Patricia Blevins

American politician

Patricia Blevins

President pro tempore of the Delaware Senate
In office 2013–2017
Preceded by	Anthony DeLuca
Succeeded by	David McBride
Member of the Delaware Senate from the 7th district
In office 1990–2017
Preceded by	Robert T. Still
Succeeded by	Anthony Delcollo

Personal details
Born	(1954-02-21) February 21, 1954 (age 70) Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Residence	Elsmere, Delaware
Alma mater	Temple University

Patricia "Patti" Blevins is an American politician and the former President pro tempore of the Delaware Senate. A Democrat, she represented the 7th district from 1990 until 2016, when she lost her reelection campaign by 282 votes.^[1] Blevins served as Majority Leader of the Delaware Senate from 2009 to 2012 and Majority Whip from 2007 to 2009.^[2] She was on the town council and mayor of Elsmere, Delaware from 1985 to 1990. She attended Mount Pleasant High School and received her BA in psychology from Temple University in 1975.^[3]

References

^ "State of Delaware General Election Official Results". Dover, Delaware: Delaware Commissioner of Elections. November 8, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
^ "Senator Patricia M. Blevins (D)". Delaware General Assembly. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
^ "Senator Patti Blevins's Biography". VoteSmart. Retrieved 4 September 2012.

External links

Appearances on C-SPAN

Delaware Senate
Preceded by Anthony J. DeLuca	President pro tempore 2013–2017	Succeeded by David McBride

Hall of Fame of Delaware Women

1980s

1981	Annie Jump Cannon Pearl Herlihy Daniels Ruth Mitchell Laws Mary Ann Wright
1982	Vera Gilbride Davis Mabel L. Fisher Ridgely Emalea Pusey Warner Pauline A. Young
1983	Esther Schauer Frear Sallie Topkis Ginns Edith Jackson Newton Cecile Long Steele
1985	Louise T. Conner Norma B. Handloff Mary Askew Mather Mary Jornlin Theisen
1986	Roxana Cannon Arsht Emily Bissell Hilda Davis Mabel Vernon
1987	Marguerite Hill Burnett Florence Bayard Hilles Gertrude M. Lowell Elizabeth H. Ryan
1988	Margaret Irving Handy Jane E. Mitchell
1989	Pauline Dyson Genevieve W. Gore

1990s

1990	Winifred J. Robinson Mary Ann Sorden Stuart
1991	Madaline Elliot Buchanan Katherine L. Esterly Nancy Churchman Sawin
1992	Claire La Mar Carey Lozelle Jenkins DeLuz Margaret R. Manning Jane T. Mitchell
1993	Carol E. Hoffecker Elizabeth Neal Ada Leigh Soles Frances D. Swift Tatnall Mae D. Hightower-Vandamm
1994	Helen S. Balick Eleanor L. Cain Harriet Ruth Williams
1995	Mae Riedy Carter Ruth Ann Minner Ruth Oates-Graham
1996	Cynthia M. Boehmer Julie K. Boozer Sally J. Knox Jane P. Maroney
1997	Mary Ann Shadd Cary Sherry L. Freebery Karen E. Peterson Harriet N. Smith Windsor
1998	Nancy W. Cook Henrietta R. Johnson Renee G. O'Leary Beatrice "Bea" Simonds
1999	Grace Ruth Batten Evelyn P. Burkle Lynne S. Frink Barbara Chase Herr

2000s

2000	Martha G. Bachman Alice Marie Smith Coleman Emily G. Morris Helen R. Thomas
2001	Myrna L. Bair Anna Janney De Armond Marian L. Harris Lucile Petry Leone
2002	Sister Ann Marguerite Gildea Gloria Wernicki Homer Jeanne D. Nutter Mary Sam Ward
2003	Joy Ann Bartell Sister Jeanne Cashman Margaret Rose Henry
2004	Patricia M. Blevins Linda L. Chick Carol A. Timmons Edith P. Vincent
2005	Muriel E. Gilman Patricia W. Griffin Teresa Haman Valerie A. Woodruff
2006	M. Jane Brady Felicia A. Dorman Lolita A. Lopez Betsy Rawls Loretta F. Walsh
2007	Sujata Kumari Bhatia Carolyn S. Burger Liane McDowell Sorenson Shirley M. Tarrant Valerie Whiting
2008	Elizabeth Empson Battell Renee Palmore Beaman Grace Pierce Beck Uma Chowdhry Christine Margaret McDermott Evelyn Dickenson Swensson
2009	Theresa L.I. del Tufo Sally V. Hawkins Lynn W. Williams

2010s

2010	Sister Ascension Banegas Jeanette Eckman Kathryn Young Hazeur Jacquelin Pitts Beverly Louise Stewart Judith Gedney Tobin
2011	Neda P. Biggs Imogene F. Chandler Susan C. Del Pesco Audrey K. Doberstein Moonyeen L. Klopfenstein
2012	Vicky Cooke Micki Edelsohn Vivian Rapposelli Frances West
2013	Beatrice Coker Patricia Maichle Wilma Mishoe Jane Richards Roth
2014	Stephanie Kwolek Catherine Devaney McKay Patricia H. Purcell Latricia Odette Wright
2015	Kim L. Allen Darlene Battle Sandra Ben Rita Landgraf Ileana Smith
2016	Annie Norman Chandra Pitts Sonia S. Sloan Jamie L. Wolfe
2017	Carolyn Berger Debra Hefferman Janice Nevin Kendall M. Wilson
2018	Jill Biden Lisa Blunt Rochester Reba Ross Hollingsworth Deborah Wicks
2019	Tania M. Culley Drewry N. Fennell Jan R. Jurden Maria Matos (Delaware) Blanche Williams Stubbs Marie Swajeski

2020s

2020	Mary Seward Phillips Eskridge Margaret Burton White Houston
2021	Fayetta M. Blake Stephanie Bolden Jennifer Cohan Marianne Blackburn “Mimi” Drew Ann Jaffe Valerie Longhurst
2022	Anne Canby Alice Dunbar Nelson Carolyn Fredricks Teri Quinn Gray Ilona Holland Karyl Rattay Aida Waserstein
2023	Patricia Dailey Lewis Bonnie Meszaros Paulette Sullivan Moore Leslie Newman (Delaware) Lynn Snyder-Mackler