Tom Prezelski

{{short description|American politician}}

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Daniel Patterson

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Tom Prezelski (born 12 January 1970) is an American author, and was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives, representing the 29th District. He was first appointed to the legislature by the Pima County Board of Supervisors on February 11, 2003, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Victor Soltero. Soltero resigned on January 23 when he was appointed by the same Board of Supervisors to fill the vacancy in the State Senate when Ramón Valadez did not take the Oath of Office.{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/93/rec/1 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 2003 Volume 1, Forty-Sixth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 247 | accessdate=December 27, 2018}}{{rp|vii-ix}} He won re-election in 2004 and 2006.{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/88/rec/1 |publisher=State of Arizona| title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 2005 Volume 1, Forty-Seventh Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 226 | accessdate=January 3, 2019}}{{rp|ix}}{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/104/rec/1 |publisher=State of Arizona| title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 2007 Volume 1, Forty-Eighth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 214 | accessdate=January 3, 2019}}{{rp|ix}} In his 2008 re-election bid, he came in third in the Democratic primary, behind eventual winners of the general election Matt Heinz and Daniel Patterson.{{cite web |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2008 |title=Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2008 |publisher=Ballotpedia |accessdate=March 30, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410111720/https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2008 |url-status=live |archivedate=April 10, 2019}}

He received an honorable mention for his book, Californio Lancers: The 1st Battalion of Native Cavalry in the Far West, 1863-1866 at the 2016 International Latino Book Awards.{{Cite web|last=Alice|date=2016-09-16|title=2016 International Latino Book Award Finalists|url=https://teachinglatinamericathroughliterature.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/2016-international-latino-book-award-finalists/|access-date=2022-01-19|website=Vamos a Leer|language=en}}