Patricia Bates

Pat Bates
Minority Leader of the California Senate
In office
April 12, 2017 – March 1, 2019
Preceded byJean Fuller
Succeeded byShannon Grove
Member of the California Senate
from the 36th district
In office
December 1, 2014 – December 7, 2022
Preceded byJoel Anderson (redistricted)
Succeeded byJanet Nguyen
Member of the California State Assembly
from the 73rd district
In office
December 7, 1998 – November 30, 2004
Preceded byBill Morrow
Succeeded byMimi Walters
Chair of the Orange County Board of Supervisors
In office
January 13, 2009 – January 1, 2010
Preceded byJohn Moorlach
Succeeded byJanet Nguyen
Vice Chair of the Orange County Board of Supervisors
In office
January 8, 2008 – January 13, 2009
Preceded byJohn Moorlach
Succeeded byJanet Nguyen
In office
January 8, 2013 – November 25, 2014
Preceded byShawn Nelson
Succeeded byTodd Spitzer
Member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors
from the 5th district
In office
January 9, 2007 – December 1, 2014
Preceded byThomas W. Wilson
Succeeded byLisa Bartlett
Mayor of Laguna Niguel
In office
1989–2004[1]
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byJoe Brown
Personal details
Born
Patricia Ann Carmody

(1939-12-15) December 15, 1939 (age 84)
Long Beach, California, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseJohn Bates (m. 1963)
Children2
EducationCalifornia State University, Long Beach
Occidental College (BS)

Patricia "Pat" Carmody Bates (born December 15, 1939) is an American Republican politician who served in the California State Senate, representing the 36th Senate district, which encompasses parts of Orange and San Diego counties. She left office on December 5, 2022.[2] She served as the Senate's minority leader from 2017 to 2019.[3][4] She previously served as a member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors from 2007 to 2014, and the California State Assembly from 1998 to 2004. She also served as the first mayor of Laguna Niguel, California following its incorporation in 1989, and continued to serve on the city council until 1998. Before serving as mayor, she had been employed as a social worker in Los Angeles County.[5]

  1. ^ "Pat Bates for Supervisor – Orange County Supervisor". Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  2. ^ "Patricia C. Bates". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
  3. ^ "Monday, April 17, 2017" (PDF). Senate Daily Journal. Sacramento, California: Secretary of the California State Senate. p. 665. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
  4. ^ McGreevy, Patrick (March 14, 2017). "Caucus elects Patricia Bates as Senate Republican leader". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
  5. ^ Bollag, Sophia (March 14, 2017). "California Senate Republicans Elect Patricia Bates as Leader". Associated press. Retrieved September 4, 2017.