29 Facts About Pat Spearman

Patricia Ann Spearman was born on 1955 and is an American cleric, veteran, and Democratic politician from North Las Vegas, Nevada.

Pat Spearman was elected in November 2012 to the Nevada Senate representing District 1, that is composed of the northern section of North Las Vegas and slivers of neighboring jurisdictions, after defeating incumbent John Jay Lee in the primary, and winning the general election.

Pat Spearman was re-elected in November 2016, and served as co-majority whip.

On October 6,2021, Pat Spearman entered the 2022 race for Mayor of North Las Vegas, Nevada, but was defeated by Pamela Goynes-Brown.

When Pat Spearman was running for Senate in 2012, she was pursuing a Doctor of Business Administration at Walden University, an online college.

Pat Spearman spent 29 years in the Military Police Corps of the United States Army, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel.

Pat Spearman reached the board of the school district in 1991 after receiving 1,136 votes, and was chosen board president six months later.

Pat Spearman did not seek re-election to a second term in 1994.

Between 2001 and 2005, Pat Spearman served as faculty at the University of Louisville, where she was a lecturer in Pan American studies and director of the multicultural center.

Pat Spearman volunteered for Barack Obama's presidential campaign in 2008, and was member of the advisory boards for Harry Reid and Steven Horsford in 2010 and 2011 respectively.

In 2012, Pat Spearman challenged two-term incumbent Nevada Senator John Jay Lee, who was endorsed by the Senate Democratic Caucus, to represent the 1st district in the Nevada Senate.

Pat Spearman argued Lee was too moderate, since he opposed abortion and gay marriage.

Pat Spearman, who is lesbian herself, supported gay marriage and abortion.

Furthermore, Pat Spearman said Lee was not doing enough for his constituents.

Pat Spearman argued the wages of teachers had to be raised, and classes had to become smaller.

In 2014, multiple Democrats asked Pat Spearman to run for governor as no popular Democrats filed for the office, but she decided not to do so.

Pat Spearman did so rallying together with other Democrats in front of the Nevada Legislative Building surrounded by supporters.

Pat Spearman argued another bill sponsored by Republican Michael Roberson did not go far enough, but later decided to support it in a bipartisan effort.

Pat Spearman tried to provide equal rights for women by introducing a senate joint resolution that would ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, an amendment to the US Constitution, of which the ratification deadline had expired in 1982.

Furthermore, Pat Spearman helped establish the tax plan for the biennial budget.

Pat Spearman wanted to repeal the payroll tax in order to not punish the hiring of people.

Pat Spearman said the plan was not meant to undermine the governor's plan, but to trigger debate, and to provide a choice.

Pat Spearman voted in favor of the tax breaks, and called it a "watershed moment" for her constituents, as the area was hard hit by the recession.

Later that year, Pat Spearman was named member of the newly created New Energy Industry Task Force.

Pat Spearman sought re-election in 2016, when her first term ended.

Pat Spearman was challenged by Republican Arsen Ter-Petrosyan, who had never run for office before.

Pat Spearman was elected in 2020 to a third and final term in the Senate and was termed out in the 2024 Nevada Senate election.

Pat Spearman is African-American, and she was the first openly lesbian member of the Nevada Legislature.

Pat Spearman adopted a teenage son, Na'Onche Osborne, who had previously experienced a troubled childhood resulting in Post-traumatic stress disorder.