Horacena E. Tate (born May 8, 1956) is an American politician who currently serves in the

Georgia State Senate The Georgia State Senate is the upper house of the Georgia General Assembly, in the U.S. state of Georgia. Legal provisions The Georgia State Senate is the upper house of the Georgia General Assembly, with the lower house being the Georgia Ho ...

, representing the 38th District in

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Biography

Tate was born in

Griffin, Georgia Griffin is a city in and the county seat of Spalding County, Georgia. It is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 23,478. Griffin was founded in 1840 and named for landowner Col. Lewis Law ...

, but raised in

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. In 1977, she obtained a

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degree from the

University of Georgia , mottoeng = "To teach, to serve, and to inquire into the nature of things.""To serve" was later added to the motto without changing the seal; the Latin motto directly translates as "To teach and to inquire into the nature of things." , establ ...

. A Master's degree in Educational Administration followed from

Atlanta University Clark Atlanta University (CAU or Clark Atlanta) is a private, Methodist, historically black research university in Atlanta, Georgia. Clark Atlanta is the first Historically Black College or University (HBCU) in the Southern United States. Fou ...

in 1988. She received a Ph.D. in 1992 from Clark-Atlanta University, also in Educational Administration. Tate was first elected to the Georgia State Senate in 1998. She currently serves on the following committees: *Appropriations *Health and Human Services *Retirement *State and Local Governmental Operations

Awards and recognition

*2003 Leader of Distinction Award, Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority *2001 Public Servant Award, Coalition on Hunger *2000 Distinguished Public Servant Award, Martin Luther King Jr. Drive Merchant Association *2000 Legislator of the Year Award, National Association of Social Workers - Georgia Chapter *2000 Leader of Distinction Award, Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority *1999 Leader of Distinction Award, Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority

References

External links

Profile
at the

Archive of Senator Tate's Biography
at the Official Website of the General Assembly of Georgia Living people Democratic Party Georgia (U.S. state) state senators 1956 births People from Griffin, Georgia People from Fulton County, Georgia University of Georgia alumni Clark Atlanta University alumni Women state legislators in Georgia (U.S. state) 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American women politicians 20th-century American politicians 20th-century American women politicians {{GeorgiaUS-politician-stub