Joe Tate (politician)

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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.{{Cite web |title=Joe Tate |url=https://www.detroitchamber.com/bios/sen-joe-tate/ |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=Detroit Regional Chamber |language=en-US}} 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|date=June 2023}}

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|date=June 2023}}

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

Tate graduated from Michigan State 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|date=June 2023}}

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. 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.

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.{{cite web |url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/170153/joe-tate |title=Representative Joe Tate's Biography |publisher=Vote Smart |access-date=October 6, 2019}} 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,{{Cite web |last=Crampton |first=Liz |title=Democrats take legislatures in Michigan, Minnesota and eye Pennsylvania |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/09/democrats-take-legislatures-00065953 |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=POLITICO |date=9 November 2022 |language=en}} Tate became the first African American to be elected Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives.{{Cite web |last=Robinson |first=Samuel |date=2022-11-10 |title=Michigan Democrats will control Legislature for first time in decades |url=https://www.axios.com/local/detroit/2022/11/10/michigan-democrats-flip-legislature |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=Axios |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Hudson |first=Brandon |date=2022-11-14 |title=State Rep Joe Tate becomes 1st ever Black Speaker of the House |url=https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/state-rep-joe-tate-becomes-1st-ever-black-speaker-of-the-house |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=FOX 2 Detroit |language=en-US}}

Following court-mandated redistricting of the Detroit area,{{cite news |last1=Hendrickson |first1=Clara |title=Court orders metro Detroit legislative maps redrawn |url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2023/12/21/court-orders-redraw-of-detroit-area-legislative-districts/71382879007/ |access-date=January 3, 2025 |work=Detroit Free Press}} Tate ran in the 9th district for the 2024 election, winning reelection.{{cite web|title=2024 Michigan Election Results|url=https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/votehistory/Index?type=C&electionDate=11-5-2024|publisher=Michigan Secretary of State|access-date=November 24, 2024|date=November 22, 2024|url-status=live|archive-date=November 24, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241124174348/https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/votehistory/Index?type=C&electionDate=11-5-2024}}

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• [https://housedems.com/tate Joe Tate at housedems.com]
• [https://www.footballdb.com/players/joe-tate-tatejo02 Joe Tate at footballdb.com]

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