Pat Mazorol

{{short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Pat Mazorol | image = | state = Minnesota | state_house = Minnesota | district = 41B | term_start = January 4, 2011 | term_end = 2013 | preceded = Paul Rosenthal | succeeded = Paul Rosenthal | party = Republican | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|3|20}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = University of Minnesota<br>William Mitchell College of Law | profession = Business executive, attorney, legislator | spouse = Barbara | children = 2 }}

'''Patrick A. "Pat" Mazorol''' (born March 20, 1949) is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives who represented District 41B, which includes western Bloomington and southern Edina in Hennepin County, in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. A Republican, he is a former president and CEO of Securian Trust Company, and a former senior vice president of university relations at Bethel University in Arden Hills.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=15359|title = Mazorol, Pat - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present}}</ref>

Mazorol was elected to the House in 2010. He served on the Civil Law, the Commerce and Regulatory Reform, the Higher Education Policy and Finance, and the Judiciary Policy and Finance committees.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/members.asp?id=15359|title = Mazorol, Pat - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present}}</ref> On May 21, 2011, he joined the House Republican Majority in calling for a referendum on amending the state constitution to define marriage as between a man and woman.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2011/05/roll_call_vote_same-sex_ban_am.shtml | title=Roll call vote: Same-sex marriage ban amendment |publisher=Minnesota Public Radio | date= |accessdate=2011-05-23}}</ref>

Mazorol graduated from Bloomington Kennedy High School in Bloomington, then went on to the University of Minnesota, receiving his B.A. in physics. He later earned his J.D. from William Mitchell College of Law in Saint Paul. He was a practicing attorney for 12 years.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://patmazorol.com/about.php |title=Pat Mazorol |access-date=2011-02-04 |archive-date=2011-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128210250/http://patmazorol.com/about.php |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=15359|title = Mazorol, Pat - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present}}</ref>

Mazorol previously served on the Bloomington Human Rights Commission, was vice chair of the Board of Trustees for Bethel University, was a member of the Board of Directors of the Minnesota Private Colleges Council, the Board of Directors for United Hospital Foundation, the Twin Cities advisory board for The Salvation Army, and the governing board of Wooddale Church in Eden Prairie.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://patmazorol.com/about.php |title=Pat Mazorol |access-date=2011-02-04 |archive-date=2011-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128210250/http://patmazorol.com/about.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Mazorol did not seek a second term in 2012.

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== External links == {{MN-legdb|15359}} * [http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/members.asp?id=15359 Rep. Mazorol Web Page] * [http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=123274 Project Votesmart - Rep. Pat Mazorol Profile] * [http://patmazorol.com/index.php Pat Mazorol Campaign Web Site]

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