# Pat Colloton

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{{Short description|American politician (born 1944)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name        = Pat Colloton
|image       = 1pat colloton.JPG
|caption     = 
|state_house = Kansas
|district    = 28th
|term_start  = January 10, 2005
|term_end    = January 14, 2013
|preceded    = [Doug Patterson](/source/Doug_Patterson)
|succeeded   = [Jerry Lunn](/source/Jerry_Lunn)
|birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1944|9|18}}
|birth_place = [Chicago](/source/Chicago), [Illinois](/source/Illinois), U.S.
|death_date  =
|death_place =
|party       = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))
|education   = [University of Wisconsin](/source/University_of_Wisconsin)<br>[University of Wisconsin Law School](/source/University_of_Wisconsin_Law_School) ([JD](/source/Juris_Doctor))
|spouse      = Patrick Colloton
|children    = 2
}}

'''Pat Colloton''' (born September 18, 1944) is a former [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) member of the [Kansas House of Representatives](/source/Kansas_House_of_Representatives), representing the 28th district.  She served from 2004 to 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |title=www.ksbar.org |url=https://www.ksbar.org/members/?id=18660604}}</ref>

Colloton, who has worked as an [attorney](/source/Lawyer) since 1970, received her Bachelor's in Chemistry and Psychology from the [University of Wisconsin](/source/University_of_Wisconsin), and her JD from UW Law School.

Prior to her election to the House, Colloton served as an alternative delegate to the Republican National Convention in 2004, and a delegate to the [Kansas Republican Party](/source/Kansas_Republican_Party) Convention in 2003.
She was also the Chair of the organizing committee for the Johnson County Republican Committee from 2003 to 2004. In 2013, she was appointed as the Assistant Attorney General of Kansas and tasked with leading the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit, as well as chairing the Human Trafficking Advisory Board, created in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |title=www.ksbar.org |url=https://www.ksbar.org/members/?id=18660604}}</ref>

Colloton has been active in a number of local [organizations](/source/organizations) and is currently a member of the Leawood Chamber of Commerce, Lions Club, Rotary, Women's Club, and the Johnson County Bar<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pat Colloton Bio {{!}} Vote Smart {{!}} Facts For All |url=http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=34737 |access-date=2024-06-22 |website=Vote Smart}}</ref> and a member of the [Kansas Sentencing Commission](/source/Kansas_Sentencing_Commission).

==Committee membership==
* Corrections and Juvenile Justice (Chair)
* Joint Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight (Chair)
* Judiciary
* Human Trafficking Advisory Board (Chair)

==Major Donors==
The top 5 donors to Colloton's 2008 campaign are mostly professional organizations:<ref>[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=107932 Follow the Money - 2008 Campaign Contributions]</ref>
*1. Kansans for Lifesaving Cures 	$1,000 	
*2. Kansas Insurance Agents 	$1,000
*3. Kansas National Education Assoc 	$1,000 	
*4. Kansas Assoc of Realtors 	$900 	
*5. Kansas Bankers Assoc 	$800

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.patcolloton.com/ Official Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504035049/http://www.patcolloton.com/ |date=2009-05-04 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090904061551/http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-house/searchHouse.do?rep=4379 Kansas Legislature - Pat Colloton]
* [http://votesmart.org/summary.php?can_id=34737 Project Vote Smart profile]
* [http://kansasvotes.org/Legislator.aspx?ID=15494 Kansas Votes profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819064601/http://kansasvotes.org/Legislator.aspx?ID=15494 |date=2011-08-19 }}
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090504010832/http://www.statesurge.com/members/1535-pat-colloton-kansas State Surge - Legislative and voting track record]}}
* Follow the Money campaign contributions:
** [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=18076 2002], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=74021 2004], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=85207 2006], [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=107932 2008]

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Category:Republican Party members of the Kansas House of Representatives
Category:Living people
Category:Women state legislators in Kansas
Category:University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Letters and Science alumni
Category:University of Wisconsin Law School alumni
Category:1944 births
Category:21st-century American women politicians
Category:21st-century members of the Kansas Legislature

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