Patricia Dillon Cafferata

Patty Cafferata
17th Nevada State Treasurer
In office
January 3, 1983 – January 5, 1987
Governor Richard Bryan
Preceded by Stan Colton
Succeeded by Ken Santor
Personal details
Born (1940-11-24) November 24, 1940
Albany, New York, U.S.
Political party Republican
Education Lewis and Clark College (BA)
Southwestern Law School (JD)

Patricia Anne "Patty" Dillon Cafferata (born November 24, 1940) is an American politician and lawyer.

Born in Albany, New York, Cafferata graduated from Lewis and Clark College with a degree in elementary education and received her law degree from Southwestern University School of Law.[1] She practiced law in Reno, Nevada. Her mother was Barbara Vucanovich who served in the United States House of Representatives from Nevada and her grandfather was General Thomas Farrell. In 1978, she was elected to the Nevada Assembly as a Republican. Then in 1982, Cafferata was elected Nevada State Treasurer. She also served as district attorney in three Nevada counties. Cafferata has also written several books and articles.[2][3][4][5] Cafferata was the Republican nominee for Governor of Nevada in 1986, losing in a landslide to popular incumbent Richard Bryan.

References

  1. ↑ "Patricia Dillon Cafferata - State Bar Of Nevada". Archived from the original on 13 December 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  2. ↑ Patricia D. Cafferata papers, 93-69
  3. ↑ Our Campaigns.com-Patty Cafferata
  4. ↑ Patty Cafferata Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ Patty D. Cafferata, Nevada Legislative Manual 1983
Political offices
Preceded by
Stan Colton		 Treasurer of Nevada
1983–1987		 Succeeded by
Ken Santor
Party political offices
Preceded by
Robert List		 Republican nominee for Governor of Nevada
1986		 Succeeded by
Jim Gallaway
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