Pat Choate (; born April 27, 1941) is an American economist who is most known for being the

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

Reform Party candidate for

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, the running-mate of

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. Following the 1996 election, the

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certified the Reform Party as a national political party eligible for federal campaign matching funds, a historic first.

Life and career

Choate was born in Maypearl, Texas, the son of Bettie Lee (Simpson) and Frank William Choate. He is the director of the Manufacturing Policy Project, which studies long-term U.S.

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policy. He previously worked as Director of Research and Planning for the Oklahoma Industrial Development Commission; as Tennessee's first Commissioner of Economic and Community Development; as the Director of the Appalachian and then Southern Regional Offices of the U.S. Department of Commerce's

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(EDA); as Director of the EDA Office of Economic Research; as the Senior Economist in the Office of Management and Budget's Trade Reorganization Project; as a Fellow at the Battelle Institute's Academy for Contemporary Problems and as Vice President of Public Policy at TRW, Inc. He has served on several Presidential and Congressional commissions on education, infrastructure and national security. He was a co-founder of the Congressional Economic Leadership Institute (CELI) in 1986 and served as its chair or co-chair for 18 years. Choate is married to Kay Casey and has one grown stepson. Pat Choate and his wife live near Washington, Virginia. He has a BA from the

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and an MA and

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from the

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, all in economics. In 1994, the University of Oklahoma named him the Arthur Barto Adams Alumni Fellow in recognition of his continuing scholarship. He has taught a course called Advanced Issues Management at George Washington University's Graduate School of Political Management. He is known for his work on development economics, including infrastructure and intellectual property, and his strong stance against unfettered globalism. He is also on the board of directors for the American Innovators for Patent Reform. He hosted a weekly radio show called ''The Week Ahead'' from 1994 to 1996 and ''The Pat Choate Show'' from 1997 to 2000.

Electoral history

1996 United States presidential election United States presidential election, Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 5, 1996. Incumbent Democratic Party (United States), Democratic President Bill Clinton and his running mate, incumbent Democratic Vice Presi ...

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( Democratic) ( Inc.) – 47,402,357 (49.2%) and 379 electoral votes (31 states and D.C. carried) *

Bob Dole Robert Joseph Dole (July 22, 1923 – December 5, 2021) was an American politician and attorney who represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996. He was the Party leaders of the United States Senate, Republican Leader of th ...

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( Republican) - 39,198,755 (40.7%) and 159 electoral votes (19 states carried) *

/Pat Choate (

Reform Reform refers to the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc. The modern usage of the word emerged in the late 18th century and is believed to have originated from Christopher Wyvill's Association movement, which ...

) - 8,085,402 (8.4%) and 0 electoral votes

Bibliography

He has authored and co-authored dozens of reports and several books, including: * ''Agents of Influence'' * ''The High Flex Society'' with Juyne Linger * ''America in Ruins'' with Susan Walters * ''Thinking Strategically'' with Susan Walters * ''Being Number One: Rebuilding the U.S. Economy'' with Gail Garfield Schwartz * ''Save Your Job, Save Our Country: Why

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Must Be Stopped Now'' with Ross Perot * ''Hot Property: The Stealing of Ideas in an Age of Globalization'' * ''Dangerous Business: The Risks of Globalization to America'' (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. August 2008) * ''Saving Capitalism: Keeping America Strong''

References

External links

CNN's All Politics Profile of Dr. Choate
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