serviceyears branch allegiance birth_date residence alma_mater state_senate committees term_start rank name predecessor birth_place unit party district website successor article_title
1977-2007 united states army united states of america 1955 north las vegas , nevada norfolk southwest state university and episcopal theological seminary of the nevada legislative -lrb- vice chair -rrb- transportation -lrb- member -rrb- operations and elections -lrb- chair -rrb- government affairs november 7 , 2012 lieutenant colonel patricia ann spearman john lee indianapolis , indiana military police corps democratic 1st http://www.spearmanforsenate.com/ incumbent pat spearman

pat spearman

patricia ann `` pat '' spearman is an american cleric , veteran and politician from north las vegas , nevada .
she was elected in 2012 to the district 1 seat in the nevada senate as the democratic nominee after defeating incumbent john jay lee .
no republican had filed to run in district 1 which is a solidly democratic district .
her general election challenger was gregory hughes from the independent american party , she won with 68 % of the vote .
district 1 -lrb- map -rrb- is located entirely within clark county .
it is largely composed of the northern section of the city of north las vegas but also includes slivers of neighboring jurisdictions .
