Patricia Rae Hunter, (February 2, 1949) known by her nickname Tricia, is a former state legislator in California. She served in the
California Assembly
The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature, the upper house being the California State Senate. The Assembly convenes, along with the State Senate, at the California State Capitol in Sacramento.
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. A nurse by profession and a former member of the Registered Nurse Board, she won a special election to the state Assembly in 1989 in a major upset that caught both political parties by surprise. In the Assembly, she became known as an expert in health care and an advocate for the practicing registered nurses. Considered a moderate, she was disliked by conservatives and faced vigorous primary challenges. She was reelected by a comfortable margin in 1990, and in 1991, an attempt was made to recall her but it failed. However, the following year, redistricting dramatically changed the boundaries of her district and she had to run in a different district in 1992. That year, she was narrowly defeated by Democrat Julie Bornstein. After the election, she also worked for the Flannery Group, a lobbying firm. She sought to return to the state Assembly in 1996, but lost a close race to Democrat
Howard Wayne, a former state Assistant Attorney General. After her second election loss, she was appointed Special Assistant to the Health and Human Services Agency and to the California Medical Assistance Commission by Governor
Pete Wilson
Peter Barton Wilson (born August 23, 1933) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 36th governor of California from 1991 to 1999. A member of the Republican Party, he also served as a United States senator from California bet ...
. In 2004, she sought to return to the state Assembly again in, but lost the election to Democrat
Lori Saldaña
Lori R. Saldaña (born November 7, 1958) is an American politician from San Diego, California. She is a former member of the California State Assembly from the 76th Assembly district (central San Diego). She served from 2004 to 2010, when term l ...
.
Hunter is currently a member of the Government Relations Group, a lobbying group that she helped found.
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/ref> She continues to be outspoken on health care issues and do volunteer nursing work.
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Living people
American nurses
American women nurses
Women state legislators in California
Republican Party members of the California State Assembly
Politicians from San Diego
Place of birth missing (living people)
20th-century American politicians
1949 births
20th-century American women
21st-century American women
20th-century American women politicians