Wis. Democrats elect gay advocate as nation’s youngest chair

[WillParkinson]

Wis. Democrats elect gay advocate as nation’s youngest chair
By 365gay Newswire
06.15.2009 10:10am EDT

(Green Bay, Wisc.) Wisconsin’s Democratic Party says it now has the nation’s youngest state chairman in either party.
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Wisconsin Democrats elected Mike Tate as their new chairman Saturday at their convention in Green Bay. He just turned 30 in March.

Tate has been involved in state Democratic politics for more than a decade.

He has worked for several politicians and led the Fair Wisconsin campaign in 2006 that attempted to defeat a constitutional ban on gay marriage.

Tate is straight, but he has said, “I’ve always felt that this is a state where everyone gets a fair shake. This is too important to not become involved. If you’d told me 2 years ago that this is what I’d be doing, I wouldn’t have believed you, but I believe that it’s the civil rights fight of my generation.”

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[HelenWheels]

1. He's a ball of fire

I was at the convention and heard his speech. He sounds like a young JFK or FDR. He has the same cadence in his speech pattern they had. He inspired the crowd and we were really impressed with him.