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Vikki Goodwin: The Record Behind the Attack Ads · Episode 5

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Vikki Goodwin, Democrat, state representative from Austin since 2019, running for Lieutenant Governor of Texas against Dan Patrick: every attack on her -- including the AI-generated ads his campaign pulled -- checked against her votes, her bills and the record. What she actually did in the Texas House, and whether the attacks describe it.

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Image credits: - adopted by 84th LEGISLATURE January 21, 2015 — receipt, Receipt: https://tlc.texas.gov/docs/legref/SenateRules.pdf - Vikki Goodwin press conference — brave, Brave image (www.borderreport.com) - Vikki Goodwin speaking — brave, Brave image (en.wikipedia.org) - Vikki Goodwin speaking — brave, Brave image (www.vikkigoodwin.com) - TXLEGE: Your 2025 insider guide — receipt, news photo (texas2036.org) - https://journals.senate.texas.gov/sjrnl/84r/html/84RSJ01-21-F.HTM — receipt, Receipt: https://journals.senate.texas.gov/sjrnl/84r/html/84RSJ01-21-F.HTM - Opening day 89th Texas Legislature | Capitol Press Photo Photography Archive — news, news photo (capitolpressphoto.com) - TXLEGE: Your 2025 insider guide — news, news photo (texas2036.org) - Dan Patrick press conference at the Valero Refinery — brave, Brave image (danpatrick.org) - Dan Patrick misses first day of Texas Legislature for White House meeting — news, news photo (texastribune.org) - Dan Patrick says he'll use "nuclear option" to pass property tax bill — news, news photo (texastribune.org) - Representative Vikki Goodwin — brave, Brave image (www.texastribune.org) - State Rep. Vikki Goodwin, D-Austin, has filed paperwork to run for lieutenant governor against the incumbent, Dan Patrick. — brave, Brave image (www.texastribune.org) - State Rep. Vikki Goodwin speaks during the Rally for Flood Relief hosted by Hands Off! Central Texas at the Texas Capitol's south steps on July 21, 2025, in Austin. — brave, Brave image (www.texastribune.org) - Texas House Representative Vikki Goodwin, Save Texas Schools Rally, Austin, TX | Al Braden Photography — news, news photo (albradenphoto.com) - Rep. Vikki Goodwin — receipt, Receipt: https://www.vikkigoodwin.com/ - Vikki Goodwin - Democrat for Lieutenant Governor — The Amarillo Pioneer — news, news photo (amarillopioneer.com) - Rep. Vikki Goodwin — news, news photo (vikkigoodwin.com) - Vikki Goodwin - Wikipedia — news, news photo (en.wikipedia.org) - Rep. Vikki Goodwin, HD 47 — news, news photo (austinchronicle.com) - HiRes-Vikki Goodwin-6381-red (cropped) — Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 - Lt. Gov candidate Vikki Goodwin holds town hall in Beaumont — news, news photo (beaumontenterprise.com) - Vikki Goodwin* — brave, Brave image (teachthevote.atpe.org) - Texas State Capitol Interior Rotunda — receipt, CC BY-SA 4.0 - State Rep. Vikki Goodwin — news, news photo (texaspolicyresearch.com) - Vikki Goodwin: where they stand on the issues — news, news photo (votetexasvalues.org) - HiRes-Vikki Goodwin-6381-red — Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 - State Sen. Dan Patrick, chairman of the Senate Education Committee, lauds the work of Texans Deserve Great Schools. (8427345985) — Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 - Dan Patrick official portrait — brave, Brave image (en.wikipedia.org) - FULL: Dan Patrick speech at San Antonio rally — news, news photo (fox4news.com) - Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announces a "Double Nickel" tax proposal to reduce the age on freezing property taxes from its current 65 to 55 years of age on December 9, 2025. — brave, Brave image (www.texastribune.org) - File:Dan Patrick Texas.jpg - Wikimedia Commons — news, news photo (commons.wikimedia.org) - Dan Patrick (politician) - Wikipedia — news, news photo (en.wikipedia.org)

Short cuts

part · 127s
As Texas goes, so goes the nation. As the nation goes, so goes the world.
part · 137s
The lieutenant governor picks the teams, picks the captains, hands each team its playbook. Then he refs the game.
part · 129s
A man wrote his own to-do list in January, then graded his own homework in June. Gave himself an A.
part · 131s
Thou shalt hold a roll call. Senate Bill ten. The Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.
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You are about to be sold a face. Maybe two. Maybe one a machine made. The face is not the job.
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"As Texas goes, so goes the nation."
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