Victor was born and raised in Atlanta. He attended Samuel Howard Archer High School. He has a bachelor's degree from Morehouse College and a master's degree in divinity from Princeton University. He is currently working on a doctorate of ministry degree at United Theological Seminary. He and his family live in the Chosewood Park neighborhood.

Victor is the senior pastor of First Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in East Atlanta, where he has worked for 13 years. He previously worked for the Department of Defense, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and as an accountant in the private sector.

Victor D. Tate's campaign for city council is his first entry into politics.

TATE CCDR

Wants to expand after school and summer programs for young people and partner with community-based organizations to provide them with life skills and career readiness training.

Promises to build partnerships between local government, neighborhood schools, community centers and faith-based institutions.

Plans to protect city services for seniors.

- Wants to expand after school and summer programs for young people and partner with community-based organizations to provide them with life skills and career readiness training. 
- Promises to build partnerships between local government, neighborhood schools, community centers and faith-based institutions. 
- Plans to protect city services for seniors.

Public Services

As of August 23, 2021, Victor D. Tate’s website did not contain information on this issue.

COVID

Plans to prioritize seniors and the programs that serve them.

- Plans to prioritize seniors and the programs that serve them.

City Budget

Promises to "create stable funding mechanisms for Atlanta's seniors and legacy residents to be able to afford to remain in the homes and communities they have spent their lives in."

- Promises to "create stable funding mechanisms for Atlanta's seniors and legacy residents to be able to afford to remain in the homes and communities they have spent their lives in."

Housing & Urban Development

Promises to work to reduce emergency response times.

Wants to increase neighborhood patrols and community watch groups to prevent crime.

- Promises to work to reduce emergency response times. 
- Wants to increase neighborhood patrols and community watch groups to prevent crime.

Public Safety

Wants to repair infrastructure, provide more parks and green spaces and increase pedestrian and bike friendly "right of ways."

- Wants to repair infrastructure, provide more parks and green spaces and increase pedestrian and bike friendly "right of ways."

Transportation & Infrastructure

Zoning

Victor D. Tate

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- City council members represent either the whole city or residents of a specific district. 
- Most city council members in Georgia are elected in odd years to four year terms. Elections are nonpartisan. 