Deval Patrick
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71st Governor of Massachusetts
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| Assumed office January 4, 2007 |
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| Lieutenant | Tim Murray |
| Preceded by | Mitt Romney |
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United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division
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| In office 1994–1997 |
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| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | John R. Dunne |
| Succeeded by | Bill Lann Lee |
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| Born | July 31, 1956 Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Diane Patrick |
| Children | Sarah Patrick Katherine Patrick |
| Residence | Milton, Massachusetts, USA |
| Alma mater | Harvard Law School (J.D.) Harvard College (B.A.) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
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| Website | Governor Deval Patrick's webpage |
Deval Laurdine Patrick (born July 31, 1956) is the 71st Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A member of the Democratic Party, Patrick served as United States Assistant Attorney General under President Bill Clinton. He is the first African American to hold the office of Massachusetts governor.
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Early life and education
Patrick was born on the South Side of Chicago, where his family resided in a two-bedroom apartment in Robert Taylor Homes housing projects. In 1959, his father Laurdine "Pat" Patrick, a member of jazz musician Sun Ra's band, left his wife Mae (née Wintersmith),[1] Deval, and their daughter, Rhonda (who is one year Deval's senior) in order to play music in New York City[2] and because he had fathered a daughter by another woman.[3] Deval reportedly had a strained relationship with his father, who opposed his choice of high school, but they eventually reconciled.[3] Patrick was raised by his mother, Mae, who traces her roots to American slaves in the American South, in the state of Kentucky.[1]
While Patrick was in middle school, one of his teachers referred him to A Better Chance, a national non-profit organization for identifying, recruiting and developing leaders among academically gifted students of African American descent, which enabled him to attend Milton Academy.[4] Patrick graduated from Milton Academy in 1974 and from Harvard College (with a concentration in English and American literature) in 1978. He then spent a year working with the United Nations 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 defending poor families in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
He and his wife, Diane Patrick (b. 1951), a lawyer specializing in labor and employment law, 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 is a lesbian, and mentioned that her father did not know this while he was fighting against a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would have banned same-sex marriage. In a joint interview Patrick expressed support for his daughter and said he was proud of her.[5]
Career
Clinton Administration
In 1994, Clinton nominated Patrick Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, subsequently confirmed by the United States Senate. As the head of the Civil Rights Division, Patrick worked on issues including racial profiling, police misconduct, fair lending enforcement, human trafficking, prosecution of hate crime, abortion clinic violence and discrimination based on gender and disability. He led what was (before the September 11, 2001 attacks) the largest federal criminal investigation in history as co-chair of the Task Force investigating the arsons of synagogues and Black churches in the South in the mid 1990's. He had a key role as an adviser to post-apartheid South Africa during this time and helped draft that country's civil rights laws.
His tenure was not without controversy. Federal affirmative action policy was under judicial and political review, and Patrick defended Clinton's policy. Patrick also enforced federal laws concerning treatment of incarcerated criminals, to the extent that one warden called him a "zealot."[6] He has also been criticized for his role in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals case Piscataway v. Taxman, wherein, due to budget constraints, a white woman named Sharon Taxman was laid off rather than a black woman of allegedly "identical" qualifications, because the school wanted diversity on its teaching staff. Taxman sued and prevailed in US District Court, but Patrick encouraged the Justice Department, which had supported Taxman in the Bush administration, to withdraw from the case. Taxman was subsequently rehired and eventually settled her suit.
Business career
In 1997, Patrick returned to Boston to join the firm Day, Berry & Howard, and was appointed by the federal district court to serve as Chairman of Texaco's Equality and Fairness Task Force to oversee implementation of the terms of a race discrimination settlement at Texaco. Working with employees at all levels, Patrick and his Task Force examined and reformed Texaco's complex corporate employment culture, and created a model for fostering an equitable workplace.[7] After serving for nearly two years, he was appointed Vice President and General Counsel for the company in New York City, leading the company’s global legal affairs. From 2000 to 2004, Patrick worked as Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary of the Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta. He resigned in 2004, ending nearly 6 years of weekly commuting between Massachusetts and jobs out of state.
Some gay rights activists have criticized him for his tenure on the United Airlines (UAL) board. During this time, the company fought a San Francisco ordinance requiring companies to offer domestic partnership benefits. Patrick contended that for a global company to comply with local employment ordinances in San Francisco would have set an unhelpful precedent. Patrick successfully encouraged UAL to offer such benefits to all employees, making it the first airline to do so.[8]
In 2004, he was appointed to the board of directors of the firm that controls Ameriquest, the mortgage company infamous for predatory lending scandals. Ameriquest subsequently agreed to a $325 million dollar settlement regarding its predatory lending practices in 49 states.[9] Deval Patrick resigned from the board on July 2, 2006.
Campaign for Governor
In 2005, Patrick announced his candidacy for Governor of Massachusetts. He was at first seen as a dark horse candidate, facing veteran Massachusetts campaigners Thomas "Tom" Reilly and Chris Gabrielli in the Democratic primary.
Patrick secured the nomination in the September 2006 primary, winning 49% of the vote in a three-way race and carrying every county in the state.In the general election, he faced Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey, a Republican, Christy Mihos, running as an Independent, and Grace Ross, of the Green-Rainbow Party.
Inauguration
Breaking with the tradition of being inaugurated in the House Chamber of the Massachusetts State House, Deval Patrick and Tim Murray took the oath of office, and Patrick delivered his inaugural address,[10] outdoors on the West Portico of the State House facing Boston Common. This allowed a larger part of the public to witness and take part first hand in the event, and was intended to signal more open, transparent, and accessible government.[11] The governor-elect was facing the Robert Gould Shaw Memorial, just across Beacon Street, a memorial to the first black regiment in the U.S. Civil War. He took his oath of office on the Mendi Bible, which was given to then-Congressman John Quincy Adams by the freed American slaves from the ship La Amistad in honor of his heritage.[12]
A series of regional inaugural balls, seven in all, were held to bring the inauguration to the citizens of the commonwealth. These celebrations took place on Cape Cod, in Worcester, Dartmouth, Pittsfield, Springfield, and Boston.[13]
2010 Campaign for re-election
On April 2, 2009, Patrick confirmed that alongside Lt. Governor Timothy Murray, he would run for re-election as Governor of Massachusetts.[14] On June 5, 2010, he was renominated by the Democrats and is running against Republican Charlie Baker, Independent Tim Cahill, and Green/Rainbow Jill Stein. A Rasmussen Reports poll released on July 26 showed Patrick leading Baker 38%-32% despite attack ads from Baker.[15] The election is November 2, 2010.
Administration as Governor of Massachusetts
Transition
Before taking office, Patrick named a transition team headed by lawyer Michael Angelini, bank executive Ronald Homer, and Weld administration economic affairs secretary Gloria Cordes Larson.[16] In his first meetings with the legislative leadership, he proposed his first action would be to hire 1000 new police officers and to expand full-day kindergarten statewide.[17] He has since scaled back his original proposal and will hire only 250 officers.[18] As part of the transition, Patrick created a series of working groups who held public meetings to advise him on various policy areas.[19] The groups included a few names prominent in the election: Harvard Pilgrim CEO Charles D. Baker, Jr. on Budget & Finance, a Weld administration finance advisor who is now the GOP candidate for governor; Center of Women and Enterprise founder and candidate in the Lieutenant Governor's primary Andrea Silbert on Economic Development; and gubernatorial primary candidate Chris Gabrieli on PreK-12 Education.
Appointment of Interim Senator
On September 24, 2009, Patrick appointed Paul G. Kirk as the interim U.S. senator in the wake of Ted Kennedy's death.[20]
Controversies
During the 2006 Gubernatorial Election Patrick faced criticism[21] for writing letters to the parole board describing correspondence from Benjamin LaGuer, a man convicted of a brutal eight-hour rape, as "thoughtful, insightful, eloquent, [and] humane".[22] Patrick, who supported the release of LaGuer, contributed $5,000 towards the DNA testing which backfired by further linking LaGuer to the crime.[23]
Before taking office, Patrick faced criticism for urging legislators to ignore the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s finding that the legislature was constitutionally bound to take a second vote on whether or not to allow a citizen initiated referendum to define marriage as an institution between one man and one woman. The Massachusetts General Court ignored his call and voted not to place the measure on the ballot.
In the early months of Patrick's administration, a series of decisions the governor later conceded as missteps brought substantial unfavorable press. These included spending almost $11,000 on drapery for the governor's state house suite, changing the state's customary car lease from a Ford Crown Victoria to a Cadillac, and hiring a staff assistant (who had previously helped chair his election campaign) for the Commonwealth's first lady at an annual salary of almost $75,000. Emerging from a weekend of working on the state's budget and calling for cuts in services to taxpayers, Patrick responded in a February 20, 2007 press conference that "I realize I cannot in good conscience ask the agencies to make those choices without being willing to make them myself"[24]
Patrick subsequently reimbursed the Commonwealth for the cost of the drapery and furniture purchased for the state house, and the additional monthly difference in his car lease.[24] First Lady Diane Patrick's staff assistant, Amy Gorin, resigned.[25]
Later in the same month Patrick again came under fire, this time for contacting Citigroup Executive Committee chair, and former Clinton Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin on behalf of the financially beleaguered mortgage company Ameriquest, a subsidiary of ACC Capital Holdings of which Patrick is a former board member. Both Citigroup and ACC Capital Holdings have substantial holdings in Massachusetts.[26] Patrick attempted to deflect criticism claiming he was calling not as governor but as a private citizen. Later Patrick backed down, stating "I appreciate that I should not have made the call. I regret the mistake."[26]
In December 2008, Patrick faced criticism from Massachusetts Republicans for the hiring of attorney and real estate consultant Dana Harrell to the newly created position of state Director of Real Estate Services.[27] Harrell is a neighbor of Deval Patrick in Milton, and he and his wife have contributed to the governor's election campaign and to the Democratic State Committee.[28] The appointment to the $120,000-per-year position came at a time when the state faced a $1.4 billion revenue shortfall which may cause Patrick to layoff 1,000 state workers and cut state aid to towns and cities.[27][29]
Patrick came to the defense of Presidential candidate Barack Obama during the Democratic primary when it was reported that a few key phrases from one of Obama's stump speech were very similar to words used during Patrick's own 2006 Massachusetts Gubernatorial run. The charges of plagiarism were largely dismissed after Patrick explained that he had encouraged Obama to use the same quotes [30].
Cabinet
| The Patrick Cabinet | ||
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| OFFICE | NAME | TERM |
| Governor | Deval Patrick | 2007– |
| Lieutenant Governor | Tim Murray | 2007– |
| Secretaries of Executive Departments | ||
| Health and Human Services | JudyAnn Bigby, MD | 2007 – |
| Energy and Environmental Affairs | Ian Bowles | 2007 – |
| Public Safety | Kevin Burke | 2007 – 2010 |
| Mary Elizabeth Heffernan | 2010 – | |
| Labor and Workforce Development | Suzanne Bump | 2007 – 2010 |
| Joanne F. Goldstein | 2010 – | |
| Transportation and Public Works (until 2009) | Bernard Cohen | 2007 – 2009 |
| Jim Aloisi | 2009 – 2009 | |
| Department of Transportation (from 2009) | Jeffrey B. Mullan | 2009 – |
| Administration and Finance | Leslie Kirwan | 2007 – 2009 |
| Jay Gonzalez | 2009 – | |
| Education (created in 2008) | Paul Reville | 2008 – |
| Housing and Economic Development | Dan O'Connell | 2007 – 2009 |
| Greg Bialecki | 2009 – | |
| Elder Affairs | Jennifer Davis Carey | 2007–2007 |
| Michael E. Festa | 2007 – 2009 | |
| Ann L. Hartstein | 2009 – | |
| Veterans' Services | Thomas G. Kelley | 2007 – |
| Special Advisors | ||
| Education | Dana Mohler-Faria | 2007–2008 |
Political views
Education
Throughout his term in office, Patrick has made achieving “world-class public education” a main priority of his administration.[31] After campaigning against charter schools, Patrick now supports a doubling of the number of charter schools in Massachusetts.[32] In his first year in office, Patrick proposed making Community College free to all Massachusetts high school graduates.[33]
Same-sex marriage
Patrick favored the legalizing of same-sex marriage because of the fundamental principle that "citizens come before their government as equals".[34][35] He worked with the state legislature to prevent a ballot measure eliminating same-sex marriage in Massachusetts, which reaffirmed the state's first-in-the-nation same-sex marriage allowance.[36]
Death penalty
Patrick opposes the death penalty, saying that "the death penalty does not work. It hasn't worked in actually deterring crime, and it won't work for Massachusetts."[34][37] This position had put him at odds with ex-Lt. Governor Kerry Healey, who wanted to "reinstate the death penalty for felons convicted of killing a law enforcement officer, judge, prosecutor or corrections officer".[38]
Energy policy
Patrick was an early supporter of the Cape Wind energy project, at a time when prominent Massachusetts politicians from Mitt Romney to Ted Kennedy were working against it. Patrick proposed a bill that would streamline Massachusetts's permit appeals process for wind-energy projects. The Wind Energy Sitting Reform bill would reduce the permitting process from the current litigation limbo to nine to 19 months [39]
Health care
On health care reform, Patrick has called the new health insurance mandate an important first step that needs to be "implemented brilliantly", although far from the last word. He has said that the state needs to have a debate about moving towards single-payer health care.[40][41]
Life Sciences
Patrick is a proponent of stem cell research and was critical of former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney for vetoing a stem cell bill. He proposes creating a bonding bill similar to California's recent path, and using it to invest in stem cell research at the University of Massachusetts, creating a simultaneous boost to the commonwealth's institutions of public higher education.[42]
Illegal immigration
Patrick has called immigration a federal issue and has supported the McCain-Kennedy plan to tighten border control and create "pathway[s] to citizenship" for immigrants who have established lives in America.[43] On the state level, he supports increased enforcement of employment laws to crack down on employers taking advantage of illegal immigrants, while supporting providing state services to those in the country illegally, including such things as public housing, in-state tuition for public universities, and drivers' licenses.[44] Recently, he has acknowledged it may be impossible to go forward on drivers' licenses due to recent federal legislation.
Casino gambling
Patrick submitted a bill that would allow the construction and operation of three resort-style casinos in the state. He argued that these casinos would generate $2 billion for the state economy and add $400 million in annual casino revenue and $200 million in fees per license to the state coffers as well as add $50 million to $80 million in sales, meal, and hotel taxes. He also touted that the casinos would create 30,000 construction jobs and 20,000 permanent jobs.[45][46]
Patrick proposed that the revenue generated would be spent to beef up local law enforcement, create a state gambling regulatory agency, repair roads and bridges ($200 million), gambling addiction treatment ($50 million) and the remainder would go towards property tax relief.[47][48]
Patrick's plan faced strong opposition from Salvatore DiMasi, the Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. DiMasi questioned the governor's projections of new jobs, revenues to be generated and was an opposed to what he referred to as a casino culture saying: "Do we want to usher in a casino culture– with rampant bankruptcies, crime and social ills– or do we want to create a better Massachusetts for all sectors of the society?"[49][50]
On March 20, 2008 the Massachusetts House of Representatives rejected Patrick's casino bill by a vote of 108 to 46.[51] Despite the overwhelming vote, questions were raised by critics of DiMasi as to the tactics he used to win. These included allegations that he promised a subsequent vote on a bill that would allow slot machines at the state's four racetracks and the pre-vote promotions of six lawmakers who had been thought to support 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 promotions were connected to the casino bill vote.[52][53][54]
Patrick's conduct was also criticized and his commitment to the bill questioned when it was revealed that he was not in the state on the day the bill was voted on in the legislature. As the bill was being voted down, Patrick was in New York City finalizing a $1.35 million dollar deal with Broadway Books, an imprint of Random House, to publish his autobiography.[55][56][57]
Transportation
The legislatively chartered Transportation Finance Commission (TFC) reported in 2007 that over the next 20 years there would be $15-$19 billion gap between revenues and necessary expenditures, just to maintain existing transportation system in Massachusetts. The Commission identified several reforms and revenue options to close the gap.[58] The Patrick Administration lobbied for and passed a major transportation reform bill,[59] which incorporated many of the TFC-recommended reforms, and which created the Massachusetts Department of Transportation by merging smaller transportation agencies.
Patrick proposed raising the state gas tax by 19¢ per gallon to forestall Massachusetts Turnpike toll and MBTA fare increases, fully fund Regional Transit Authority and Turnpike operations, and address part of the capital shortfall identified by the TFC,[60] but this was defeated in the state legislature. Instead, a sales tax increase of 1.25% was passed, with part of that dedicated to transportation. This was enough to prevent the short-term toll and fare increases, but did not address the long-term funding gap.
Patrick has been a supporter[61] of the South Coast Rail Link project, which his administration advanced from planning to early construction.
Electoral history
| Massachusetts Gubernatorial Election 2006 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Deval Patrick | 1,234,984 | 55.6 | ||
| Republican | Kerry Healey | 784,342 | 35.3 | ||
| Independent | Christy Mihos | 154,628 | 6.9 | ||
| Green-Rainbow | Grace Ross | 43,193 | 1.9 | ||
| Democratic gubernatorial primary[62] | ||||
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| Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Deval Patrick | 452,229 | 49.57% | ||
| Chris Gabrieli | 248,301 | 27.22% | ||
| Tom Reilly | 211,031 | 23.13% | ||
| Write-in | 787 | 0.08% | ||
| Blanks | 14,054 | |||
| Majority | 203,928 | 22.35% | ||
| Turnout | 926,402 | |||
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Reitwiesner, William Addams. Ancestry of Deval Patrick
- ↑ "Beating odds, a uniter rose from Chicago's tough side", The Boston Globe, May 24, 2006
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jacobs, Sally. Patrick shaped by father's absence. The Boston Globe, March 25, 2007
- ↑ Candidate Profile: Deval Patrick Beating odds, a uniter rose from Chicago's tough side, The Boston Globe, May 24, 2006
- ↑ Laura Kiritsy (2008-07-12). "With love and pride, Governor Deval Patrick’s daughter comes out publicly". Bay Windows. http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc3=&id=75834. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
- ↑ Prison demands 'over the top' - N.Y. jail boss details 'aggressive' hounding by gov hopeful Boston Herald October 12, 2006.
- ↑ Deval Patrick's Massachusetts state government webpage
- ↑ "Gay Rights Advocates Question Patrick: Domestic Partnerships at Issue" The Boston Globe, August 18, 2006
- ↑ "Reilly Seizes on Patrick's Tie to Lender" The Boston Globe, April 22, 2006
- ↑ Governor Deval L. Patrick, Inaugural Address, January 4, 2007.
- ↑ review cool to inaugural speech plan The Boston Globe, December 14, 2006
- ↑ Patrick to take oath on bible The Boston Globe, January 2, 2007
- ↑ Gov. Elect Deval Patrick To Hold 7 Inaugural Balls CBS4 Boston, December 6, 2006
- ↑ Gov. Patrick: "I will run again."
- ↑ [1]]. 21 July 2010.
- ↑ Patrick picks team leaders The Boston Globe, November 11, 2006
- ↑ Patrick will seek $120m for changes The Boston Globe, November 12, 2006
- ↑ Gov. plans budget cuts instead of new taxes
- ↑ Deval Patrick/Tim Murray Announce Transition Working Groups and Members' Press Release from November 22, 2006
- ↑ Viser, Matt; Phillips, Frank; Ryan, Andrew (September 24, 2009). "Kirk named to fill Kennedy seat". The Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/09/kirk_to_be_name.html.
- ↑ Andrea Estes and Frank Phillips (2006-10-19). "New Healey ad again links Patrick, LaGuer". Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/news/local/politics/candidates/articles/2006/10/19/new_healey_ad_again_links_patrick_laguer/. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
- ↑ Andrea Estes (2006-10-04). "Patrick tried twice to aid parole bid: Candidate changes course on release of convicted rapist". Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/news/local/politics/candidates/articles/2006/10/04/patrick_tried_twice_to_aid_parole_bid/. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
- ↑ Andrea Estes (2006-10-05). "Patrick says he gave money to aid convict: Donation helped pay for DNA test". Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/news/local/politics/candidates/articles/2006/10/05/patrick_says_he_gave_money_to_aid_convict/. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 "Patrick to repay taxpayers for decor $10,000 spent for drapes; governor to offset car costs.", Frank Phillips and Andrea Estes, The Boston Globe, February 21, 2007, retrieved March 17, 2007.
- ↑ Frank Phillips. "Patrick moves to shore up his staff" The Boston Globe, March 16, 2007, retrieved March 19, 2007.
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 Martha Bebinger. "Patrick's Bad Call'" WBUR, March 7, 2007) retrieved March 17, 2007.
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 Laurel J. Sweet (2008-12-30). "GOP slams Deval Patrick on $120G job for pal". Boston Herald. http://www.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view/2008_12_30_GOP_slams_Deval_Patrick_on__120G_job_for_pal/. Retrieved 2008-12-30.
- ↑ Laurel J. Sweet (2008-12-29). "Deval Patrick hired neighbor for $120G job". Boston Herald. http://www.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view.bg?articleid=1141761. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
- ↑ Matt Viser (2008-12-30). "Mass. may face another $1 billion in budget cuts". Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2008/12/mass_facing_ano.html. Retrieved 2008-12-30.
- ↑ [2] Michael Roston and David Edwards. Deval Patrick: I asked Obama to use my wordsFeb. 19, 2008 , retrieved June 26, 2010
- ↑ http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=gov3subtopic&L=3&L0=Home&L1=Key+Priorities&L2=World-Class+Education+-+The+Readiness+Project&sid=Agov3
- ↑ Vaznis, James (July 16, 2009). "Patrick wants more charter schools". The Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2009/07/16/patrick_wants_more_students_to_go_to_charter_schools/.
- ↑ "Patrick seeks free two-year state colleges". The Boston Globe. June 1, 2007. http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/06/01/patrick_seeks_free_two_year_state_colleges/.
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 Address to SEIU Local 509 Annual Convention at the Wyndham Hotel, Westborough, Massachusetts on October 29, 2005 DevalPatrick.com
- ↑ Healey backs proposed constitutional ban on gay marriage Boston Globe November 19, 2005
- ↑ Phillips, Frank; Estes, Andrea (June 15, 2007). "Right of gays to marry set for years to come". The Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/06/15/right_of_gays_to_marry_set_for_years_to_come/.
- ↑ Deval Patrick Committee (June 28, 2005). "Deval Patrick Statement on the Death Penalty". Press release. http://web.archive.org/web/20061031052833/http://www.devalpatrick.com/press_releases.cfm?ID=9. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
- ↑ Tough, Smart Solution to Change Massachusetts Section 23 Kerry Healey campaign website, September 20, 2006
- ↑ Abel, David (November 3, 2009). "State presses wind projects". The Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/11/03/mass_seeks_easier_review_process_for_mired_down_wind_energy_projects/?page=2.
- ↑ Transcript of the Debate in Springfield The Boston Globe, October 4, 2006
- ↑ Live Video of Debate on Healthcare NECN, October 4, 2006
- ↑ Gubernatorial debate transcript The Boston Globe, October 4, 2006
- ↑ Illegal Immigration Issue Enters Governor's Race Keller@Large Blog, CBS4 Boston, September 24, 2006
- ↑ Sharp differences between Healey, Patrick on illegal immigration Boston Globe September 23, 2006
- ↑ David L. Ryan (December 13, 2007). "Casinos considered for state". Boston Globe. http://boston.com/business/gallery/topstories2007?pg=21. Retrieved 2008-03-23.
- ↑ Frank Phillips and Andrea Estes (2007-09-18). "Governor predicts a jackpot: Millions targeted for road, bridges, property tax relief: Proposal is hailed, faces turbulence on Beacon Hill". Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/09/18/governor_predicts_a_jackpot/. Retrieved 2008-03-23.
- ↑ Matt Viser (2008-03-06). "Patrick sends lawmakers brochure lauding casino plan: Softens figures on job creation". Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/03/06/patrick_sends_lawmakers_brochure_lauding_casino_plan/. Retrieved 2008-03-23.
- ↑ Andrea Estes (2007-10-10). "Homeowners could get casino payout: Patrick bill to share windfall via tax cut". Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/10/10/homeowners_could_get_casino_payout/. Retrieved 2008-03-23.
- ↑ Sean P. Murphy (2008-03-04). "DiMasi scoffs at casino job plan: Says governor's bid 'losing credibility'". Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/03/04/dimasi_scoffs_at_casino_job_plan/. Retrieved 2008-03-23.
- ↑ Steve LeBlanc (2008-03-13). "DiMasi dismisses Patrick casino claims as "just rhetoric"". Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/03/13/casino_supporter_says_bill_has_only_outside_chance_of_passing/. Retrieved 2008-03-23.
- ↑ Matt Viser (2008-03-21). "House rejects casino bill; backers vow to roll again: Racetracks, unions, tribe pursue strategies". Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/03/21/house_rejects_casino_bill_backers_vow_to_roll_again/. Retrieved 2008-03-23.
- ↑ Glen Johnson (2008-03-21). "Charges of deals promised, fulfilled and broken in casino debate". Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/03/21/charges_of_deals_promised_fulfilled_and_broken_in_casino_debate/. Retrieved 2008-03-23.
- ↑ Casey Ross (2008-03-22). "Pols tapped by Sal changed vote on casinos". Boston Globe. http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/politics/view.bg?articleid=1082009. Retrieved 2008-03-23.
- ↑ Casey Ross (2008-03-22). "DiMasi's deep six". Boston Globe. http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/politics/view.bg?articleid=1082011. Retrieved 2008-03-23.
- ↑ Joan Vennochi (2008-03-30). "Patrick goes from 'we' to 'me'". Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/03/30/patrick_goes_from_we_to_me/. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
- ↑ Matt Viser and Frank Phillips (2008-03-29). "Patrick captures $1.35m deal for life story: With lucrative contract comes political risk". Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/03/29/patrick_captures_135m_deal_for_life_story/. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
- ↑ Howie Carr (2008-03-30). "Bio hazard: Gov's book deal exposes him as author-tunist". Boston Herald. http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1083857&srvc=home&position=comment. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
- ↑ Transportation Finance in Massachusetts: Volume 2 Building a Sustainable Transportation Financing System / Recommendations of the Massachusetts Transportation Finance Commission. September 17, 2007 [3]
- ↑ Chapter 25 of the Acts of 2009 / AN ACT MODERNIZING THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS OF THE COMMONWEALTH [4]
- ↑ http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=gov3terminal&L=3&L0=Home&L1=Media+Center&L2=Speeches&sid=Agov3&b=terminalcontent&f=text_2009-02-20_transmessage&csid=Agov3
- ↑ http://mbta.com/about_the_mbta/news_events/?id=19588&month=&year=
- ↑ State Primary Election Results 2006 Massachusetts Elections Division official results (PDF, 196k)
External links
- Governor of Massachusetts Deval Patrick official Massachusetts government site
- Deval Patrick for Governor official campaign site
- Biography, interest group ratings, public statements, vetoes and campaign finances at Project Vote Smart
- Appearances on C-SPAN programs
- Issue positions and quotes at On The Issues
- Campaign contributions at FollowTheMoney.org
- Collected news and commentary at The New York Times
- Transcript of Patrick's 2006 acceptance speech The Boston Globe, November 8, 2006
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