{{Short description|Cherokee Nation politician}} {{infobox officeholder |name = Dora Patzkowski |image = |office = Cherokee Nation Tribal Councilor for the 12th district |term_start = August 14, 2019 |term_end = |predecessor = Dick Lay |successor = |birth_date = |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |party = |spouse = |education = }} '''Dora Patzkowski''' is a Cherokee Nation politician who has served as the Cherokee Nation tribal councilor for the 12th district since 2019.
==Cherokee Nation tribal council== Patzkowski first ran for the Cherokee Nation's 12th tribal council district in 2015, against incumbent Dick Lay.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Murphy |first1=Jami |title=36 candidates file for general election |url=https://www.cherokeephoenix.org/news/36-candidates-file-for-general-election/article_90c51d5f-9336-5bf0-b207-c388871bfc46.html |access-date=27 May 2023 |work=Cherokee Phoenix |date=March 6, 2015}}</ref> Lay won re-election with 61% of the vote.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chavez |first1=Will |title=UPDATE: Lay retains Dist. 12 seat by wide margin |url=https://www.cherokeephoenix.org/election/update-lay-retains-dist-12-seat-by-wide-margin/article_b5aea9d7-8a40-5e5b-a59b-99e66a51fa16.html |access-date=27 May 2023 |work=Cherokee Phoenix |date=June 29, 2015}}</ref> Lay was term limited in 2019, and Patzkowski ran again, this time against Phyllis Lay, Todd Branstetter, and Don Scott.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hunter |first1=Chad |title=36 file for Cherokee Nation government seats |url=https://www.cherokeephoenix.org/news/36-file-for-cherokee-nation-government-seats/article_1096f0cc-c089-56dc-8b4f-7b30ba85ee85.html |access-date=27 May 2023 |work=Cherokee Phoenix |date=February 8, 2019}}</ref> She advanced to the runoff alongside Phyllis Lay, the retiring incumbent's wife.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rowley |first1=D. Sean |title=UPDATED: Lay, Patzkowski in runoff for Dist. 12 seat |url=https://www.cherokeephoenix.org/news/updated-lay-patzkowski-in-runoff-for-dist-12-seat/article_ae213c26-542d-5ad4-b951-20296698c770.html |access-date=27 May 2023 |work=Cherokee Phoenix |date=June 2, 2019}}</ref> She won the runoff with 63% of the vote.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rowley |first1=D. Sean |title=Nofire, Patzkowski win District 3, District 12 posts, respectively |url=https://www.cherokeephoenix.org/news/nofire-patzkowski-win-district-3-district-12-posts-respectively/article_452bff09-182a-538f-8e7c-23558f38bd25.html |access-date=27 May 2023 |work=Cherokee Phoenix |date=July 28, 2019}}</ref> She was sworn in on August 14, 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hunter |first1=Chad |last2=Rowley |first2=D. Sean |title=Hoskin, Warner, 8 councilors sworn in at inauguration ceremony |url=https://www.cherokeephoenix.org/news/hoskin-warner-8-councilors-sworn-in-at-inauguration-ceremony/article_16b1b46e-c6ea-5cae-963f-9b54803c7b06.html |access-date=27 May 2023 |work=Cherokee Phoenix |date=August 15, 2019}}</ref> She is running for re-election in the 2023 Cherokee Nation tribal council elections. She won the 2023 election with 81% of the vote against Challenger Crystal st. John. <ref>{{cite news |title=CN Election 2023: District 12 Tribal Council candidates Q&A |url=https://www.cherokeephoenix.org/cn_election_2023/cn-election-2023-district-12-tribal-council-candidates-q-a/article_5258ff16-d935-11ed-b943-7fe7ce6fce42.html |access-date=27 May 2023 |work=Cherokee Phoenix |date=April 12, 2023}}</ref>
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