Patricia Todd
| Patricia Todd | |
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| Member of the Alabama House of Representatives from the 54th district |
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Assumed office November 8, 2006 |
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| Preceded by | George Perdue |
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| Born |
July 25, 1955 Richmond, Kentucky |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Jennifer Clarke |
| Residence | Birmingham, Alabama |
| Alma mater |
University of Kentucky University of Alabama |
| Website | patriciatodd.info |
Patricia Todd (born July 25, 1955) is an American politician from Alabama. A Democrat, she is a member of the Alabama House of Representatives representing District 54 in downtown Birmingham. She was elected in November 2006.
She is currently the Human Rights Campaign Alabama State Director and is the first ever openly gay elected official in the state of Alabama. Formerly she was the associate director of AIDS Alabama.
Todd was born in Richmond, Kentucky, growing up there and earning a bachelor's degree from the University of Kentucky. She would later attend the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), earning a master's degree in public administration in 1994.
On moving to Alabama in 1986, Todd became was the first executive director of Birmingham AIDS Outreach. She went on to work for other nonprofit organizations including the Alabama Humanities Foundation and the National Organization for Women. In 1998, she was appointed Director of Alumni Affairs at UAB.
When George Perdue announced that he would not seek re-election after more than two decades in the Alabama House, Todd decided to run for the District 54 seat. The district is overwhelmingly Democratic, and five Democrats filed for the open seat, including Todd. No Republicans ran.
A primary election took place on June 6, 2006 in which Todd placed first, with 33 percent of the vote. When no candidate wins more than half of the primary vote, Alabama law provides for a run-off election between the top two finishers. Todd would face Gaynell Hendricks, who had received 29 percent of the primary vote, in the run-off.
Todd narrowly won the Democratic primary run-off on July 18, 2006 by a margin of 59 votes – 1,173 to 1,114. Her run-off victory was challenged by her opponent's mother-in-law, who claimed that Todd had received "illegal votes" and had filed a campaign finance report late. That report contained information – a $25,000 contribution from the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund and payments to two of her primary opponents – that opponents charged could have affected the outcome.
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