Background
Patterson is the son of a chiropractor and a homemaker.
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John Patterson
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Marietta College.
Career
He attended Marietta College where he was an assistant coach for the baseball team Following graduation, Patterson became a baseball coach at Kent State University and also worked for the Ohio Department of Transportation and as a truck driver. He also was the Model United Nations Advisor and Cross Country Coach.
Unopposed in the Democratic primary, he went on to defeat Kozlowski with 52.78% of the vote.
Achievements
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He won election to the 99th District in 2012 (taking office in January, 2013) and won reelection in 2014. He graduated from Jefferson Area High School in 1974 and was the 2010 JALS Alumni Hall of Fame winner. In 2012, Patterson opted to take on Representative Casey Kozlowski, who had won by only forty two votes in 2010.
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Democratic party