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Deval Patrick | |
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.jpg) Patrick in 2023 | |
| 71st Governor of Massachusetts | |
| In office January 4, 2007 – January 8, 2015 | |
| Lieutenant | Tim Murray (2007–2013) Vacant (2013–2015) |
| Preceded by | Mitt Romney |
| Succeeded by | Charlie Baker |
| United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division | |
| In office April 22, 1994 – January 20, 1997 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | John R. Dunne |
| Succeeded by | Bill Lann Lee |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Deval Laurdine Patrick July 31, 1956 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Harvard University (BA, JD) |
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Deval Laurdine Patrick (born July 31, 1956) is an American politician who served as the 71st governor of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2015. He was the first African-American Governor of Massachusetts and the first Democratic governor of the state since Michael Dukakis left office in 1991. Patrick served from 1994 to 1997 as the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division under President Bill Clinton. He was briefly a candidate for President of the United States in the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
Raised on the South Side of Chicago, Patrick earned a scholarship to Milton Academy in Milton, Massachusetts, in the eighth grade. He went on to attend Harvard College and Harvard Law School. After graduating, he practiced law with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and later joined a Boston law firm, where he was later named a partner. In 1994, Bill Clinton appointed him as the United States assistant attorney general for the civil rights division of the United States Department of Justice, where he worked on issues including racial profiling and police misconduct. He was first elected governor in 2006, succeeding Mitt Romney, who chose not to run for reelection, and was reelected in 2010.
During his governorship, Patrick oversaw the implementation of the state's 2006 health care reform program which had been enacted under Mitt Romney, increased funding to education and life sciences, won a federal Race to the Top education grant, passed an overhaul of governance of the state transportation function, signing a law to create the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, increased the state sales tax from 5% to 6.25%, raised the state's minimum wage from $8 per hour to $11 by 2017, and planned the introduction of casinos to the state. Under Patrick, Massachusetts joined the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Shortly after Patrick's second term began on January 6, 2011, he declared he would not seek re-election in 2014.[1][2]
After his governorship, Patrick served as managing director at Bain Capital. He also served as the chairman of the board for Our Generation Speaks, a fellowship program and startup incubator whose mission is to bring together young Israeli and Palestinian leaders through entrepreneurship.[3] He also holds a board of directors position at telehealth company American Well.[4] Members of his own inner circle and Barack Obama's inner circle encouraged Patrick to run for president in 2020,[5][6] but Patrick ruled out a 2020 presidential bid in December 2018.[7] He entered the race on November 14, 2019,[8][9] but ended his campaign only three months later following a poor showing in the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary.[10]
- ^ "With Charlie Baker on the job hunt, GOP chair hints at 2014 run". State House News Service. December 20, 2010. Archived from the original on April 4, 2012. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
- ^ Bierman, Noah (January 5, 2011). "Patrick plans to expand travels". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
- ^ Kirsner, Scott (March 10, 2016). "Can entrepreneurship bridge the Israeli-Palestinian gap?". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on February 15, 2017. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
- ^ "Deval Patrick". June 5, 2020. Archived from the original on November 20, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
- ^ Devere, Edward-Isaac (August 1, 2017). "Obama's Inner Circle Is Urging Deval Patrick to Run". Politico. Archived from the original on September 2, 2017. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
- ^ Debenedetti, Gabriel (June 24, 2018). "Where Is Barack Obama?". New York. Archived from the original on October 10, 2018. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ Korecki, Natasha; Cheney, Kyle; Murray, Stephanie (December 4, 2018). "Deval Patrick bows out of 2020 presidential run". Politico. Capitol News Company. Archived from the original on December 5, 2018. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
- ^ Martin, Jonathan (November 13, 2019). "Deval Patrick Tells Democrats He Will Run in 2020 Presidential Race". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 13, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
- ^ Stevens, Matt (November 14, 2019). "Deval Patrick Joins the 2020 Race: 'This Won't Be Easy, and It Shouldn't Be'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on November 14, 2019. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
- ^ Dzhanova, Yelena (February 12, 2020). "Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick drops out of the 2020 presidential race". CNBC. Archived from the original on March 27, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020.