Patricia Anne "Patty" Dillon Cafferata (born November 24, 1940) is an American politician and lawyer.
Born in
Albany, New York
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, Cafferata graduated from
Lewis and Clark College
Lewis & Clark College is a private liberal arts college in Portland, Oregon. Originally chartered in 1867 as the Albany Collegiate Institute in Albany, Oregon, the college was relocated to Portland in 1938 and in 1942 adopted the name Lewis & Cl ...
with a degree in elementary education and received her
J.D. degree from
Southwestern University School of Law
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. She practiced law in
Reno, Nevada
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. Her mother was
Barbara Vucanovich who served in the
United States House of Representatives
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from
Nevada
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and her grandfather was General
Thomas Farrell. In 1978, she was elected to the
Nevada Assembly
The Nevada Assembly is the lower house of the Nevada Legislature, the state legislature (United States), state legislature of the U.S. state of Nevada, the upper house being the Nevada Senate. The body consists of 42 members, elected to two-year ...
as a
Republican
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Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
. Then in 1982, Cafferata was elected
Nevada State Treasurer
The Nevada State Treasurer is an elected office in the U.S. state of Nevada. The Nevada State Treasurer is based in Carson City, Nevada. The Treasurer is elected to a four-year term and may serve for eight years or two terms under Nevada's term li ...
. She also served as district attorney in three Nevada counties. Cafferata has also written several books and articles.
Patty D. Cafferata, Nevada Legislative Manual 1983
/ref> Cafferata was the Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
nominee for Governor of Nevada
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in 1986
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Events January
* January 1
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, losing in a landslide to popular incumbent Richard Bryan
Richard Hudson Bryan (born July 16, 1937) is an American attorney and politician
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.
References
External links
Patricia D. Cafferata papers, 93-69
Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Reno.
Patricia D. Cafferata papers, 2010-03
Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Reno.
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1940 births
District attorneys in Nevada
Lawyers from Albany, New York
Lewis & Clark College alumni
Living people
Republican Party members of the Nevada Assembly
Nevada lawyers
Politicians from Albany, New York
Politicians from Reno, Nevada
Southwestern Law School alumni
State treasurers of Nevada
Women in Nevada politics
Women state legislators in Nevada
Writers from Nevada
Writers from Albany, New York
21st-century American women
Hispanic and Latino American women in politics
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