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===St. Tammany Parish presidency===
===St. Tammany Parish presidency===
On October 22, 2011, she was elected parish president of St. Tammany Parish with 73 percent of the vote and was sworn into office in January 2012. She was reelected in 2015.<ref name="nola.com"/>
On October 22, 2011, she was elected parish president of St. Tammany Parish with 73 percent of the vote and was sworn into office in January 2012. She was reelected in 2015.<ref name="nola.com"/>
In 2019, Brister was unseated in her bid for a third term as parish president by her fellow Republican Michael Benton "Mike" Cooper (born November 27, 1953) of Covington. Her second term in office was dogged with budget cuts and the failure three times to extend two different [[sale tax]]es.<ref name=wwltv/> In the primary, held on October 12, she trailed Cooper and was unseated in the runoff contest on November 16. In the second balloting, Cooper polled 53,732 votes (61 percent) to Brister's 33,985 (39 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12 and November 16, 2019.</ref>
In 2019, Brister was unseated in her bid for a third term as parish president by her fellow Republican Michael Benton "Mike" Cooper (born November 27, 1953) of Covington. Her second term in office was dogged with budget cuts and the failure three times to extend two different [[sales tax]]es.<ref name=wwltv/> In the primary, held on October 12, she trailed Cooper and was unseated in the runoff contest on November 16. In the second balloting, Cooper polled 53,732 votes (61 percent) to Brister's 33,985 (39 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12 and November 16, 2019.</ref>
==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Involved in various business enterprises over the years, Brister was for a time the chief executive officer and chairman of the trustees of Orion College, a James Kirk diploma mill, which operated in Mandeville from 1997 to 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/education-training/education-systems-institutions/6043872-1.html|title=Orion College Opens|date=January 25, 2001|publisher=Allbusiness.com|accessdate=November 8, 2009}}</ref><ref name=fhfb/>
Involved in various business enterprises over the years, Brister was for a time the chief executive officer and chairman of the trustees of Orion College, a James Kirk diploma mill which operated in Mandeville from 1997 to 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/education-training/education-systems-institutions/6043872-1.html|title=Orion College Opens|date=January 25, 2001|publisher=Allbusiness.com|accessdate=November 8, 2009}}</ref><ref name=fhfb/>
Brister was married to Joseph Stanley "Joe" Brister, Jr. (1933-2017) a New Orleans native who established Brister-Stephens, Inc., an air conditioning and heating company, of which she was the former vice president. Her children from a previous marriage are Jill Beck Heebe, Matthew Beck, Mark Beck, Kenneth Beck, and stepson, Steven Clark Beck (1962-2010) of Destrehan in St. Charles Parish.<ref<{{cite web|url=http://www.tributes.com/show/Steven-Brister-88039253|title=Steven Brister obituary|publisher=Tributes.com|accessdate=February 4, 2020}}</ref><ref name=wwltv>{{cite web |url=http://lwvofst.org/_archives/2011/Documents/Biographies/LWVST%20Parish%20President%20Brister%20BIO.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203034845/http://lwvofst.org/_archives/2011/Documents/Biographies/LWVST%20Parish%20President%20Brister%20BIO.pdf |archive-date=2013-12-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She is a [[Presbyterian]]. Her political interest was initially fueled by the Parent-Teacher Association. She was formerly the executive director of the Northshore Business Council.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.1012corridor.com/news/2009/apr/30/25-most-powerful-people-corridor/|title=Pat Brister: Executive Director, Northshore Business Council|publisher=1012corridor.com|accessdate=November 8, 2009}}</ref><ref name=wwwltv/>
Brister was married to Joseph Stanley "Joe" Brister, Jr. (1933-2017) a New Orleans native who established Brister-Stephens, Inc., an air conditioning and heating company, of which she was the former vice president. Her children from a previous marriage are Jill Beck Heebe, Matthew Beck, Mark Beck, Kenneth Beck, and stepson, Steven Clark Beck (1962-2010) of Destrehan in St. Charles Parish.<ref<{{cite web|url=http://www.tributes.com/show/Steven-Brister-88039253|title=Steven Brister obituary|publisher=Tributes.com|accessdate=February 4, 2020}}</ref><ref name=wwltv>{{cite web |url=http://lwvofst.org/_archives/2011/Documents/Biographies/LWVST%20Parish%20President%20Brister%20BIO.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203034845/http://lwvofst.org/_archives/2011/Documents/Biographies/LWVST%20Parish%20President%20Brister%20BIO.pdf |archive-date=2013-12-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She is a [[Presbyterian]]. Her political interest was initially fueled by the Parent-Teacher Association. She was formerly the executive director of the Northshore Business Council.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.1012corridor.com/news/2009/apr/30/25-most-powerful-people-corridor/|title=Pat Brister: Executive Director, Northshore Business Council|publisher=1012corridor.com|accessdate=November 8, 2009}}</ref><ref name=wwwltv/>