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Brister won the first of her two terms on the St. Tammany Parish Council for District 4 in the primary election held on October 23, 1999. With 2,214 votes (54.1 percent), she defeated two fellow Republicans.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 23, 1999.</ref> Brister was unopposed for a second term in the 2003 primary. She declined to seek a third term and was succeeded by fellow Republican [[Reid Falconer]] of Madisonville, the winner of the 2007 primary over another Republican named John Robertson.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 20, 2007.</ref>​

Brister won the first of her two terms on the St. Tammany Parish Council for District 4 in the primary election held on October 23, 1999. With 2,214 votes (54.1 percent), she defeated two fellow Republicans.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 23, 1999.</ref> Brister was unopposed for a second term in the 2003 primary. She declined to seek a third term and was succeeded by fellow Republican [[Reid Falconer]] of Madisonville, the winner of the 2007 primary over another Republican named John Robertson.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 20, 2007.</ref>​

Earlier in 1995, Brister ran unsuccessfully for state senator for District 11 (St. Tammany and Tangipahoa parishes). She was defeated by fellow Republican [[Tom Schedler]]<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, 1995.</ref> of Slidell in St. Tammany Parish, who held the Senate seat from 1996 to 2008, when he was term-limited by state law and succeeded by the Mandeville Republican [[Jack Donahue]], who was term-limited in the 2019 primary.​ Schedler went on to serve as Louisiana Secretary of State, a post from which he was forced to resign in a sex scandal in 2018.

Earlier in 1995, Brister ran unsuccessfully for state senator for District 11 (St. Tammany and Tangipahoa parishes). She was defeated in a runoff contest, 57 to 43 percent, by fellow Republican [[Tom Schedler]]<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 18, 1995.</ref> of Slidell in St. Tammany Parish, who held the Senate seat from 1996 to 2008, when he was term-limited by state law and succeeded by the Mandeville Republican [[Jack Donahue]], who was term-limited in the 2019 primary.​ Schedler went on to serve as Louisiana Secretary of State, a post from which he was forced to resign in a sexual harassment scandal in 2018.

In 2002, President Bush named Brister to a three-year term on the board of the Federal Home Loan Bank of [[Dallas]], [[Texas]].<ref name=fhfb/>​

In 2002, President Bush named Brister to a three-year term on the board of the Federal Home Loan Bank of [[Dallas]], [[Texas]].<ref name=fhfb/>​

On January 9, 2009, Republican [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]] appointed Brister her to the Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission, the panel which regulates, operates, and controls the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, which includes the bridge system and the causeway approach road system on the North Shore.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gov.louisiana.gov/index.cfm?md=newsroom&tmp=detail&articleID=903|title=Governor Bobby Jindal Announces the Appointment of Patricia Brister to the Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission|date=January 9, 2009|publisher=gov.louisiana.gov|accessdate=November 8, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref>​

On January 9, 2009, Republican [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]] appointed Brister to the Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission, the panel which regulates, operates, and controls the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, which includes the bridge system and the causeway approach road system on the North Shore.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gov.louisiana.gov/index.cfm?md=newsroom&tmp=detail&articleID=903|title=Governor Bobby Jindal Announces the Appointment of Patricia Brister to the Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission|date=January 9, 2009|publisher=gov.louisiana.gov|accessdate=November 8, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref>​

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In 2013, Brister attended a fundraiser for [[liberal]]  [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[U.S. Senator]] [[Mary Landrieu]], a candidate for a fourth term in the 2014 midterm elections. Landrieu was unseated by Republican then [[U.S. Representative]] [[Bill Cassidy]] of Louisiana's 6th congressional district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thedeadpelican.com/2013/brister.html|title=Former Louisiana GOP Chair Supports Obama? GOP Parish President Pat Brister is Singing Mary Landrieu's praises for her work for Louisiana families|publisher=''The Dead Pelican''|date=November 22, 2003|accessdate=February 4, 2020}}</ref> Brister's embrace of Landrieu has been strongly criticized by [[Moon Griffon]], the [[conservative]] statewide [[radio]] commentator, then based in  [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] but since [[Lafayette]], a long-term critic of Senator Landrieu.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' November 22, 2013; December 3, 2013.</ref>

In 2013, Brister attended a fundraiser for [[liberal]]  [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[U.S. Senator]] [[Mary Landrieu]], a candidate for a fourth term in the 2014 midterm elections. Landrieu was unseated by Republican then [[U.S. Representative]] [[Bill Cassidy]] of Louisiana's 6th congressional district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thedeadpelican.com/2013/brister.html|title=Former Louisiana GOP Chair Supports Obama? GOP Parish President Pat Brister is Singing Mary Landrieu's praises for her work for Louisiana families|publisher=''The Dead Pelican''|date=November 22, 2003|accessdate=February 4, 2020}}</ref> Brister's embrace of Landrieu has been strongly criticized by [[Moon Griffon]], the [[conservative]] statewide [[radio]] commentator, then based in  [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] but since [[Lafayette]], a long-term critic of Senator Landrieu.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' November 22, 2013; December 3, 2013.</ref>