Joe Tate (politician)

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Joe Tate
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Tate in 2016
78th Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives
Assumed office
January 1, 2023

Tate was born in Detroit, Michigan, the youngest of four children. His father, Coleman Sr., was a Detroit firefighter who died when Tate was an infant. His mother, Debra, was a Detroit public school teacher. Tate spent his early years in the Jefferson Chalmers and Sherwood Forest communities of Detroit. His mother later moved the family to Southfield, Michigan, where Tate attended Southfield-Lathrup High School, graduating in 1999.

Education and college football career

Tate attended Michigan State University on a football scholarship. [2] He earned four letters at Michigan State from 2000–03 and started 29 games his last three years at left guard. A two-time Academic All-Big Ten selection in 2000 and 2001, he garnered second-team All-Big Ten honors from the media in 2003 as the Spartans went 8-4 in the regular season and played in the Alamo Bowl against Nebraska, which ended in a loss. He made his mark off the field as well during his time in East Lansing, as he also was presented MSU's Community Service and Leadership Award.[ citation needed ]

After two seasons with the NFL, Tate returned to Michigan State University to pursue a master's degree in kinesiology while serving as a strength and conditioning graduate assistant under coach Ken Mannie in 2007 and 2008.[ citation needed ]

Tate attended the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business and School of Natural Resources obtaining his dual MBA/MS in 2017. [2]

National Football League

Tate graduated from M.S.U. in 2003 with a degree in public policy and was then signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars as an offensive lineman. He later played for the Atlanta Falcons and St. Louis Rams.[ citation needed ]

Marine Corps

In 2009, Tate joined the U.S. Marine Corps as an officer, serving two deployments in Afghanistan as platoon commander and company executive officer of his infantry unit during Operation Enduring Freedom. [2] After an honorable discharge, Tate returned to his native Michigan to pursue his MBA.

Political career

Detroit Economic Growth Corporation

Upon graduation in 2017, Tate became a program manager at Detroit Economic Growth Corporation. [2]

Michigan politics

On November 6, 2018, Tate won the general election and became a member of Michigan House of Representatives, serving District 2, a community that covers part of Detroit’s Lower East Side, Grosse Pointe Park, Grosse Pointe Woods, Grosse Pointe City, and Grosse Pointe Farms. [3] He was elected to a second term in 2020. After the Democratic Party gained control of the Michigan House of Representatives in the 2022 Michigan House of Representatives elections, [4] Tate became the first African American to be elected Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives. [5] [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Michigan Committee Statement of Organization". Michigan Secretary of State . Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Joe Tate". Detroit Regional Chamber. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
  3. ↑ "Representative Joe Tate's Biography". Vote Smart . Retrieved October 6, 2019.
  4. ↑ Crampton, Liz (9 November 2022). "Democrats take legislatures in Michigan, Minnesota and eye Pennsylvania". POLITICO. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  5. ↑ Robinson, Samuel (2022-11-10). "Michigan Democrats will control Legislature for first time in decades". Axios. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  6. ↑ Hudson, Brandon (2022-11-14). "State Rep Joe Tate becomes 1st ever Black Speaker of the House". FOX 2 Detroit. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
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