Patrice M. Arent

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Patrice M. Arent
Member of the Utah House of Representatives from the 36th district
Personal details
Born	3 February 1956
Political party	Democratic Party
Residence	Salt Lake City

Patrice M. Arent is a Democratic member of the Utah State House, representing the state's 36th house district.

Education and Legal Career

Arent received her J.D. from Cornell University Law School in 1981 and her B.S. from the University of Utah in 1978.^[1] Before becoming a member of the House of Representatives, she worked as an Assistant Attorney General in the Utah Attorney General's Office from 1989-1995.^[2]

Elected Office

She was elected to the Utah House of Representatives in 1996 where she has served as Democratic Whip and Assistant Democratic Whip. In 2002, because of legislative redistricting, she would have had to run against another incumbent Democratic representative to remain in her House seat. Rather than run for a fourth term in the House, Arent ran against Steven Poulton to represent District 4 in the State Senate, and won.^[3] She served in the Utah Senate from 2003 through 2006.^[4]

Arent was elected Democratic National Committeewoman from Utah at the 2008 State Democratic Convention.^[5] She represented Utah as a "superdelegate" at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, and helped nominate Barack Obama as the Democratic candidate for President of the United States.

In 2010, she returned to public office as the Representative of District 36 in the Utah House of Representatives.^[6] She was reelected in 2012 with 60% of the vote.^[7]

In 2011, the Utah Democratic Party awarded her the Eleanor Roosevelt Award.^[8]^[9] The award was presented on October 27, 2011 at This is the Place Heritage Park in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was selected by a committee of past award winners. Past award winners include former Congresswoman Karen Shepherd and State Senator Karen Mayne.

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Members of the Utah House of Representatives

60th State Legislature (2013)

Speaker of the House: Rebecca D. Lockhart (R)
Majority Leader: Brad Dee (R)
Minority Leader: Jen Seelig (D)

Ronda Rudd Menlove (R)
David Lifferth (R)
Jack Draxler (R)
Edward Redd (R)
R. Curt Webb (R)
Jake Anderegg (R)
Ryan Wilcox (R)
Gage Froerer (R)
Jeremy Peterson (R)
Dixon Pitcher (R)
Brad Dee (R)
Richard Greenwood (R)
Paul Ray (R)
Curtis Oda (R)
Brad Wilson (R)

Stephen Handy (R)
Stewart Barlow (R)
Roger Barrus (R)
Jim Nielson (R)
Becky Edwards (R)
Douglas Sagers (R)
Susan Duckworth (D)
Jen Seelig (D)
Rebecca Chavez-Houck (D)
Joel Briscoe (D)
Angela Romero (D)
Mike Kennedy (R)
Brian King (D)
Lee Perry (R)
Janice Fisher (D)

Larry Wiley (D)
LaVar Christensen (R)
Craig Hall (R)
Johnny Anderson (R)
Mark Wheatley (D)
Patrice M. Arent (D)
Carol Spackman Moss (D)
Eric Hutchings (R)
James Dunnigan (R)
Lynn Hemingway (D)
Daniel McCay (R)
Jim Bird (R)
Earl Tanner (R)
Tim Cosgrove (D)
Steve Eliason (R)

Marie Poulson (D)
Ken Ivory (R)
Keven Stratton (R)
Derek Brown (R)
Rich Cunningham (R)
Greg Hughes (R)
John Knotwell (R)
Melvin Brown (R)
Kraig Powell (R)
John Mathis (R)
Kay Christofferson (R)
Brian Greene (R)
Jon Cox (R)
Val Peterson (R)
Dana Layton (R)

Keith Grover (R)
Jon Stanard (R)
Dean Sanpei (R)
Rebecca D. Lockhart (R)
Francis Gibson (R)
Mike McKell (R)
Marc Roberts (R)
Merrill Nelson (R)
Jerry Anderson (R)
Kay McIff (R)
Bradley Last (R)
John Westwood (R)
Michael Noel (R)
V. Lowry Snow (R)
Don Ipson (R)

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Name	Arent, Patrice M.
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Short description	American politician
Date of birth	3 February 1956
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Patrice M. Arent

Education and Legal Career

Elected Office

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