Patricia "Patti" Blevins is an American

politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ...

and the former President pro tempore of the

Delaware Senate The Delaware State Senate is the upper house of the Delaware General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Delaware. It is composed of 21 Senators, each of whom is elected to a four-year term, except when reapportionment occur ...

. A Democrat, she represented the 7th district from 1990 until 2016, when she lost her reelection campaign by 282 votes. Blevins served as Majority Leader of the Delaware Senate from 2009 to 2012 and Majority Whip from 2007 to 2009. She was on the town council and mayor of

Elsmere, Delaware Elsmere is a town in New Castle County, Delaware, United States, bordering the city of Wilmington, Delaware, Wilmington along Wilmington's western border. According to the 2010 Census, the population of the town is 6,131. History Elsmere dates ba ...

from 1985 to 1990. She attended Mount Pleasant High School and received her BA in psychology from

Temple University Temple University (Temple or TU) is a public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related research university in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist ministe ...

in 1975.

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