separate wings of the house. But the lieutenant governor is a more powerful position in Texas than in almost any other state, making tensions all but inevitable.
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