Career
Patton served non-consecutively in the Wyoming House of Representatives in 1961 and 1965, and in the Wyoming Senate from January 1967 until January 1971. Patton died on April 5, 2015 of respiratory failure. He had also suffered a heart attack seven weeks prior to his death.
2012 Patton was unopposed for both the August 21, 2012 Republican Primary, winning with 997 votes, and the November 6, 2012 General election, winning with 3,414 votes.
1966 Patton was elected to the Wyoming Senate in the November 8, 1966 General election. 2010 Patton was unopposed for both the August 17, 2010 Republican Primary, winning with 1,111 votes, and the November 2, 2010 General election, winning with 2,228 votes.
