Penfield Wallace Tate III (born May 19, 1956) is an American politician.

As a result, the younger Tate and his mother Ellen spent his early life on several military bases.

Tate III graduated from Colorado State University in 1978 with a degree in sociology.

Tate then became an attorney based in Denver for the Federal Trade Commission.

[3][4] He was one of seven candidates in the mayoral election,[5] but placed fourth in the first round and therefore did not advance to the runoff, won by John Hickenlooper.