Pat Somerville

Pat Somerville (born April 11, 1980) is an American politician from Michigan. Somerville was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from District 23.

Pat Somerville
Member of the Michigan House of Representatives
from the 23rd district
In office
January 1, 2011 – December 2016
Preceded byDeb Kennedy
Succeeded byDarrin Camilleri
Personal details
Born (1980-04-11) April 11, 1980
Dearborn, Michigan
Political partyRepublican
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
OccupationPolitician

Early life

On April 11, 1980, Somerville was born in Dearborn, Michigan. Somerville's grandmother was Patricia Anne Somerville, former mayor of Rochester Hills, Michigan.[1][2]

Education

In 2003, Somerville earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan.[1]

Career

Somerville was a manager at Walgreens.

In 2009, Somerville served as the chairman of the Wayne County Young Republicans.[3]

On November 2, 2010, Somerville won the election and became a Republican member of Michigan House of Representatives for District 23. Somerville defeated Deb Kennedy with 53.44% of the votes.[4] On November 6, 2012, as an incumbent, Somerville won the election and continued serving District 23. Somerville defeated Tom Boritzski with 50.49% of the votes.[5] On November 4, 2014, as an incumbent, Somerville won the election and continued serving District 23. Somerville defeated David Haener with 52.12% of the votes.[6][1]

Somerville represented part of the Down River area of Wayne County. His district includes Grosse Isle, Brownstown Township, Gibraltar, Trenton, Woodhaven and Huron Township.

gollark: I spent a while rephrasing this, but whatever: ultimately, the stupid persuasive things politicians go around doing to get votes *do work* on people.
gollark: I mean, this looks like partly blaming issues with democracy on markets on the somewhat-biased-media thing.
gollark: Wait, you sort of did though.> effective democracy and market systems require rational operation of the general population. this rational operation is inhibited via a mechanism known as "manufacturing consent"
gollark: I see.
gollark: Blaming basically every issue on that seems a stretch.

References
  1. "Pat Somerville's Biography". Vote Smart. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  2. Dwyer, Michael (March 6, 2013). "The Passing of Mayor Pat Somerville". rochestermedia.com. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  3. Kingsbury, Annette (May 23, 2010). "Former Rochester Hills mayor's grandson runs for House seat". theoaklandpress.com. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  4. "2010 Michigan Election Results". mielections.us. November 2, 2010. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  5. "2012 Michigan Election Results". mielections.us. November 6, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  6. "2014 Michigan Election Results". mielections.us. November 4, 2014. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
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