Job Tate

Job Tate (born December 12, 1979) is a US Navy Seabee and American Republican politician. From 2015 to 2017, he represented the Rutland-Windsor-1 district as a member of the Vermont House of Representatives.
Tate serves as a heavy equipment operator and explosives expert with the United States Naval Construction Battalions (known as the Seabees). On April 7, 2017, he resigned his seat in the Legislature for a yearlong overseas deployment. Governor Phil Scott appointed former Vermont Retail and Grocers Association President Jim Harrison to the vacated position.
Political career.
Tate sponsored a bill during the 2017 legislative session to establish a tuition waiver program for the members of the Vermont National Guard. Vermont is the only state in the New England region that does not offer tuition assistance for higher education to its National Guard members.
As a legislator, he advocated for gun rights, for parental consent relating to mental health counseling for minors, and against sanctuary state policies in Vermont. Tate was the only Republican legislator who did not endorse Phil Scott in the 2016 gubernatorial Republican primary election. The American Conservative Union awarded him an 85% lifetime average rating (2015–2016).
Personal life.
Tate is married to Lisa and they have two children.