After close 2018 race, Mike Collier seeking rematch against Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. The Houston-area accountant says the lieutenant governor needs to be held accountable for grid failure. Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor Mike Collier spoke at a town hall meeting hosted by the Funky East Dallas Democrats at 2018 Kidwell Street on July 2. (Ashley Landis / Staff Photographer) After losing a 2018 race to Patrick by five percentage points, Collier told The Dallas Morning News that he’s again running for lieutenant governor, hoping that he’ll mobilize enough voters to give Democrats its first statewide victory since 1994. “The campaign is all about holding Dan Patrick accountable for the many failures, the last being the power grid and the water situation,” Collier told