Patricia Ann Spearman (born 1955) is an American cleric, veteran, and Democratic politician from North Las Vegas, Nevada.

On October 6, 2021, Spearman entered the 2022 race for Mayor of North Las Vegas, Nevada, but was defeated by Pamela Goynes-Brown.

[3][4] Before being elected senator, Spearman served in the United States Army for 29 years, reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel, was a pastor, and held several public service positions, including president of the school district of San Marcos, Texas.

[9] When Spearman was running for Senate in 2012, she was pursuing a Doctor of Business Administration at Walden University, an online college.

[10] Spearman spent 29 years (1977–2007) in the Military Police Corps of the United States Army, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel.

[7] Between 2001 and 2005, Spearman served as faculty at the University of Louisville, where she was a lecturer in Pan American studies and director of the multicultural center.

[15][16] Spearman also volunteered for Barack Obama's presidential campaign in 2008, and was member of the advisory boards for Harry Reid and Steven Horsford in 2010 and 2011 respectively.

[14] Besides, Lee said that "[his] opponent [had] been encouraged to run by supporters of single issues like gay rights," and that the voters needed "the seniority and maturity of a senator.

[26] During the 2013 regular session, Spearman sponsored multiple bills that passed the Legislature, including one that lists gender identity as a motivating factor for hate crimes.

[29][30] In May, Spearman supported an assembly bill extending the deadline for voter registration, arguing she knew as a veteran that it would help military personnel.

[33] Later that year, the members of the Legislature convened for a special session in order to approve proposed tax abatements for Tesla Motors, that would then build a battery factory in Nevada.

[34] During the 2015 regular session, Spearman among other things introduced on behalf of absent Senator Debbie Smith a bill that would have prohibited people convicted of domestic violence and stalking to own guns.

[47] In December 2015, a special session was called to give tax breaks to Faraday Future, that would in turn build a factory near North Las Vegas.

Spearman voted in favor of the tax breaks, and called it a "watershed moment" for her constituents, as the area was hard hit by the recession.

[48] During the last year of her term, 2016, she organized a ceremony as a reaction to the Orlando nightclub shooting at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada.

The task force was created by Governor Sandoval in order to advise his administration on ways to promote renewable energy.

Michelee “Shelly” Cruz-Crawford, a Democrat and first-term Nevada System of Higher Education Regent, was elected to succeed Spearman in SD 1.