Paul Pate

Paul Pate
Pate in 1991
28th and 32nd Secretary of State of Iowa
Assumed office
January 1, 2015
GovernorTerry Branstad
Kim Reynolds
Preceded byMatt Schultz
In office
January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1999
GovernorTerry Branstad
Preceded byElaine Baxter
Succeeded byChet Culver
Mayor of Cedar Rapids
In office
January 1, 2002 – January 1, 2006
Preceded byLee Clancey
Succeeded byKay Halloran
Member of the Iowa Senate
from the 26th district
In office
January 1, 1993 – January 3, 1995
Preceded byRichard Running
Succeeded byMary Lundby
Member of the Iowa Senate
from the 24th district
In office
January 1, 1989 – January 1, 1993
Preceded byHurley Hall
Succeeded byRichard F. Drake
Personal details
Born
Paul Danny Pate Jr.

(1958-05-01) May 1, 1958 (age 66)
Ottumwa, Iowa, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseJane Pate
Children3
EducationKirkwood Community College

Paul Danny Pate Jr. (born May 1, 1958) is an American businessman and politician serving as the 32nd Secretary of State of Iowa since 2015, previously holding the office from 1995 to 1999.[1] Pate is the past president of the National Association of Secretaries of State.[2] A member of the Republican Party, he was also in the Iowa Senate from 1989 to 1995 and Mayor of Cedar Rapids from 2002 to 2006. He was an unsuccessful candidate for his party's nomination for Governor of Iowa in 1998.

  1. ^ Paul Pate Archived 2012-04-19 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "NASS Inducts Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate as President". www.nass.org. July 8, 2019. Retrieved 2018-12-17.