Deb Patterson is an American politician from the state of Oregon.
A Democrat, she has been a member of the Oregon State Senate since January 2021.
Patterson has been an executive in the health care sector and for decades has been a local advocate in that field, served as a member of the Oregon Disabilities Commission and chaired the Marion County Health Advisory Board.
[1] In November 2018, Patterson ran against incumbent Republican state senator Jackie Winters and lost.
[3] On November 3, 2020, Patterson defeated incumbent Republican appointee Denyc Boles by 576 votes in a special general election to fill the remaining two years of Winters' term,[4] although the results of the election were so close, they not certified until weeks after the election.