Patty Wetterling

Politician, Organization founder

1949 –

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Who is Patty Wetterling?

Patty Wetterling is a U.S. advocate of children's safety, particularly focused on protecting children from abduction and abuse. Her advocacy began after her son Jacob was abducted in 1989. She was a candidate for the Minnesota Sixth District seat in the United States House of Representatives as the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidate in 2004 and 2006, losing to Republicans Mark Kennedy and Michele Bachmann respectively.

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Born
Nov 2, 1949
Omaha
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Children
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Lived in
  • Omaha
  • Minnesota

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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