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Joe Tate is a Democrat State House representative for Michigan district 9 and holds an OppScore of -2.32. OppScore is a nonpartisan political rating system that scores politicians from -5.00 to +5.00 across the Five Points of Opportunity, using published voting records and public disclosures.
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Joe Tate is a Democratic state representative from Detroit serving Michigan's 9th House District. A former Michigan State football player, brief NFL lineman, and U.S. Marine Corps veteran with two deployments to Afghanistan, he became the first Black Speaker of the Michigan House from 2023 to 2025. His record centers on leading the Democratic majority's legislative agenda during its 2023-2024 trifecta.
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