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- 1 2 3 "Rep. Jared Patterson". Texas State Directory Online. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
- 1 2 Mark P. Jones, Analysis: The 2023 Texas House, from right to left, Texas Tribune (June 20, 2023).
- 1 2 Michael Murney, How a visit from a white supremacist broke Texas GOP's far-right flank, Houston Chronicle (October 13, 2023): : "Rep. Jared Patterson of the 106th District near Dallas represents the far-right flank of the far-right flank; Rice University ranked him the No. 1 most conservative member of the Texas House based on his 2023 voting record. As Patterson himself put it, "You don't get to the right of me."
- ↑ 2018 Republican Party Primary Election, Office of the Texas Secretary of State.
- ↑ 2018 General Election, Office of the Texas Secretary of State.
- ↑ Official Canvass Report: 2020 March 3rd Republican Primary, Office of the Texas Secretary of State.
- ↑ "Official Canvass Report, 2020 NOVEMBER 3RD GENERAL ELECTION" (PDF). Office of the Texas Secretary of State.
- 1 2 Texas Rep. Jared Patterson, R-Frisco - District 106, Texas Tribune Directory.
- ↑ Committee Assignments by Member, Texas Legislature.
- ↑ "Texas House of Representatives".
- ↑ Cassandra Pollock and Emma Platoff, Texas Freedom Caucus sees opportunities to grow in 2018 GOP primaries, Texas Tribune (February 15, 2018).
- ↑ Aarón Torres, Repeal of Texas sales tax on diapers gains support, Dallas Morning News (February 22, 2023).
- ↑ L.M. Sixel, Texas legislator wants to kill Power to Choose website, Houston Chronicle (February 8, 2019).
- ↑ Brandi Addison, How Frisco animal advocates are working to end retail pet sales after failure of Texas House bill, Dallas Morning News (August 12, 2023).
- ↑ Aarón Torres, Repeal of Texas sales tax on diapers gains support, Dallas Morning News (February 22, 2023).
- ↑ Alexa Ura, Texas Republicans begin pursuing new voting restrictions as they work to protect their hold on power, Texas Tribune (March 22, 2021).
- 1 2 Philip Jankowski, Guns at polls? Texas House approves bill to arm election workers, Dallas Morning News (May 5, 2023).
- 1 2 James Barragán, Election judges could carry guns at most polling sites under bill passed by Texas House, Dallas Morning News (April 20, 2021).
- ↑ "'High crime and taxes' push Texas lawmaker to propose bill that would dissolve city of Austin". KTRK. November 18, 2022.
- ↑ Sarah Bahari, A Frisco Republican is launching a fight to dissolve city of Austin, Dallas Morning News (November 21, 2022).
- ↑ Emily Foxhall, Kai Elwood-Dieu and Zach Despart, Texas power struggle: How the nation’s top wind power state turned against renewable energy, Texas Tribune (May 25, 2023).
- 1 2 Gromer Jeffers Jr., Greg Abbott, Ken Paxton at odds in some GOP primary races, Dallas Morning News (February 18, 2024).
- ↑ Keri Heath, Texas House rejects school choice proposal; Gov. Greg Abbott vows to keep fighting, Austin American-Statesman (November 17, 2023).
- ↑ Zach Despart and Brian Lopez, Texas House votes to remove school vouchers from massive education bill, Texas Tribune (November 16, 2023).
- ↑ Eleanor Klibanoff, In Texas' first post-Roe legislative session, there’s a new political power dynamic on abortion, Texas Tribune (January 23, 2023).
- ↑ Francesca D'Annunzio, Rep. Jared Patterson book ban quest slammed by anti-censorship group, Dallas Morning News (March 31, 2022).
- 1 2 Rebecca Schneid, Booksellers sue over Texas law requiring them to rate books for appropriateness, Texas Tribune (July 25, 2023).
- 1 2 3 Andrew Albanese, In Major Win, Appeals Court Upholds Block on Texas Book Rating Law, Publishers Weekly (January 18, 2024).
- ↑ Michael Mooney, Texas state representative suggests banning "Lonesome Dove", Axios Dallas (March 24, 2023).
