Background
Ray, Patricia Torres was born on March 25, 1964.
Ray, Patricia Torres was born on March 25, 1964.
Torres Ray studied at the, earning a Bachelor of Arts in urban studies and a Master of Public Administration from the Humphrey Institute in 2004.
She is the first Hispanic woman to serve in the
Torres Ray was first elected in 2006, succeeding retiring Wes Skoglund in 2007. She has been re-elected in every subsequent election since then On March 31, 2010, state senator and 2010 Minnesota gubernatorial candidate John Marty announced that Torres Ray would be his running mate for lieutenant governor.
The team subsequently withdrew from the race at the 2010 DFL State Convention.
63rd district election, 2012Patricia Torres Ray (DFL), 36,866 (8081%)
Patrick Marron (R), 8,636 (1893%)
Write-in, 117 (026%)
62nd district election, 2010Patricia Torres Ray (DFL), 26,671 (7964%)
Patrick Elgin (R), 6,751 (2016%)
Write-in, 68 (020%)
62nd district election, 2006Patricia Torres Ray (DFL), 28,787 (8125%)
Dan Mathias (R), 6,569 (1854%)
Write-in, 76 (021%).
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, Democratic Party.
A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), she represents District 63, which includes portions of southeastern Minneapolis and eastern Richfield in Hennepin County in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
Married Jackson Ray; 2 children.