Paul Pate
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| 28th and 32nd Secretary of State of Iowa | |
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Assumed office January 1, 2015 |
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| Governor | Terry Branstad |
| Preceded by | Matt Schultz |
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In office January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1999 |
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| Governor | Terry Branstad |
| Preceded by | Elaine Baxter |
| Succeeded by | Chet Culver |
| Mayor of Cedar Rapids | |
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In office January 1, 2002 – January 1, 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Lee Clancey |
| Succeeded by | Kay Halloran |
| Member of the Iowa Senate from the 26th district |
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In office January 1, 1993 – January 3, 1995 |
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| Preceded by | Richard Running |
| Succeeded by | Mary Lundby |
| Member of the Iowa Senate from the 24th district |
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In office January 1, 1989 – January 1, 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Hurley Hall |
| Succeeded by | Richard Drake |
| Personal details | |
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Paul Danny Pate, Jr. May 1, 1958 Ottumwa, Iowa, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Jane |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Kirkwood Community College |
Paul Danny Pate, Jr. (born May 1, 1958) is an American businessman and politician from the State of Iowa. A member of the Republican Party, he currently serves as the 32nd Iowa Secretary of State. He previously served as the 28th Secretary of State from 1995 to 1999. He also served in the Iowa Senate from 1989 to 1995, as the Mayor of Cedar Rapids from 2002 to 2006 and was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Iowa in 1998.
Pate was born in 1958 to parents Paul Sr. and Velma Pate. He received an Associate of Arts degree from Kirkwood Community College. He married his wife Jane in 1978 and they have three children: Jennifer, Amber and Paul III, and five grandchildren.
Pate, a third-generation builder, is the president and owner of Pate Asphalt. He was also previously the president of Premier Group Corporation, and the president of Pavco Paving Company. Pate was a member of U.S. Small Business Administration District Advisory Board from 1987-89. He previously served as executive director for the Youth Entrepreneurship Program of East Central Iowa. He has been recognized as Iowa Young Entrepreneur of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration, with a Blue Chip Award by the United States Chamber of Commerce, and an Outstanding Community Leader by The Des Moines Register.
Pate was first elected to the Iowa Senate in 1988, for the 24th district. He was re-elected in 1992, for the 26th district. Both districts were located in Linn County. He ran for Iowa Secretary of State in 1994 and was unopposed in the Republican primary. In the general election, he defeated Democrat Anne Pedersen, the Lee County Auditor, by 473,371 votes (51.73%) to 425,626 (46.51%).
He did not run for re-election in 1998, instead running for the Republican nomination for Governor of Iowa. Incumbent Republican Governor Terry Branstad chose not to run for a fifth term, so the seat was open. Pate came third out of three candidates in the Republican primary, with 13,299 votes (8.19%), behind telecommunications executive and Branstad's Chief of Staff David A. Oman, who took 35,402 votes (21.80%), and former U.S. Representative and 1996 Senate nominee Jim Ross Lightfoot, who won with 113,499 votes (69.89%). Lightfoot went on to lose the general election to Democratic State Senator Tom Vilsack.
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