Patrick lives in Omaha with his wife, Emily, and three kids. He currently serves as CEO of First Star Recycling, the largest recycling provider in Nebraska. He previously worked connecting veterans and small businesses to federal services. Patrick is an officer in the Army Reserve and served as a director for the Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District Board, Keep Omaha Beautiful, and other local and statewide nonprofit boards. He is running for Nebraska Legislature in District 6 to use his experience in the public and private sector to deliver a lower cost of living and stronger communities for working families. Patrick is concerned with the hyper-partisanship and hypocrisy in politics today and wants to get our government back to solving the problems facing Nebraska. He is committed to tackling these problems with new ideas and innovative solutions that work for working Nebraskans.