Article snippet: What some Texas conservatives are calling the "new battle of the Alamo" has triggered an unlikely, intraparty squabble involving the rising-star scion of one of the nation's most famous political families. Former Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson said Friday that he is entering next year's Republican primary against his successor and fellow Republican George P. Bush. Patterson left the commissionership in 2014 to run unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor while endorsing Bush to replace him. Since then, though, the 71-year-old Patterson has been highly critical of Bush's cutting hundreds of jobs at the agency, as well as his leading of a major renovation of the Alamo, the San Antonio shrine where 189 Texas independence fighters were killed by Mexican Gen. Santa Anna's troops in 1836. "I don't need a job and I would prefer, at this point, to be praising George P. Bush," Patterson said in a telephone interview. But "over the last three years, I've watched this agency crater." Patterson faces an uphill climb against a well-known and well-funded incumbent. Bush is the grandson of former President George H.W. Bush and nephew of former President and ex-Texas Gov. George W. Bush. His father, former Florida Gov. White House last year. George P. is 41 and speaks fluent Spanish. He's seen in Texas and nationally as a possible, future political force who could help the GOP make inroads with Hispanic voters. While relatively little-known, the land commissioner's ... Link to the full article to read more