Patricia Deats Jehlen is a teacher and current Massachusetts State Senator of the Democratic Party.
She represents the Second Middlesex District.
That includes the cities of Cambridge, wards 9 to 11, inclusive, Medford and Somerville, and the town of Winchester, precincts 4 to 7, inclusive, in the County of Middlesex.
She has served the Massachusetts State Senate since 2005.
She also served the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1991-2003.