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Patrick Takes Office in Massachusetts

By Tovia Smith
Published January 5, 2007 at 3:00 AM PST
This story was published more than 17 years ago.
Crowds turned out to watch Deval Patrick's historic inauguration. He is the second African-American to be elected governor of a state. Patrick insisted on holding the ceremony outside to mark a new era of transparent government in Massachusetts.
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Crowds turned out to watch Deval Patrick's historic inauguration. He is the second African-American to be elected governor of a state. Patrick insisted on holding the ceremony outside to mark a new era of transparent government in Massachusetts.

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Tovia Smith
Tovia Smith is an award-winning NPR National Correspondent based in Boston, who's spent more than three decades covering news around New England and beyond.
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