Paul Pate
28th and 32nd Secretary of State of Iowa
Races
- 2026 · Secretary of State, IA · General · Republican · on the ballot · source
- 2026 · Secretary of State, IA · Primary · Republican · won · 183,923 votes (99.5%) · source
- 2018 · Secretary of State, IA · General · Republican · won · 685,780 votes (52.7%) · source
Background
Paul Danny Pate Jr. is an American businessman and politician serving as the 32nd Secretary of State of Iowa since 2015, previously holding the office from 1995 to 1999. Pate is the past president of the National Association of Secretaries of State.
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A member of the Republican Party, he was also in the Iowa Senate from 1989 to 1993 and Mayor of Cedar Rapids from 2002 to 2006. He was an unsuccessful candidate for his party's nomination for Governor of Iowa in 1998.
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Sources
- Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-09-26 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Pate
- Roster — Wikipedia (secondary source) — https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2026_Iowa_Secretary_of_State_election&oldid=1375080486
- photo_curated — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Pate
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