Patricia Godchaux

Patricia "Pan" Godchaux is a moderate Republican who ran for the United States Congress for the 9th federal congressional district in the state of Michigan. She challenged seven-term incumbent Joe Knollenberg in the Republican primary and hoped to get Democratic support in the primary, as the Democrats' challenger, Nancy Skinner, didn't have to face a primary contest. She notes that the district leans Republican, and that unless citizens of the district want to re-elect a conservative Republican, their best chance to avoid doing so was by placing a moderate one on the ballot in November. Ultimately Gochaux failed in her attempt to unseat the seven-term incumbent, garnering 30% of the vote to Knollenberg's 70%, or 20,211 to 46,713 votes [ [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2006/by_state/MI_Page_0808.html?SITE=MIDTNELN&SECTION=POLITICS News From The Associated Press ] ] .

Godchaux previously served on the Birmingham, Michigan school board and the Michigan House of Representatives. She is a member of Triangle Foundation's Board of Advisors [ [http://www.tri.org/about/advisors.html Triangle Foundation ] ] .

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