Deval Patrick.

DEVAL PATRICK Deval Laurdine Patrick (born July 31, 1956) is an American politician and the current Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. On November 7, 2006, Patrick became the first African American elected governor of Massachusetts and the second in United States history. , as governor of Massachusetts The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the executive magistrate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The current governor is Democrat Deval Patrick. Constitutional role , January 4, in Boston. Before he was officially sworn in, the Democrat urged the state legislature A state legislature may refer to a legislative branch or body of a political subdivision in a federal system.

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to kill a proposed 2008 ballot initiative to end same-sex marriage in the state. A vote was held on it anyway, and the initiative moved one step closer to going before the public.

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Publication:	The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Date:	Feb 27, 2007
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