Claim: Says he was the only statewide elected official to speak in favor of a federal guest worker plan at the 2012 Republican Party of Texas convention.
Fact-check: Jerry Patterson flew solo among statewide elected officials by advocating guest-worker plank in 2012 state party platform
Verdict: true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: W. Gardner Selby
Date published: 2014-04-08T00:00:00