Patty Pansing Brooks
| Patty Pansing Brooks | |
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| Member of the Nebraska Legislature from the 28th district |
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Assumed office 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Bill Avery |
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| Born | September 30, 1958 |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Lincoln, Nebraska |
| Occupation | Attorney |
Patty Pansing Brooks (née Patty Pansing, September 30, 1958) is a politician from the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. In 2014, she was elected to the Nebraska Legislature, representing a Lincoln district. Pansing Brooks is a member of the Democratic Party.
Pansing was born on September 30, 1958, in Lincoln. Her father, Tom Pansing, was an attorney who, with her uncle Bob Guenzel, had established a law firm in Lincoln in 1948.
Pansing graduated from Lincoln Southeast High School in 1976. She obtained a bachelor's degree in political science from Colorado College in 1980; in 1984, she obtained a J.D. from the University of Nebraska College of Law.
In 1982, Pansing married Loel P. Brooks; the couple eventually produced three children. In 1986, the two established the law firm of Brooks Pansing Brooks in Lincoln.
Pansing Brooks served on a number of Lincoln community boards, and co-chaired several fundraising efforts, including the raising of $9.6 million for the renovation of Centennial Mall and $6 million for Union Plaza. In 2006, she co-chaired a committee to promote voter approval of a $250 million Lincoln Public Schools bond; the measure passed with 63% of the vote.
In June 2013, Pansing Brooks announced that she would run in the 2014 election for the Nebraska Legislature, from District 28 in south central Lincoln. The incumbent, Democrat Bill Avery, was barred by Nebraska's term-limits law from running for a third consecutive term.
Pansing Brooks was one of two Democrats in the four-way nonpartisan race; the other was Jeff Keidel, a real-estate investor and property manager who raised less than $5,000 for the race. Attorney Dallas Jones, a Republican, had been active in the Young Democrats during his college years, and had remained a member of the Democratic Party until 2000; he had subsequently served as the chair of the Lancaster County Republican Party. Physician Bob Rauner was an independent, who described himself as conservative on economic matters and more liberal on social issues.
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