Louis Milford Pate Jr. (born September 22, 1936) is an American politician who served as a

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member of the

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. He represented the state's eleventh

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district from 1995 through 1996 and from 2003 through 2008. His district included constituents in Wayne county. Pate later was elected as the State Senator representing the 7th district (including constituents in Lenoir, Pitt, and Wayne counties). He resigned from the Senate on January 14, 2019, citing his health. Pate is a former mayor, city council member and retired merchant from

Mount Olive, North Carolina Mount Olive is a town in Duplin and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 4,589 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Goldsboro, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town is home to the Mt. Ol ...

. Pate was a delegate at the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota. The same year, he ran for the

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but was defeated in the general election by

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. He then defeated Davis in a rematch in 2010, and, following

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, was elected to represent the new 7th District in 2012. Pate ran unopposed in 2016. Pate served 20 years in the Air Force and retired as a Major in 1982. In Vietnam, Pate navigated B-57 bombers. Later in his career, he navigated

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Official NC General Assembly profileProject Vote Smart - Representative Louis M. Pate Jr. (NC)
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