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Richard S. Williamson, President Ronald Reagan's chief of intergovernmental affairs, and former Chairman of the Illinois Republican Party, deemed Pate "one of the most important Republicans in the Midwest".
In 2002, Martwick unsuccessfully challenged Republican Peter N. Silvestri for the position of Cook County Commissioner in the 9th district.
Richard S. Williamson (born 1949), US special envoy to Sudan and former Chairman of the Illinois Republican Party
While State Senator he was a member of a group of conservative state senators elected in 1992 who often challenged the leadership of the Illinois Republican Party and were dubbed the "Fab Five", the group also included, Peter Fitzgerald, Dave Syverson, Patrick O'Malley and Chris Lauzen.