Patty Pansing Brooks (born September 30, 1958) is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Nebraska Legislature from the 28th district.

[4] In 2006, she co-chaired a committee to promote voter approval of a $250 million Lincoln Public Schools bond;[5] the measure passed with 63% of the vote.

[6] In June 2013, Pansing Brooks announced that she would run in the 2014 election for the Nebraska Legislature, from District 28 in south central Lincoln.

The incumbent, Democrat Bill Avery, was barred by Nebraska's term-limits law from running for a third consecutive term.

[16][17] Pansing Brooks supported a ballot proposal to increase the minimum wage in Nebraska; Jones opposed it.

[18] Both candidates supported ending Nebraska's policy of denying driver's licenses to persons who were living in the United States illegally after having been brought to the country in childhood, and who were granted an exemption from deportation under the Barack Obama administration's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy; however, Jones favored repeal of a state law offering in-state college tuition to such persons, while Pansing Brooks believed that the law should be kept.

[24] Fortenberry's resignation necessitated a special election, for which the Nebraska Democratic Party selected Pansing Brooks as its nominee.