Patrick will join a team that plays a critical role in the 2024 presidential campaign, the White House, Congress and national politics.
Patrick has worked at the Texas Tribune since 2015, where he most recently served as the publication’s chief political correspondent. Over the past decade, he has established himself as an authority on Texas politics with his prolific scoops and sharp entrepreneurship on a highly competitive beat, and is considered a fierce journalist and generous colleague . He has covered political trends and demographic developments in Texas as well as numerous national, state and local elections.
At the Tribune, Patrick chronicled the presidential campaigns of Ted Cruz and Rick Perry in 2016 and Julián Castro and Beto O’Rourke in 2020 — assignments that took him to early nominating states — and announced that Cruz dropped out of the 2016 race. He also covered campaigns for U.S. Senate, governor and other statewide offices. He took readers behind the scenes of Lt. Governor Dan Patrick’s film. unique relationship with former President Donald Trumpfrom Governor Greg Abbott unprecedented fundraising feats and, more recently, Attorney General Ken Paxton historic impeachment trial. Patrick began covering Texas politics in 2014 for the Austin bureau of the Houston Chronicle.
Patrick’s move to the Post is something of a homecoming. He interned in our newsroom in 2014, during his senior year at Northwestern University, helping cover local and regional news, including politicsas part of the Medill School of Journalism residency program.
Patrick was born in Connecticut and raised there and in Indiana. He lives in San Antonio with his wife Camille and their chihuahua, Murphy. He is an avid runner and enjoys hiking and cooking.
Please join us in welcoming Patrick to the Post.
