DAVID PATRICK COLUMBIA – New York Social Diary

“I was first aware of her in Los Angeles when she was married to Mike Medavoy and an activist in Democratic Party politics as well as other environmental and political issues. Patricia Duff was the most high profile entertainment industry-related female political figure in Los Angeles. It was she who was instrumental in the mid-1980s in introducing Governor Bill Clinton to L. A. Democratic Party supporters and contributors. Clinton was relatively unknown in national party politics and was only one of many potential candidates and party leaders whom Duff presented to Southern California Democrats …. She quickly established herself as an independent and forceful individual in the forums she participated in.”