Patrice Douglas (born Patrice Raye Dills) is an American
Republican
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Political ideology
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politician
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from the
U.S. state
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of
Oklahoma. Patrice Douglas was appointed by Governor
Mary Fallin
Mary Fallin (; née Copeland; born December 9, 1954) is an American politician who served as the 27th governor of Oklahoma from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, she was elected in 2010 and reelected in 2014. She was the first and s ...
to fill the vacancy created when Commissioner
Jeff Cloud
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from the
Oklahoma Corporation Commission
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in September 2011. In 2012, she was elected without opposition to complete the term of office created by Jeff Cloud's resignation. Instead of running for re-election in 2014 for her seat on the OCC, she ran for the U.S. House seat in
Oklahoma's 5th congressional district
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, losing to
Steve Russell in the primary.
Early life and education
Born and raised in
Oklahoma City
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, Douglas graduated from
Putnam City North High School
Putnam City North High School (PCN, PC North) is a public high school situated in Northwest Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States It is accredited by the North Central Association of Secondary Schools and is one of three high schools in the Pu ...
and earned a
Bachelor of Science
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degree from the
Oklahoma Christian University College of Business in 1983
and a
juris doctor from the
University of Oklahoma College of Law
The University of Oklahoma College of Law is the professional graduate law school of the University of Oklahoma. It is located on the University's campus in Norman, Oklahoma.
The College of Law was founded in 1909 by a resolution of the OU Boa ...
.
Career
Upon graduation from law school, she worked in her father's construction company before going to work in banking.
In 2009, she was elected the mayor of
Edmond, Oklahoma
Edmond is a city in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States, and a part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area in the central part of the state. The population was 94,428 according to the 2020 United States Census, making it the fifth largest ci ...
and was re-elected in 2011 without opposition. She ran for Congress in 2014 but lost to
Steve Russell, giving up her Corporation Commission seat in the process.
In March 2015, Douglas was hired as President of Emerging Markets at
Premier Consulting Partners in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
She is on the board of
Bank SNB.
In June 2016, she was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the
Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust
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at a salary of $250,000.00, earning over $100,000.00 more than the Governor of the State of Oklahoma. She later declined the appointment.
Personal life
She is married to Brent Douglas and they have two sons.
See also
*
List of mayors of Edmond, Oklahoma
References
External links
Patrice Douglas' official biography
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Corporation Commissioners of Oklahoma
Women mayors of places in Oklahoma
Oklahoma Republicans
Oklahoma Christian University alumni
Politicians from Oklahoma City
People from Edmond, Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma alumni
Women in Oklahoma politics
21st-century American women
Candidates in the 2014 United States elections