Edith Jerry Patterson (born November 18, 1945) is an American politician who has served as a Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing district 28 in Charles County, since 2015.

[2] Patterson was born in Doswell, Virginia, on November 18, 1945, where she attended John M. Gandy High School in neighboring Ashland.

After five years of teaching as a biology and physics teacher in Washington, D.C., she moved to Pomfret, Maryland, in 1973,[3] and attended Bowie State University, where she earned a M.Ed.

[2] In 2005, the Charles County Democratic Central Committee appointed Patterson to serve as county commissioner, filling a vacancy after commissioner F. Wayne Cooper moved up to the board president after Murray D. Levy resigned to fill a vacancy in the Maryland House of Delegates left by the resignation of state delegate Van Mitchell.

In 2010, Patterson lost her re-election bid to Charles County commissioners' President Candice Quinn Kelly by a margin of 114 votes.

[2] During her 2014 House of Delegates campaign, Patterson said that she supports the objectives of Common Core State Standards, but believes that governments should provide teachers with professional development and training to implement the program.

She also said that she would support establishing tax-free zones targeted around research and development academic institutions to lure high-technology and cybersecurity business.