Joe Tate | |
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78th Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives | |
Assumed office January 1, 2023 | |
Preceded by | Jason Wentworth |
Member of the Michigan House of Representatives | |
Assumed office January 9,2019 | |
Preceded by | Bettie Cook Scott |
Constituency | 2nd district (2019–2023) 10th district (2023–present) |
Personal details | |
Born | Joseph Allen Tate December 13,1980 Detroit,Michigan,U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Michigan State University (BA) University of Michigan (MS,MBA) |
Website | House website Campaign website |
Joseph Allen Tate (born December 13,1980) [1] is an American politician and former professional football player from Michigan. Tate has served as a Democratic member of the Michigan House of Representatives from District 2 since 2019 and as Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives since 2023.
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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.
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]
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 ]
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.
Upon graduation in 2017, Tate became a program manager at Detroit Economic Growth Corporation. [2]
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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