James Tate is the Detroit City Council President Pro Tem, representing District 1 since 2013. He is known for making the tough decisions when they have to be made and believes in accessible government.
Living in District 1 his entire life, Tate consistently seeks ways to forge and cultivate neighborhood partnerships within the district, including creating DiscoverD1.com, the City of Detroit’s only district-wide comprehensive online business directory.
Before he was first elected to the City Council in 2009, Tate served as Second Deputy Chief for the Detroit Police Department and as an Emmy-award-winning assignment editor at WXYZ-TV.
Tate sits on the Detroit Zoological Society and Authority Health Board of Directors and the City Council’s Internal Operations and Planning and Economic Standing Committees. He is the Chair of the Task Force on Black Male Engagement and the My Brother’s Keeper Challenge Co-chair.
Tate is a graduate of Benedictine High School and Wayne State University.