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Darshana Patel | |||||||||||||
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| Member-elect of the California State Assembly from the 76th district | |||||||||||||
| Assuming office December 5, 2024 | |||||||||||||
| Succeeding | Brian Maienschein | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 1974 (age 49–50) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||
| Political party | Democratic | ||||||||||||
| Education | Occidental College (BA) University of California, Irvine (PhD) | ||||||||||||
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Darshana Ramesh Patel (born 1974) is an American scientist and politician in the California State Assembly representing the 76th district. She previously served as President of the Poway Unified School District and as a Comissioner of the California Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs.
Early life and education
editPatel was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to parents from India. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in biochemistry with a minor in religious studies from Occidental College and a Ph.D. in biophysics from University of California, Irvine.[1]
Career
editFollowing her graduation, she interned at Monsanto in St. Louis, MO and then earned an intramural training award at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, MD. Dr. Patel was awarded her Ph.D. in Biophysics by the University of California, Irvine in 2002. She then joined the Department of Protein Engineering at Genentech, Inc., as a postdoc and later took on a role as a project manager in the Department of Translational Oncology.
California Assembly
editElectoral history
edit| Primary election | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Kristie Bruce-Lane | 49,316 | 49.5 | |
| California Democratic Party | Darshana Patel | 34,066 | 34.2 | |
| California Democratic Party | Joseph Rocha | 16,312 | 16.4 | |
| Total votes | 99,694 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| California Democratic Party | Darshana Patel | |||
| Republican | Kristie Bruce-Lane | |||
| Total votes | 100.0 | |||
Personal life
editPatel lives in the Rancho Peñasquitos community of San Diego with her husband and three daughters.
References
edit- ^ Amezcua, Claudia (May 9, 2022). "WATCH: Asian in America special". KGTV. Retrieved October 16, 2024.