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Pat Flowers | |
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| Minority Leader of the Montana Senate | |
| Assumed office January 2, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Jill Cohenour |
| Member of the Montana Senate from the 32nd district | |
| Assumed office January 7,2019 | |
| Preceded by | Jedediah Hinkle |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Patrick Joseph Flowers [1] March 2,1956 Akron,Ohio,U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Hedvig Rappe-Flowers (died 2007) Melissa Blessing |
| Children | 4 (including 2 stepchildren) |
| Residence | Belgrade,Montana |
| Education | University of Montana (BS,MS) |
Patrick Joseph Flowers (born March 2,1956) is an American politician who has served in the Montana Senate representing District 32 since 2019. He is a member of the Montana Democratic Party and has served as Minority Leader of the Senate since 2023. [2]
Flowers was born in Akron,Ohio and graduated from the University of Montana with a Bachelor of Science in forestry as well as a Master of Science in forest economics. [3] After graduating,he worked at the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation including as chief of the Forestry Management Bureau. He then worked as the Region 3 supervisor of the Montana Department of Fish,Wildlife and Parks for 31 years before retiring in August 2014. [4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Pat Flowers | 5,979 | 50.38% | |
| Republican | Jedediah Hinkle (incumbent) | 5,552 | 46.79% | |
| Libertarian | Francis Wendt | 336 | 2.83% | |
| Total votes | 11,867 | 100% | ||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Pat Flowers (incumbent) | 5,572 | 52.30% | |
| Republican | Randy Chamberlin | 5,082 | 47.70% | |
| Total votes | 10,654 | 100% | ||
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Flowers was married to Hedvig Rappe-Flowers,a Nordic skiier and artist who immigrated to Montana from Sweden as a teenager,until her death from cancer in 2007. They have two daughters,Erika and Nicole. [5] He currently resides in Belgrade,Montana,with his wife Melissa Blessing and has two stepdaughters. [3]
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