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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Diane Porter Patrick
|nationality=[[United States|American]]
|office= [[Texas]] State Representative for<br> District 94 (Tarrant County)
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|term_start=January 2007
|term_end=January 13, 2015
|preceded=[[Kent Grusendorf]]
|succeeded=Tony Tinderholt
|birth_place=Place of birth missing
|birth_date=January 9, 1946
|residence=[[Arlington, Texas|Arlington]], [[Texas]], USA
|occupation=Former educator
|spouse=Ned Howard Patrick, [[D.D.S.]]
|children=Craig Madison Patrick<br>
Claire Louise Casteel
|religion=
|alma_mater=Longview High School<br>
[[Baylor University]]<br>
University of Texas at Arlington}}
'''Diane Porter Patrick''' (born January 9, 1946),<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/59327/diane-patrick#.Uxzd78uPIfg|title=Diane Patrick's Biography|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=June 22, 2020}}</ref>is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former four-term state representative for District 94 in Tarrant County, [[Texas]].
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://state.tx.us/members/member-page/?district=94|title=Texas House Member: Rep. Patrick, Diane (District 94)|publisher=house.state.tx.us|accessdate=March 9, 2014}}</ref>
First elected in 2006, Patrick, a [[Moderate Republican]], was unseated in the Republican [[primary]] election] held on March 4, 2014 by her [[conservative]] intra-party rival, Tony Tinderholt of Arlington, who polled 7,489 votes (55.4 percent) to Patrick's 6,018 (44.6 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Republican primary election returns, March 4, 2014.</ref>
==Background==
Patrick attended Longview High School in [[Longview, Texas|Longview]] in East Texas.<ref name=intelius>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Diane&qmi=&qn=Patrick&qcs=Arlington%2C+TX&focusfirst=1|title=Diane Porter Patrick|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=June 22, 2020}}</ref> In 1966, she received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in professional education from the [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], Texas. She also holds [[Master of Arts]] (1969) and [[Doctor of Philosophy]] (1999) degrees from the [[University of North Texas]] in [[Denton, Texas|Denton]]. She is a former professor at [[Texas Christian University]] in [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]] and at her alma mater, UT-Arlington.<ref name=votesmart/>
She taught in the Richardson and Birdville independent school districts from 1967 to 1971 and 1986 to 1989, respectively. From 1981 to 1992, Patrick was a trustee and later board president of the Arlington Independent School District. In 1992, she was elected to a single four-year term to the Texas State Board of Education.<ref name=votesmart/> She did not seek reelection to the state board in 1996 and was succeeded by fellow Republican Richard Neill.<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Republican primary election returns, March 9, 2014.</ref>
Patrick is a member of the Junior League, Rotary International, the Arlington Republican Club, and Reagan Legacy Republican Women. In 2007, ''The Dallas Morning News'' dubbed her the best of the freshman class of legislators.<ref name=votesmart/>
Patrick and her husband, Ned Howard Patrick (born c. 1944), a [[dentist]], have two children, Craig Madison Patrick (born c. 1970) and Claire Patrick Casteel and husband, Brandon Garrett Casteel (both born c. 1974).<ref name=votesmart/><ref name=intelius/>
==Political life==
In the 1992 Republican primary, Patrick defeated Forrest Edward Watson (born c. 1935) for the party nomination to the District 11 seat on the State Board of Education. She polled 36,736 ballots (59.3 percent) to Watson's 25,258 votes (40.7 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Republican primary election returns, March 10, 1992.</ref> Patrick then defeated in the [[general election]] the [[Libertarian Party|Libertarian]] Jerilyn Kay "Jeri" Barthel (born c. 1956) of Arlington, 341,029 votes (83.5 percent) to 67,502 (16.5 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, General Election Returns, November 3, 1992.</ref>
In the 2006 Republican primary, Patrick challenged the[[conservative]] incumbent Representative [[Kent Grusendorf]] over his support for school vouchers and her opposition to them. She attributed her victory to the vouchers issue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2007-01-12/435186/|title=In Search of a New Agenda: What to look for in the 2007 Texas Legislature |date=January 12, 2007|publisher=austinchronicle.com|accessdate=September 15, 2011}}</ref> Patrick prevailed, 5,973 (58.1 percent) to Grusendorf's 4,308 (41.9 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Republican primary election returns, March 7, 2006.</ref>>
In 2008, then [[Speaker]] [[Tom Craddick]] of [[Midland]], appointed Patrick and futures trader Salem Abraham, a school board member in Canadian in Hemphill County, to the Public School Accountability Task Force, a group established to oversee a new educational accountability system for public education. Abraham also served on the legislative committee for the Texas Association of School Boards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.house.state.tx.us/news/press-releases/?id=2309&session=80&year=2008&district=82&bill_code=2610|title=Craddick announces his appointments to the Public School Accountability Task Force|date=January 22, 2008|publisher=Texas House of Representative|accessdate=September 22, 2014}}</ref>
In the 2012 House primary, Patrick easily prevailed over Trina Desiree Lanza (born c. 1969) of Colleyville, 7,310 votes (74.7 percent) to 2,472 (25.3 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Republican primary election returns, May 29, 2012.</ref>
In 2013, in her last regular legislative session, Patrick served on these House committees: (1) Appropriations, (2) Higher Education (vice chair), and (3) Rules and Resolutions. She also sat on the Joint Committee of Oversight of Higher Ed Governance, Excellence & Transparency.<ref name=votesmart/>
Patrick supported the ban on [[abortion]] after twenty weeks of gestation in 2013, the bill passed the House, 96-49, and was quickly blocked by liberal federal courts. She also backed companion legislation to increase medical and licensing requirements of abortion providers.<ref name=votingrecords/> These issues brought forth an unsuccessful [[filibuster]] in the Texas State Senate by Wendy Russell Davis of Fort Worth,<ref>{{cite news|title=Filibuster in Texas Senate Tries to Halt Abortion Bill|author=Fernandez, M.|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/26/us/politics/senate-democrats-in-texas-try-blocking-abortion-bill-with-filibuster.html|newspaper=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=June 25, 2013|accessdate=March 9, 2014}}</ref>who in 2014 was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for [[governor]], having lost to the Republican [[Greg Abbott]]. The Texas [[Right to Life]] Committee rated Patrick 67 percent favorable in 2013, and 60 percent in 2011.<ref name=ratings/>
Patrick voted to establish a taxpayer-funded breakfast program for public schools, which passed the House, 73-58. She supported legislation to provide marshals for school security as a separate law-enforcement entity. She backed the successful bill to extend the franchise tax exemption to certain businesses. Patrick co-sponsored the bill to prohibit texting while driving. She voted to require testing for [[narcotics]] of those receiving unemployment compensation. She voted for the "equal pay for women" measure, which passed the House, 78-61,<ref name=votingrecords/> though the issue had been addressed with the Pay Equity Act of 1963.
Patrick supported the measure to forbid the state from engaging in the enforcement of federal regulations of firearms. She voted to allow college and university officials to carry concealed weapons in the name of campus security. She supported legislation to reduce the time required to obtain a concealed-carry permit. She backed the [[redistricting]] bills for the state House, the Texas Senate, and the [[United States House of Representatives]]. Patrick voted to establish term limits for certain state officials.<ref name=votingrecords>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/59327/diane-patrick#.Ux0IyMuPIfg|title=Diane Patrick's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=June 22, 2020.</ref>
In 2013, [[Phyllis Schlafly]]'s [[Eagle Forum]], formerly managed in Texas by [[Cathie Adams]], a former interim state chairman of the Texas Republican Party, rated Patrick 65 percent favorable, and the Sierra Club scored her 36 percent. [[Texans for Fiscal Responsibility]], founded by [[Michael Quinn Sullivan]], rated her 37 percent favorable in 2013, 13 percent in 2011, low scores for a Republican member of the legislature. The Texas Association of Business rated Patrick 92 percent favorable throughout her House tenure. The [[National Rifle Association]] rated her 67 percent in a 2012 survey. In 2009, the Libertarian Party rated her 61 percent favorable on issues of economic freedom and personal liberties.<ref name=ratings>{{cite web|url=|title=Diane Patrick's Ratings and Endorsements|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=June 22, 2020}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Patrick, Diane}}
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Women]]
[[Category:Educators]]
[[Category:Professors]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Moderate Republicans]]
|name=Diane Porter Patrick
|nationality=[[United States|American]]
|office= [[Texas]] State Representative for<br> District 94 (Tarrant County)
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|term_start=January 2007
|term_end=January 13, 2015
|preceded=[[Kent Grusendorf]]
|succeeded=Tony Tinderholt
|birth_place=Place of birth missing
|birth_date=January 9, 1946
|residence=[[Arlington, Texas|Arlington]], [[Texas]], USA
|occupation=Former educator
|spouse=Ned Howard Patrick, [[D.D.S.]]
|children=Craig Madison Patrick<br>
Claire Louise Casteel
|religion=
|alma_mater=Longview High School<br>
[[Baylor University]]<br>
University of Texas at Arlington}}
'''Diane Porter Patrick''' (born January 9, 1946),<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/59327/diane-patrick#.Uxzd78uPIfg|title=Diane Patrick's Biography|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=June 22, 2020}}</ref>is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former four-term state representative for District 94 in Tarrant County, [[Texas]].
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://state.tx.us/members/member-page/?district=94|title=Texas House Member: Rep. Patrick, Diane (District 94)|publisher=house.state.tx.us|accessdate=March 9, 2014}}</ref>
First elected in 2006, Patrick, a [[Moderate Republican]], was unseated in the Republican [[primary]] election] held on March 4, 2014 by her [[conservative]] intra-party rival, Tony Tinderholt of Arlington, who polled 7,489 votes (55.4 percent) to Patrick's 6,018 (44.6 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Republican primary election returns, March 4, 2014.</ref>
==Background==
Patrick attended Longview High School in [[Longview, Texas|Longview]] in East Texas.<ref name=intelius>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Diane&qmi=&qn=Patrick&qcs=Arlington%2C+TX&focusfirst=1|title=Diane Porter Patrick|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=June 22, 2020}}</ref> In 1966, she received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in professional education from the [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], Texas. She also holds [[Master of Arts]] (1969) and [[Doctor of Philosophy]] (1999) degrees from the [[University of North Texas]] in [[Denton, Texas|Denton]]. She is a former professor at [[Texas Christian University]] in [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]] and at her alma mater, UT-Arlington.<ref name=votesmart/>
She taught in the Richardson and Birdville independent school districts from 1967 to 1971 and 1986 to 1989, respectively. From 1981 to 1992, Patrick was a trustee and later board president of the Arlington Independent School District. In 1992, she was elected to a single four-year term to the Texas State Board of Education.<ref name=votesmart/> She did not seek reelection to the state board in 1996 and was succeeded by fellow Republican Richard Neill.<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Republican primary election returns, March 9, 2014.</ref>
Patrick is a member of the Junior League, Rotary International, the Arlington Republican Club, and Reagan Legacy Republican Women. In 2007, ''The Dallas Morning News'' dubbed her the best of the freshman class of legislators.<ref name=votesmart/>
Patrick and her husband, Ned Howard Patrick (born c. 1944), a [[dentist]], have two children, Craig Madison Patrick (born c. 1970) and Claire Patrick Casteel and husband, Brandon Garrett Casteel (both born c. 1974).<ref name=votesmart/><ref name=intelius/>
==Political life==
In the 1992 Republican primary, Patrick defeated Forrest Edward Watson (born c. 1935) for the party nomination to the District 11 seat on the State Board of Education. She polled 36,736 ballots (59.3 percent) to Watson's 25,258 votes (40.7 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Republican primary election returns, March 10, 1992.</ref> Patrick then defeated in the [[general election]] the [[Libertarian Party|Libertarian]] Jerilyn Kay "Jeri" Barthel (born c. 1956) of Arlington, 341,029 votes (83.5 percent) to 67,502 (16.5 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, General Election Returns, November 3, 1992.</ref>
In the 2006 Republican primary, Patrick challenged the[[conservative]] incumbent Representative [[Kent Grusendorf]] over his support for school vouchers and her opposition to them. She attributed her victory to the vouchers issue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2007-01-12/435186/|title=In Search of a New Agenda: What to look for in the 2007 Texas Legislature |date=January 12, 2007|publisher=austinchronicle.com|accessdate=September 15, 2011}}</ref> Patrick prevailed, 5,973 (58.1 percent) to Grusendorf's 4,308 (41.9 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Republican primary election returns, March 7, 2006.</ref>>
In 2008, then [[Speaker]] [[Tom Craddick]] of [[Midland]], appointed Patrick and futures trader Salem Abraham, a school board member in Canadian in Hemphill County, to the Public School Accountability Task Force, a group established to oversee a new educational accountability system for public education. Abraham also served on the legislative committee for the Texas Association of School Boards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.house.state.tx.us/news/press-releases/?id=2309&session=80&year=2008&district=82&bill_code=2610|title=Craddick announces his appointments to the Public School Accountability Task Force|date=January 22, 2008|publisher=Texas House of Representative|accessdate=September 22, 2014}}</ref>
In the 2012 House primary, Patrick easily prevailed over Trina Desiree Lanza (born c. 1969) of Colleyville, 7,310 votes (74.7 percent) to 2,472 (25.3 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Republican primary election returns, May 29, 2012.</ref>
In 2013, in her last regular legislative session, Patrick served on these House committees: (1) Appropriations, (2) Higher Education (vice chair), and (3) Rules and Resolutions. She also sat on the Joint Committee of Oversight of Higher Ed Governance, Excellence & Transparency.<ref name=votesmart/>
Patrick supported the ban on [[abortion]] after twenty weeks of gestation in 2013, the bill passed the House, 96-49, and was quickly blocked by liberal federal courts. She also backed companion legislation to increase medical and licensing requirements of abortion providers.<ref name=votingrecords/> These issues brought forth an unsuccessful [[filibuster]] in the Texas State Senate by Wendy Russell Davis of Fort Worth,<ref>{{cite news|title=Filibuster in Texas Senate Tries to Halt Abortion Bill|author=Fernandez, M.|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/26/us/politics/senate-democrats-in-texas-try-blocking-abortion-bill-with-filibuster.html|newspaper=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=June 25, 2013|accessdate=March 9, 2014}}</ref>who in 2014 was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for [[governor]], having lost to the Republican [[Greg Abbott]]. The Texas [[Right to Life]] Committee rated Patrick 67 percent favorable in 2013, and 60 percent in 2011.<ref name=ratings/>
Patrick voted to establish a taxpayer-funded breakfast program for public schools, which passed the House, 73-58. She supported legislation to provide marshals for school security as a separate law-enforcement entity. She backed the successful bill to extend the franchise tax exemption to certain businesses. Patrick co-sponsored the bill to prohibit texting while driving. She voted to require testing for [[narcotics]] of those receiving unemployment compensation. She voted for the "equal pay for women" measure, which passed the House, 78-61,<ref name=votingrecords/> though the issue had been addressed with the Pay Equity Act of 1963.
Patrick supported the measure to forbid the state from engaging in the enforcement of federal regulations of firearms. She voted to allow college and university officials to carry concealed weapons in the name of campus security. She supported legislation to reduce the time required to obtain a concealed-carry permit. She backed the [[redistricting]] bills for the state House, the Texas Senate, and the [[United States House of Representatives]]. Patrick voted to establish term limits for certain state officials.<ref name=votingrecords>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/59327/diane-patrick#.Ux0IyMuPIfg|title=Diane Patrick's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=June 22, 2020.</ref>
In 2013, [[Phyllis Schlafly]]'s [[Eagle Forum]], formerly managed in Texas by [[Cathie Adams]], a former interim state chairman of the Texas Republican Party, rated Patrick 65 percent favorable, and the Sierra Club scored her 36 percent. [[Texans for Fiscal Responsibility]], founded by [[Michael Quinn Sullivan]], rated her 37 percent favorable in 2013, 13 percent in 2011, low scores for a Republican member of the legislature. The Texas Association of Business rated Patrick 92 percent favorable throughout her House tenure. The [[National Rifle Association]] rated her 67 percent in a 2012 survey. In 2009, the Libertarian Party rated her 61 percent favorable on issues of economic freedom and personal liberties.<ref name=ratings>{{cite web|url=|title=Diane Patrick's Ratings and Endorsements|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=June 22, 2020}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Patrick, Diane}}
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Women]]
[[Category:Educators]]
[[Category:Professors]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Moderate Republicans]]