Pat Danner

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Pat Danner

| image name = PatDanner.jpg

| birth_name = Patsy Ann Berrer

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1934|1|13}}

| birth_place = Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.

| state1 = Missouri

| district1 = 6th

| term_start1 = January 3, 1993

| term_end1 = January 3, 2001

| preceded1 = Tom Coleman

| succeeded1 = Sam Graves

| state_senate2 = Missouri

| district2 = 12th

| term_start2 = January 1983

| term_end2 = January 1993

| preceded2 = Hardin Cox

| succeeded2 = Glen Klippenstein

| party = Democratic

| spouse = Lavon Danner
Markt Meyer

| children = Steve Danner (son)

| alma_mater = Northeast Missouri State University (BA)

}}

Patsy Ann "Pat" Danner (née Berrer; born January 13, 1934, Louisville, Kentucky) is an American politician. She formerly represented the Missouri's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat.

Education and background

Danner grew up in Bevier, Missouri; her maternal grandparents emigrated from Lebanon in the first decade of the 20th century.{{cite news |url=http://www.wrmea.org/2000-july/congresswoman-pat-danner-to-retire-who-stands-where-on-eight-pending-bills-letters.html |title=Congresswoman Pat Danner to Retire; Who Stands Where on Eight Pending Bills, Letters |author=Shirl McArthur |publisher=Washington Report on Middle East Affairs |date=July 2000}} She attended public schools and graduated from Northwest Missouri State University cum laude with a BA in political science. Following graduation, Danner worked as district administrator to Congressman Jerry Litton. She was appointed to a sub-cabinet position in the Carter administration.

Political career

Congressman Litton vacated his seat to run for the United States Senate in 1976, and Danner filed in the race to replace him. Danner was defeated in the August 1976, Democratic primary by Morgan Maxfield, who was himself defeated in November by Republican state Representative Tom Coleman. In 1982, Danner was elected to the Missouri State Senate, and was re-elected in 1986 and 1990. In 1992, Danner successfully ran for Congress, defeating the incumbent Coleman in an upset. Danner was re-elected to the House in 1994, 1996,[http://www.sos.mo.gov/enrweb/raceresults.asp?eid=4&oid=940&arc=1 Pat Danner re-elected, 1996], sos.mo.gov; accessed October 20, 2014. and 1998.[http://www.sos.mo.gov/enrweb/raceresults.asp?eid=6&oid=1550&arc=1 Pat Danner re-elected, 1998], sos.mo.gov; accessed October 29, 2014.

In 2000, Danner announced that she would not seek re-election because she was undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Her son, Steve Danner, a former state senator, filed to replace her and was defeated by Sam Graves, 51% to 47%.[http://www.sos.mo.gov/enrweb/raceresults.asp?eid=14&oid=3990&arc=1 Steve Danner defeated by Sam Graves], sos.mo.gov; accessed October 29, 2014.