31 Facts About Paul Pate

Paul Pate was an unsuccessful candidate for his party's nomination for Governor of Iowa in 1998.

Paul Pate received an Associate of Arts degree from Kirkwood Community College.

Paul Pate was previously the president of Premier Group Corporation, and the president of Pavco Paving Company.

Paul Pate was a member of US Small Business Administration District Advisory Board from 1987 to 1989.

Paul Pate previously served as executive director for the Youth Entrepreneurship Program of East Central Iowa.

Paul Pate has been recognized as Iowa Young Entrepreneur of the Year by the US 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.

Paul Pate was first elected to the Iowa Senate in 1988 for the 24th district.

Paul Pate was reelected in 1992 for the 26th district.

Paul Pate ran for Secretary of State of Iowa in 1994 and was unopposed in the Republican primary.

Paul Pate did not run for reelection in 1998, instead running for the Republican nomination for Governor of Iowa.

In 2001, Paul Pate ran for Mayor of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, winning the officially non-partisan election with 20,210 votes to three-term incumbent Democratic mayor Lee Clancey's 16,450 votes.

Paul Pate was an advocate of strong-mayor form of city government and chose not to run for reelection in 2005 after a city referendum backed a weak-mayor form of government instead.

Paul Pate then returned to running Pate Asphalt in Marion, Iowa.

On January 18,2010, Paul Pate filed paperwork to notify the Iowa Election Board that he was considering a run for his former position as Iowa Secretary of State against Democratic incumbent Michael Mauro.

Paul Pate was reportedly intrigued at the idea of being able to run for office alongside former Iowa Governor Terry Branstad.

Paul Pate did however decide to run four years later after Republican incumbent Matt Schultz instead ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for Iowa's 3rd congressional district.

Paul Pate was unopposed in the Republican primary and faced Democrat Brad Anderson in the 2014 general election.

Paul Pate was selected to participate in the prestigious 2015 Toll Fellowship Program.

Secretary Paul Pate was named the co-chair of the National Association of Secretaries of State's Standing Committee on Business Services in July 2015.

Paul Pate was named the co-chair of the NASS Business ID Theft Task Force in March 2016.

Secretary Paul Pate was elected the Midwestern Region Vice-president of the National Association of Secretaries of State in July 2016, Treasurer for NASS in 2017 and was unanimously chosen as President-Elect for NASS in July 2018.

Secretary Paul Pate's Office partnered with the Iowa Department of Transportation to launch online voter registration in Iowa on January 1,2016.

Paul Pate was rewarded for his efforts in conducting two statewide Iowa Youth Straw Polls and the Iowa Youth Caucus, which included hundreds of schools and tens of thousands of student participants.

Paul Pate was the recipient of the Election Center's 2018 Professional Practice State Award for his office's training materials for poll workers.

Paul Pate was reelected as Iowa's Secretary of State in November 2018, defeating Democratic challenger Deidre DeJear by eight points.

Secretary Paul Pate received the National Association of Secretaries of State's 2019 IDEAS Award for his election cybersecurity initiative, "Partnerships Pay Dividends: A Roadmap to Election Cybersecurity".

Paul Pate partnered with various of county, state and federal agencies to provide free cybersecurity services to all 99 Iowa counties.

Paul Pate was recognized by the US Election Assistance Commission for a "Clearie" Award for his efforts to help veterans and Iowans with disabilities vote.

The National Association of Secretaries of State unanimously chose Paul Pate to be their President during the organization's 2019 summer conference.

Paul Pate was reelected in a landslide in 2022, earning more than 60 percent of the vote and winning by a margin of over 20 points.

On January 15,2019, Paul Pate announced that he failed to fulfill his constitutional duty regarding proposed constitutional amendments.