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|nationality=[[United States|American]]

|office= [[Texas]] State Representative<br>for Districts 57-H and 123 (Bexar County)

|office= [[Texas]] State Representative<br>for Districts 57-H and 123<br> (Bexar County)

|party=[[Republican Party]]

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|term_start=January 1981

|term_start=January 1981

Kae Lynn Patrick Diehl}}

Kae Lynn Patrick Diehl}}

'''Kae Thomas Patrick''' (born March 12, 1934)<ref name=searchancestry>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/kae-patrick/e652116129168|title=Kae Patrick|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=January 16, 2021}}</ref>

'''Kae Thomas Patrick''' (born March 12, 1934)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/kae-patrick/e652116129168|title=Kae Patrick|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=January 16, 2021}}</ref>

 

 

is an [[attorney]] from [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former state representative, having represented first District 57-H from 1981 to 1983, and then District 123 in Bexar County from 1983 to 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=382&searchparams=chamber=H~city=~countyID=0~RcountyID=~district=~first=Kae~gender=~last=Patrick~leaderNote=~leg=~party=~roleDesc=~Committee=|title=Kae T. Patrick|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|location=[[Austin]], [[Texas]]|accessdate=January 16, 2021}}</ref>

is an [[attorney]] from [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former state representative, having represented first District 57-H from 1981 to 1983, and then District 123 in Bexar County from 1983 to 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=382&searchparams=chamber=H~city=~countyID=0~RcountyID=~district=~first=Kae~gender=~last=Patrick~leaderNote=~leg=~party=~roleDesc=~Committee=|title=Kae T. Patrick|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|location=[[Austin]], [[Texas]]|accessdate=January 16, 2021}}</ref>

==Biography==

==Biography==

A native of Gray County, Patrick was presumably born in Pampa, Texas. In 1935, at the age of one year, he was living in nearby Dumas in Moore County. Both counties are located in the Texas Panhandle.  

A native of Gray County, Patrick was presumably born in Pampa, Texas. In 1935, at the age of one year, he was living in nearby Dumas in Moore County. Both counties are located seventy miles apart in the Texas Panhandle.  

Patrick ran unsuccessfully for the state House in 1978 before winning his seat in 1980. His primary opponent, James G. Branaum, sued Patrick under Texas campaign finance law to recover civil penalties on the grounds that Patrick had paid his filing fee in 1980 without first appointing a campaign treasurer. Patrick argued that he was using his 1978 campaign manager, Vita Mayo, until he named a relative, Edgar Harry von Scheele, as his replacement manager for 1980. The Texas Court of Appeals for the Fourth District held that Patrick's delay in switching managers did not impact the outcome of the primary and that Branaum was not entitled to damages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tx.findacase.com/research/wfrmDocViewer.aspx/xq/fac.19821020_0041885.TX.htm/qx|title=Branaum v. Patrick|date=October 20, 1982|publisher=findacase.com|accessdate=January 16, 2021}}</ref>

Patrick ran unsuccessfully for the state House in 1978 before winning his seat in 1980. His primary opponent, James G. Branaum, sued Patrick under Texas campaign finance law to recover civil penalties on the grounds that Patrick had paid his filing fee in 1980 without first appointing a campaign treasurer. Patrick argued that he was using his 1978 campaign manager, Vita Mayo, until he named a relative, Edgar Harry von Scheele, as his replacement manager for 1980. The Texas Court of Appeals for the Fourth District held that Patrick's delay in switching managers did not impact the outcome of the primary and that Branaum was not entitled to damages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tx.findacase.com/research/wfrmDocViewer.aspx/xq/fac.19821020_0041885.TX.htm/qx|title=Branaum v. Patrick|date=October 20, 1982|publisher=findacase.com|accessdate=January 16, 2021}}</ref>