district succeeded religion birth_place party preceded birth_date term article_title state name
9th adam smith christian puyallup , washington republican mike kreidler 23 november 1965 january , 1997 3 , 1995 & ndash ; january 3 randy tate
 washington randy tate
randy tate

randy j. tate -lrb- born november 23 , 1965 in puyallup , washington -rrb- is an american politician and a former republican member of the united states house of representatives from washington .
tate grew up in suburban seattle and graduated with an associate of arts degree from tacoma community college .
in 1988 , he received a bachelor of arts degree from western washington university at bellingham .
from 1988 until 1994 , he was a member of the washington house of representatives .
tate was elected to congress in the 1994 republican revolution , and from january 3 , 1995 until january 3 , 1997 , he was a member of the 104th united states congress .
he was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election to the 105th united states congress , receiving 47 % of the vote against democrat adam smith .
he secured passage of an amendment to the 1996 illegal immigration bill , which is now found at 8 u.s.c. 1182 -lrb- a -rrb- -lrb- 9 -rrb- .
this amendment prohibits a visa or legal status to anyone who has been in the u.s. without authorization for over a year , notwithstanding the existence of u.s. citizen children of that immigrant .
after his one term in congress , he became a leader of pat robertson 's christian coalition .
