Patricia Morgan
Patricia Morgan | |
|---|---|
| Minority Leader of the Rhode Island House of Representatives | |
| In office January 7, 2017 – October 4, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Brian Newberry |
| Succeeded by | Blake Filippi |
| Member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from the 26th district | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | James Jackson |
| In office January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | William Murphy |
| Succeeded by | James Jackson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Patricia Lazar August 25, 1950 Ohio, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | Mississippi State University Kent State University (BA) Rhode Island College (MEd) |
Patricia L. Morgan (born August 25, 1950) is an American politician and Republican member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives representing district 26 since 2021. She formerly represented district 26 from 2011 until 2019, where she chose not to run again. She became the first female minority leader of the Rhode Island House of Representatives in 2017, after she was chosen by the Republican caucus members on November 15, 2016, when former minority leader Brian Newberry stepped down from the position.
Morgan ran for Governor of Rhode Island in the 2018 election. She lost the primary to Cranston Mayor and 2014 Republican candidate Allan Fung.
In 2020, Morgan ran for the state House of Representatives again and unseated incumbent Democrat James Jackson. In 2024, she won the Republican primary for Rhode Island's Class I U.S. Senate seat, she lost the general election to Democratic incumbent Sheldon Whitehouse in a landslide.