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Deval Patrick
Deval Laurdine Patrick
(born July 31, 1956) is an American
politician
and
civil rights
lawyer
who served as the
71st
Governor of Massachusetts
from 2007 to 2015. A member of the
Democratic Party
, Patrick served as the
United States Assistant Attorney General
for the
Civil Rights Division
under
President
Bill Clinton
. He was first elected in
2006
, succeeding
Mitt Romney
who chose not to run, and re-elected in
2010
. He is the first (and, currently, the only)
African-American
to have served as Governor of Massachusetts.
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