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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 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 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=June 22, 2020}}</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>>​

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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 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>