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{{Infobox person
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| name = Patrick B. "Pat" Haggerty
| name = Patrick Brian "Pat" Haggerty
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'''Patrick B. Haggerty''', known as '''Pat Haggerty''' (born March 17, 1944),[1] is a [[lobbyist]] and [[real estate]] broker from [[El Paso]], [[Texas]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former ten-term member of the Texas House of Representatives. He was the District 78 representative from 1995 to 2009. Earlier, he represented District 79 from 1993 to 1995 and District 71 from 1989 to 1993. The boundary changes came from redistricting. In his last term in the state House, he was a member of the Transportation and Corrections committees and was known for his expertise on penal issues.[2]
'''Patrick Brian Haggerty''', known as '''Pat Haggerty''' (born March 17, 1944),[1] is a [[lobbyist]] and [[real estate]] broker from [[El Paso]], [[Texas]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former ten-term member of the Texas House of Representatives. He was the District 78 representative from 1995 to 2009. Earlier, he represented District 79 from 1993 to 1995 and District 71 from 1989 to 1993. The boundary changes came from redistricting. In his last term in the state House, he was a member of the Transportation and Corrections committees and was known for his expertise on penal issues.[2]
==Background==
==Background==
Born on St. Patrick's Day, Patrick Haggerty is one of eleven children of Richard H. Haggerty (1920-2000), a private in the[[ United States Marine Corps]] in [[World War II]],[3] and the former Kathleen Eleanor Keily (1920-2012),[4] an Irish-American couple often called the "Republican [[John F. Kennedy|Kennedys]]" of northeast El Paso. Two of Haggerty's brothers, Timothy Allen Haggerty (1946-2006) and Daniel Richard "Dan" Haggerty (1948-2013), are deceased. These brothers, who served in the [[Vietnam War]], are interred with their parents at the Fort Bliss National Cemetery in El Paso.[5]
Born on St. Patrick's Day, Patrick Haggerty is one of eleven children of Richard H. Haggerty (1920-2000), a private in the[[ United States Marine Corps]] in [[World War II]],[3] and the former Kathleen Eleanor Keily (1920-2012),[4] an Irish-American couple often called the "Republican [[John F. Kennedy|Kennedys]]" of northeast El Paso. Two of Haggerty's brothers, Timothy Allen Haggerty (1946-2006) and Daniel Richard "Dan" Haggerty (1948-2013), are deceased. These brothers, who served in the [[Vietnam War]], are interred with their parents at the Fort Bliss National Cemetery in El Paso.[5]
Haggerty holds both [[Bachelor of Arts]] and [[Master of Arts]] degrees from the University of Texas at El Paso. He is married to the former Yvonne Collins (born c. 1951).[1]
Haggerty attended St. John's Catholic High School in El Paso and holds both [[Bachelor of Arts]] and [[Master of Arts]] degrees from the University of Texas at El Paso. He is married to the former Yvonne Collins (born c. 1951).[1]
==Political career==
==Political career==