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- Deval_Patrick abstract "Deval Laurdine Patrick (born July 31, 1956) is an American politician, civil rights lawyer, and current Governor of Massachusetts. A member of the Democratic Party, Patrick served as the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division under President Bill Clinton. He was first elected in 2006, succeeding Mitt Romney who chose not to run, and re-elected in 2010. He is the first African-American Governor of Massachusetts.Born to and raised by a single mother on the South Side of Chicago, Patrick earned a scholarship to Milton Academy in Massachusetts in the eighth grade. He went on to attend Harvard College and its Law School, where he was President of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau. After graduating he practiced law with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and later joined a Boston law firm, where he was named a partner at age 34. In 1994, President Bill Clinton appointed him as the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, where he worked on issues including racial profiling and police misconduct.Under his governorship, he has overseen 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, and increased the state sales tax from 5% to 6.25%. Under Patrick, Massachusetts joined the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and the planned introduction of casinos in Massachusetts. His second term began on January 6, 2011, and in an interview with The Boston Globe, Patrick declared he will not seek re-election in 2014.".
- Deval_Patrick activeYearsStartDate "2007-01-04".
- Deval_Patrick almaMater Harvard_College.
- Deval_Patrick almaMater Harvard_Law_School.
- Deval_Patrick birthDate "1956-07-31".
- Deval_Patrick birthPlace Chicago.
- Deval_Patrick birthPlace Illinois.
- Deval_Patrick birthYear "1956".
- Deval_Patrick lieutenant Tim_Murray.
- Deval_Patrick office "Governor of Massachusetts".
- Deval_Patrick office "United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division".
- Deval_Patrick orderInOffice "71st".
- Deval_Patrick party Democratic_Party_(United_States).
- Deval_Patrick president Bill_Clinton.
- Deval_Patrick religion Presbyterianism.
- Deval_Patrick residence Milton,_Massachusetts.
- Deval_Patrick successor Bill_Lann_Lee.
- Deval_Patrick termPeriod Deval_Patrick__1.
- Deval_Patrick thumbnail Official_portrait_of_Deval_Patrick.jpg?width=300.
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- Deval_Patrick wikiPageExternalLink transcript_of_deval_patricks_acceptance.
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- Deval_Patrick after Martin_O'Malley.
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- Deval_Patrick as Governor_of_Maryland.
- Deval_Patrick as List_of_Governors_of_Connecticut.
- Deval_Patrick as Vice_President_of_the_United_States.
- Deval_Patrick before Dannel_Malloy.
- Deval_Patrick before Joe_Biden.
- Deval_Patrick birthDate "1956-07-31".
- Deval_Patrick birthName "Deval Laurdine Patrick".
- Deval_Patrick birthPlace Chicago.
- Deval_Patrick birthPlace Illinois.
- Deval_Patrick candidate Charles_D._Baker,_Jr..
- Deval_Patrick candidate Chris_Gabrieli.
- Deval_Patrick candidate Christy_Mihos.
- Deval_Patrick candidate Kerry_Healey.
- Deval_Patrick candidate Thomas_Reilly.
- Deval_Patrick candidate Tim_Cahill_(politician).
- Deval_Patrick candidate "Deval Patrick".
- Deval_Patrick change "+1.06".
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- Deval_Patrick children "Katherine".
- Deval_Patrick children "Sarah".
- Deval_Patrick dateOfBirth "1956-07-31".
- Deval_Patrick direction "vertical".
- Deval_Patrick footer "Bottom: Mo Cowan , Patrick's second Senate appointment.".
- Deval_Patrick footer "Top: Paul G. Kirk , Patrick's first Senate appointment.".
- Deval_Patrick hasPhotoCollection Deval_Patrick.
- Deval_Patrick image "Mo Cowan, official portrait, 113th Congress.jpg".
- Deval_Patrick image "Paul Kirk Official Photo.jpg".
- Deval_Patrick lieutenant "Tim Murray".
- Deval_Patrick lieutenant "Vacant".
- Deval_Patrick name "Deval Patrick".
- Deval_Patrick name "Patrick, Deval".
- Deval_Patrick office "Governor of Massachusetts".
- Deval_Patrick office "United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division".
- Deval_Patrick order "71.0".
- Deval_Patrick party Democratic_Party_(United_States).
- Deval_Patrick party "Democratic Party".
- Deval_Patrick party "Independent".
- Deval_Patrick party "Republican Party".
- Deval_Patrick percentage "23.13".
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- Deval_Patrick percentage "35.3".
- Deval_Patrick percentage "42".
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- Deval_Patrick percentage "6.9".
- Deval_Patrick percentage "8.03".
- Deval_Patrick placeOfBirth "Chicago, Illinois, U.S.".
- Deval_Patrick predecessor John_R._Dunne.
- Deval_Patrick predecessor Mitt_Romney.
- Deval_Patrick president Bill_Clinton.
- Deval_Patrick religion Presbyterianism.
- Deval_Patrick residence Milton,_Massachusetts.
- Deval_Patrick rows "2".
- Deval_Patrick shortDescription "Governor of Massachusetts".
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- Deval_Patrick spouse "Diane Bemus".
- Deval_Patrick successor Bill_Lann_Lee.
- Deval_Patrick termEnd "1997".
- Deval_Patrick termStart "1994".
- Deval_Patrick termStart "2007-01-04".
- Deval_Patrick title Governor_of_Massachusetts.
- Deval_Patrick title United_States_order_of_precedence.
- Deval_Patrick title "Democratic nominee for Governor of Massachusetts".
- Deval_Patrick votes "1112283".
- Deval_Patrick votes "1234984".