Patricia Campion is a Detroit area transplant now living in Florida. As an avid political junkie for 15 years, Patricia began writing for Yahoo! Voices in March 2011 where her talents quickly earned her the status of Featured Political Contributor for Yahoo! US News. In less than four months, she became the first contributor in Yahoo! history to be honored simultaneously with a Rising Star Award (for page views) and the prestigious Yahoo Contributor Award (for content) in the category of politics. By month nine, Patricia won an award for Content of the Year. In January 2012, Patricia joined Examiner.com, covering Government, Elections, Policy and Issues as well as local news in Florida under the title of Tampa Independent Examiner. In May, Patricia had a political op-ed published in the Tampa Tribune and her articles for Yahoo! U.s. News and Examiner have been picked up by such news websites as The Huffington Post, Wall Street Examiner, The New York Times and Drudge Report.