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A native of [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], Willis received a Bachelor of Science degree from Mississippi State University at Starkville and a law degree from Loyola University in New Orleans. She is a [[Presbyterian]]. She resides in Diamondhead, Mississippi, and is a member of the Republican Women's Clubs for Hancock and Harrison counties.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/144496/patricia-willis#.WeEh9rpFzb0|title=Patricia Willis' Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref> 

A native of [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], Willis received a Bachelor of Science degree from Mississippi State University at Starkville and a law degree from Loyola University in New Orleans. She is a [[Presbyterian]]. She resides in Diamondhead, Mississippi, and is a member of the Republican Women's Clubs for Hancock and Harrison counties.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/144496/patricia-willis#.WeEh9rpFzb0|title=Patricia Willis' Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref> 

In a special election held on May 28, 2013, Willis defeated three opponents to claim the District 95 House seat. She received 52.5 percent of the ballots cast. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/links/elections/2013/SE13%20House%2095%20Results.pdf|title=Election Returns|date=May 28, 2013|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref>The seat was vacated by the death of the Republican incumbent, Jessica Sibley Upshaw (1959-2013), also an attorney from Diamondhead. Upshaw suffered from depression and committed suicide at the home of a boyfriend.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seacoastecho.com/news/exec/view.pl?archive=12&num=6789#.WeEp_bpFzb0|title=Upshaw's death an apparent suicide|author=Jennifer Lenain|date=March 26, 2013|publisher=Seacoastecho.com|accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref>

In a special election held on May 28, 2013, Willis defeated three opponents to claim the District 95 House seat. She received 52.5 percent of the ballots cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/links/elections/2013/SE13%20House%2095%20Results.pdf|title=Election Returns|date=May 28, 2013|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref> The seat was vacated by the death of the Republican incumbent, Jessica Sibley Upshaw (1959-2013), also an attorney from Diamondhead. Upshaw suffered from depression and committed suicide at the home of a boyfriend.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seacoastecho.com/news/exec/view.pl?archive=12&num=6789#.WeEp_bpFzb0|title=Upshaw's death an apparent suicide|author=Jennifer Lenain|date=March 26, 2013|publisher=Seacoastecho.com|accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref>

In the 2015 [[primary]] and [[general election]], Willis ran without opposition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/Elections-Voting/Pages/2015-General-Election.aspx|title=General election returns|date=November 3, 2015|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref>

In the 2015 [[primary]] and [[general election]], Willis ran without opposition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/Elections-Voting/Pages/2015-General-Election.aspx|title=General election returns|date=November 3, 2015|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref>