Deval Laurdine Patrick (born July 31, 1956) is an American politician, civil rights lawyer, writer and entrepreneur who served as the 71st Massachusetts Governor from 2007 to 2015. He was first elected in 2006, successfully Mitt Romney, who chose not to run for office, was re-elected in 2010. He is the only African American who has served as a Massachusetts governor. A Democrat, Patrick served from 1994 to 1997 as an assistant US attorney general for the civil rights division under President Bill Clinton.
Born and raised by a single mother on the South Side of Chicago, Patrick was awarded a scholarship to Milton College in Massachusetts in eighth grade. He went on to attend Harvard College and Harvard Law School, where he is president of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau. After graduating, he practiced law with the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund and later joined the Boston law firm, where he was appointed as a partner, at the age of 34. In 1994, Bill Clinton appointed him as an assistant US attorney general for the distribution of rights from the Department Justice of the United States, where he worked on issues including racial profiling and police misconduct.
During his reign, Patrick oversaw the implementation of a state health care reform program of 2006 that was passed under Mitt Romney; increased funding for education and life sciences; win the federal race for Top education grants; passed a revamp of governance of the state transport function, signed legislation to create the Massachusetts Department of Transportation; increase state sales tax from 5% to 6.25%; and raises the country's minimum wage from $ 8 per hour to $ 11 per hour by 2017. Under Patrick, Massachusetts joins the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and the planned introduction of casinos in Massachusetts. Patrick's second term began on January 6, 2011, and in an interview with The Boston Globe Patrick said he would not seek re-election in 2014. He is the managing director of Bain Capital and serves as chairman of the board for Our Generation Speaks, fellowship programs and startup incubators that m ????? n ?? to unite young Israeli and Palestinian leaders through entrepreneurship. In August 2017, Politico reported that members of the inner circle and Obama encouraged Patrick to run for president in 2020.
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Early life and education
Patrick was born on July 31, 1956, on the South Side of Chicago, where his family lived in a two-room apartment in the residential project of Robert Taylor Homes. Patrick is the son of Emily Mae (nÃÆ' Â © e Wintersmith) and Laurdine "Pat" Patrick, a jazz musician in the band Sun Ra. In 1959, Patrick's father left their family to play music in New York City and because he had fathered a daughter, La'Shon Anthony, by another woman. Deval is reported to have a tense relationship with his father, who opposes his high school choice, but they end up making peace. Patrick was raised by his mother, who traced its roots to American slaves in Kentucky. Families spend months to live prosperous.
While Patrick was still in high school, one of his teachers referred him to the Better Opportunity, a national nonprofit organization to identify, recruit and develop leaders among academically gifted minority students, allowing him to attend Milton Academy in Milton, Massachusetts. Patrick graduated from Milton College in 1974 and continued his studies, the first in his family. He graduated from Harvard College, where he was a Fly Club member, with a Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, in English and American literature, in 1978. He then spent a year working with the United Nations -American in Africa. In 1979, Patrick returned to the United States and enrolled at Harvard Law School. While in law school, Patrick was elected president of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, where he first worked for poor families in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. At Harvard, Patrick won "Best Oralist" in the prestigious Ames Moot Court Competition, in 1981.
Patrick graduated from Harvard Law School with J.D., cum laude, in 1982. He went on to fail the State Bar of California test twice, before continuing his third experiment. Patrick then served as a legal clerk for Judge Stephen Reinhardt in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for a year. In 1983, he joined the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) staff, where he worked on death and voting cases.
While in LDF, he met with Bill Clinton, the then Arkansas Governor, when he sued Clinton in the voting case. In 1986, he joined the Boston law firm at Hill & amp; Barlow and named partner in 1990, at the age of 34 years. While on Hill & amp; Barlow, he manages such high involvement acting as Desiree Washington's lawyer in a civil suit against Mike Tyson.
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Professional career
Clinton Administration
In 1994, President Bill Clinton nominated Patrick as Assistant US Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, and he was later confirmed by the United States Senate. The federal affirmative action policy was under judicial and political review, and Patrick defended Clinton's policy. Patrick also works on issues including racial profiling, police misconduct, and treatment of imprisoned criminals. "
Between 1995 and 1997, Patrick coordinated an investigation into a series of burning of black-dominated churches in the South. The investigation brings together a number of state and federal agencies, and is the largest federal investigation in history until 9/11. In the end, more than 100 arrests were made, but no evidence of national or regional conspiracy was found.
Legal career
In 1997, Patrick returned to Boston to join the firm Day, Berry & amp; Howard (now called Day Pitney LLP), and is appointed by a federal district court to serve as Chairman of Equality and Equality of Texaco Tasks to oversee the implementation of the terms of the settlement of racial discrimination. Working with employees at all levels, Patrick and the Task Force examine and reform the complex Texaco corporate culture, and create a model for building a fair workplace.
Some gay rights activists have criticized him for his term on United Airlines (UAL) board. During this time, the company initially championed a regulation requiring it to offer the benefits of a domestic partnership, but Patrick managed to encourage UAL to offer such benefits to all employees, making it the first airline to do so.
Business career
In 1999, partly because of his work on the Equality and Fairness Task Force, Patrick was offered a job as Texaco General Counsel, who was in charge of all legal affairs of the company. While he continued his work on changing employment practices in the company, most of his time was devoted to exploring and conducting mergers, finally announced in October 2000, with Chevron Corp. the greater one.
In 2001, Patrick left Texaco to become Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary at The Coca-Cola Company. Patrick encouraged a thorough review of allegations that some of the workers at the Coke bottling product in Colombia had been abused or even murdered by paramilitary groups as a result of union organizing activities. Patrick concluded that the allegations were baseless and untrue, but advised that the company allowed an independent inquiry to put all questions to rest. Having initially supported Patrick's view, then CEO Douglas Daft changed his mind, accelerating Patrick's decision to leave Coke.
From 2004 to 2006, he served on the board of directors of ACC Capital Holdings, parent company Ameriquest and Argent Mortgage. Ameriquest is the largest lender of so-called subprime mortgage and is being investigated by the Attorney General across the country. Patrick joins the council at the request of Ameriquest founder Roland Arnall, who asks for his help in managing the investigation and changing the corporate culture. During his tenure on board, Ameriquest and Argent derived more than $ 80 billion in subprime mortgages, but those conducting the investigation said that at the time Patrick left Ameriquest the company was on its way to change.
After a career as governor, Patrick joins a private alternative asset management firm, Bain Capital in 2015, where he currently acts as Managing Director.
Governor's campaign
Election 2006
In 2005, Patrick announced his candidacy for the governor of Massachusetts. He was originally seen as a potential black horse, facing veteran politicians Thomas Reilly and Chris Gabrielli in the Democratic primary. Patrick secured a nomination in the September primary, winning 49% of the votes in the three-way race. In the general election, Patrick faces the Republic. governor, Kerry Healey and member of the independent Massachusetts Turnpike Commission Christy Mihos.
The elections are very hot, described by former governor Michael Dukakis as "the dirtiest governor's campaign in my memory". Patrick faces criticism for ever writing a letter to the parole board describing the correspondence of Benjamin LaGuer, a man convicted of brutal eight-hour rape, as "wise, broad-minded, eloquent, [and] humane" .
Patrick donated $ 5,000 for DNA testing linking LaGuer to crime. However, after DNA tests proved LaGuer's guilt, Patrick withdrew his support for the release of inmates. Patrick won the election with 55% of the vote, becoming the first African-American Governor in Massachusetts.
2010 elections
On April 2, 2009, Patrick announced with the Governor Lt. Timothy Murray that they both will run for re-election.
Patrick was opposed for Democratic nomination by Grace Ross, a Green-Rainbow candidate in 2006 for the governor, but he backed down when he was unable to collect the number of signatures needed to run.
In the election, Patrick faced Republican Charlie Baker and Massachusetts Finance Minister Tim Cahill, an Independent. Patrick won the election, collecting 48% of the vote, compared to Baker 42% and Cahill 8%.
The Governor of Massachusetts
Before taking office, Patrick formed a transition team led by lawyer Michael Angelini, bank executive Ronald Homer, and secretary of economic affairs of the Weld Gloria Cordes Larson government. In his first meeting with the legislative leadership, he proposed his first action is to hire 1,000 new police officers and to expand high school throughout the day.
Breaking the tradition inaugurated at the House Chamber of Massachusetts State House, Patrick and Murray took their oath of office, and Patrick delivered his inaugural address, outdoors at West Portico House of the State overlooking Boston Common.
Doing so allows most people to watch the event, and is intended to signal the government more open, transparent, and accessible. In honor of his ancestral heritage, he took his oath of office in the Mendi Bible, which was given to Congressman John Quincy Adams by American slaves who were freed from the ship La Amistad.
A series of regional flags, seven total, was held to bring the inauguration to the Commonwealth citizen. Celebrations take place at Cape Cod, Worcester, Dartmouth, Pittsfield, Springfield, and Boston.
Casino games
Patrick created and signed a bill allowing for the construction and operation of three resort-style casinos in the state. He argues that these casinos will generate more than $ 2 billion for the country's economy. He also said that the casino will create 30,000 construction jobs and 20,000 permanent jobs.
Patrick proposes that the revenue generated will be used to strengthen local law enforcement, create a state gambling regulator, improve roads and bridges, gambling addiction treatment, and the rest will be used for property tax abolition.
Patrick's Casino plan has faced strong opposition from Salvatore DiMasi, former Chairman of the Massachusetts Council of Representatives. DiMasi questioned Patrick's projection of a new job, revenue to be generated and he opposed what he called a casino culture, saying: "Do we want to usher in a casino culture - with rampant bankruptcy, crime and social problems - or do we want to make Massachusetts better for all sectors of society? "
Gambling casino games in Massachusetts have also received surveillance for associations with scandals lobbiing Jack Abramoff India and attempts by Mashpee Wampanoag people to secure rights to casinos outside the federal Gaming Rules Act of India. In 2009, Patrick was one of the top recipients of campaign donations from the interests of the casino lobby, and from investors who supported the interests of the Wampanoag casino.
On March 20, 2008, the Massachusetts Council of Representatives rejected Patrick's Casino bill with a vote of 108 to 46. Despite the overwhelming voice, many questions were raised by DiMasi's critics of the tactics he used to win. This includes allegations that he promised a next vote on a bill that would allow slot machines in four state racetracks and pre-voting promotions from six lawmakers who have been considered in favor of the bill but either abstained or voted against the bill. DiMasi denied that any promise had been made on the race track bill and denied that the promotion was connected to the sound of the casino bill.
Patrick's behavior was also criticized and his commitment to the bill was questioned when it was revealed that he was not in the state on the day the bill was elected in the legislature. When the bill was rejected, Patrick was in New York City for personal affairs, completing a $ 1.35 million deal with Broadway Books, Random House print, to publish his autobiography.
In mid-2010, homes and senates passed bills with plans for three resort-style casinos and two slot parlors. However, Patrick vetoed it because he had previously stated that he would only accept one living room slot. When the 2011 casino law is debatable, the investigative report on The Boston Globe reveals that the governor violated his own policy not to receive money from or meet lobbyists for the gambling industry by receiving more than $ 6,000 in campaign contributions and meet with and attend fundraisers organized by game lobbyists.
Patrick signed the law into law in December 2011. Its implementation, however, has seen obstacles and delays. The point of the male governor in drafting a gambling law and negotiating a compact state with the Tribe Mashpee Wampanoag, Assistant Secretary for Policy & amp; Economic Development Carl Stanley McGee, was forced to resign from his assignment to direct the newly formed Massachusetts Games Commission following reports of allegations in 2007 that he molested a child in Florida. Stan McGee was forced to return to his economic development post where he still oversees the casino policy for governors. This scandal resulted in the Massachusetts legislature issuing bills and ruling out a veto by Patrick who needed a background check on the casino regulator.
In June 2014, the Judicial Court of Justice ruled that a referendum for depriving a law permitting casino gambling could arise in November's vote, throwing in the prospect of questionable casino law.
Gun control
In 2010, Patrick pushed legislation to limit the purchase of firearms, citing a series of incidents of gun violence and violent crime in Boston. In 2011, Patrick proposed a new law that would require more stringent regulations on firearms. During the event around the announcement, Patrick said one of his main goals was to "stop children from killing children." Patrick also reported that he would ask $ 10 million in private and public funding to help "fill the void." Reacting to a Sandy Hook Elementary School shoot, in 2013 Patrick proposed a strict weapons control law, including the limit of one monthly gun purchase and closing the gap of a weapon show.
Education
During his tenure at office, Patrick has achieved "world-class public education" as his number one priority. Patrick also made a number of historic public funds to Massachusetts schools, introduced laws to address persistent educational gaps among minority students, and won a national race to Top competition. Patrick now supports doubling the number of charter schools in Massachusetts. In his first year at the office, Patrick proposed creating a free college for all Massachusetts high school graduates.
same-sex marriage
Patrick liked the legalization of same-sex marriage because of the basic principle that "citizens come before their governments are equal". He works with state legislatures to prevent voting actions that remove same-sex marriages in Massachusetts, which protect the country's first state-of-the-art marriage allowance.
Energy policy
Patrick proposed a bill that would streamline the process of applying for Massachusetts permission for wind energy projects. The Wind Energy Reform Bill will reduce the licensing process from current limbo litigation to nine to 19 months.
Patrick made renewable energy expansion a focus of his second term but faced setbacks when lawmakers failed to raise hats on solar power generation in Massachusetts and to expand the amount of hydro power purchased by utility companies from Canada.
Transportation
The legislatively-formed Transportation Financing Commission (TFC) reported in 2007 that over the next 20 years there would be a $ 15- $ 19 billion difference between income and expenditure required, just to maintain the existing transportation system in Massachusetts. The Commission identified several reforms and income options to close the gap. The Patrick Administration lobbied and passed a major transport reform legislation, incorporating many of the reforms recommended by TFC, and which created the Massachusetts Department of Transportation by combining smaller transport agencies.
Patrick proposed raising the state gas tax of 19 cents per gallon to prevent the Massachusetts Turnpike toll road and the MBTA tariff increase, fully funding the operations of the Regional Transit Authority and Turnpike, and overcoming some of the capital shortfalls identified by TFC, but this was defeated in the state. legislature. Instead, a sales tax increase of 1.25% was passed, with a section dedicated to transportation. This is enough to prevent short-term tolls and tariff increases, but not overcome the long-term funding gap. Patrick has been a supporter of the South Coast Rail Link project.
Immigration
In response to the entry of children from Central America across the US border in the summer of 2014, Patrick proposed taking 1,000 migrants to be deployed at various sites in Massachusetts, until they can be processed at the immigration center.
Senate Appointments
On September 24, 2009, Patrick appointed Paul G. Kirk as the US temporary senator after the death of Ted Kennedy.
On January 30, 2013, Patrick selected former chief of staff of the board William "Mo" Cowan to become a US temporary senator until a special election to fill the vacant seat by Foreign Minister John Kerry.
Controversy
In the early months of Patrick's administration, a series of decisions that the governor later suggested as a "misstep" had brought an unfavorable press. This includes spending nearly $ 11,000 on curtains for country houses, changing the rent of a custom country car from Ford Crown Victoria to Cadillac (earning Patrick a cynical nickname "Deville"), and hiring Amy Gorin, an assistant who had previously helped lead his election campaign, as assistant staff Diane Patrick, First Lady of the Commonwealth, with an annual salary of nearly $ 75,000. Emerging from a weekend working on the state budget and calling for tax-deductible services, Patrick replied in a press conference on February 20, 2007 that "I realized I could not with a good conscience ask the agency to make that choice without being willing to make it on its own. "
Patrick then paid back the Commonwealth for the cost of curtains and furnishings purchased for a country house, and an additional monthly difference in his rental car. Gorin then resigned.
Later that same month Patrick came under fire again, this time to contact the chairman of the Executive Committee of Citigroup and former Clinton Finance Minister Robert Rubin on behalf of the mortgage-backed financial firm Ameriquest, a subsidiary of ACC Capital Holdings, who has been accused of preying on predators. practices and that Patrick is a former board member. Both Citigroup and ACC Capital Holdings have substantial holdings in Massachusetts. Patrick attempted to fend off criticism, claiming that he was not called a governor but as a private citizen. Then Patrick backed away, declaring "I appreciate that I should not make a call, I'm sorry for his mistake."
On Sept. 17, 2014, Patrick dismissed the chairman of Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry Board Saundra Edwards and placed director Jeanne Holmes on paid administrative leave as they pressed the council to force Patrick's brother-in-law to register as a sex offender, based on his conviction. to rape his wife, Patrick's sister.
In June 2015, the Boston Herald reported that Patrick's administration secretly transferred nearly $ 27 million in government funds to off-budget accounts paid for trading tabs, advertising contracts and deals with subsidized tourism federal. an effort supported by US Senator Harry Reid. According to the Herald , state legislators never approve funding, which began in 2009 when Patrick's office directed semi-public institutions, including the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority and Massport to begin funding off-budget trusts. A week later, the Boston Globe quoted Representative David Linsky, chairman of the Postal Committee and Superintendent of the Massachusetts Representative Office, saying that, after review, the spending was approved by state legislatures or allowed. under the rules of the state budget and that they do not violate any applicable law.
Health Care
- Drug addiction: In September 2014, Patrick signed a law requiring health insurance companies to extend coverage to people struggling with drug addiction by closing up to two weeks of inpatient care. The bill is seen in the wider context of state governments that combat the rising rate of drug abuse opioid, following a $ 20 million package introduced in June consisting of proposals targeting the problem.
- Abortion: In July 2014, Patrick signed a bill that would allow the police to order anti-abortion demonstrators away from the clinic entrance, if blocking public access.
Cabinet
Presidential speculation runs
After his speech at the 2012 Democratic National Convention, a journalist asked whether Patrick was interested in a 2016 presidential bid. He replied, "Just a chat... I will complete my term [as governor] by 2014. I will return to the private sector where I spend... most of my career. " However, he will not rule out running in a distant future.
After Obama's election in 2008 as president, there has been speculation that Patrick will be elected by Obama to serve as US attorney general, but the job was eventually handed over to Eric Holder. After the 2012 presidential election, Patrick is regarded as the Holder's successor, although he says he will not consider other positions as long as he remains governor.
Speculation grew once again, in September 2014, when Holder announced his intention to step down.
In July 2013, Patrick firmly overruled his presidential bid in 2016, stating that he intends to return to the private sector, after the completion of his second term as governor.
Once again in March 2018, he stated on the radio, while attending the Kansas City event entitled "An Evening with Deval Patrick: Reinvesting in America", the presidency of 2020 was "on my radar screen". Reportedly, David Axelrod and Valerie Jarrett have encouraged him to consider it. He had previously discussed the idea in The New York Times the previous month.
The Obama Association
After Patrick's plagiarism allegations came to the defense of presidential candidate Barack Obama during the 2008 Democratic primaries, it was reported that some of the key phrases of Obama's speech stub are very similar to the words used during Patrick's 2006 governor. The charges were largely dismissed, after Patrick explained that he had encouraged his use.
During the 2012 Presidential election, he served as a substitute for Obama's campaign. Patrick caused controversy, as he defended the business practices of Boston-based private equity firm Bain Capital, founded by Mitt Romney, Republican presidential candidate; position in direct opposition to Obama's campaign.
Patrick was named by USA Today as Obama's likely candidate to fill the seat of the Supreme Court of the US Supreme Court, left by the death of Antonin Scalia in February 2016.
Election history
Personal life
Patrick and his wife Diane, a lawyer specializing in labor law and employment, married in 1984. They have lived in Milton, Massachusetts since 1989 and have two daughters, Sarah and Katherine. In July 2008, Katherine publicly announced that she was a lesbian, and mentioned that her father did not know this when she fought against a proposed state constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage. In a joint interview, Patrick expressed support for his daughter and said he was proud of her. In September 2011, his daughter, Sarah married Marco Morgese, a former Italian soldier. On May 20, 2013, Patrick became grandfather when Sarah gave birth to a son, Gianluca Noah Patrick Morgese.
In addition to his home in Milton, Patrick and his family own a home in Richmond, Massachusetts. In 2013, Illinois governor Pat Quinn changed the name of Wabash Avenue in Chicago, where Patrick grew up, "Deval Patrick Way" in Patrick's honor. On May 28, 2015, Patrick was awarded a Doctor of Honor by Harvard University.
See also
- Supreme Court Candidate Barack Obama
References
External links
- Pause Patrick for Governor
- Deval Patrick at Curlie (based on DMOZ)
- Appearance in C-SPAN
- Speech
- Transrick's acceptance speech transcript 2006 The Boston Globe , November 8, 2006
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