| Deb Patterson | |
| State Senate: | Oregon State |
| District: | 10th |
| Term Start: | January 10, 2021 |
| Preceded: | Denyc Boles |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Website: | https://www.debpattersonor.org |
Deb Patterson is an American politician from the state of Oregon. A Democrat, she has been a member of the Oregon State Senate since January 2021.
Patterson has been an executive in the health care sector and for decades has been a local advocate in that field, served as a member of the Oregon Disabilities Commission and chaired the Marion County Health Advisory Board. She is a Congregational minister.[1]
In November 2018, Patterson ran against incumbent Republican state senator Jackie Winters and lost.[2] Winters died in office.[3] On November 3, 2020, Patterson defeated incumbent Republican appointee Denyc Boles by 576 votes in a special general election to fill the remaining two years of Winters' term,[4] although the results of the election were so close, they not certified until weeks after the election.[1] [5]