Pat Deluhery worked on Gov. Harold Hughes' successful campaign for the U.S. Senate before moving to Washington, D.C. to work in Hughes' office from 1969 to 1975. He then worked eight months in Sen. John Culver's office and returned to St. Ambrose College in Davenport, Iowa, as an assistant professor. He was elected to the Iowa Senate in November 1978 and served until December 2002. He graduated with honors from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, and the London School of Economics in London, England. He and his wife, Mardi, have three daughters and three grandchildren.
