State of Texas
State Representative, District 28
Gary Gates
Republican Incumbent- On ballot as
- GARY GATES
- Current role
- State Representative, Texas House District 28 (since February 11, 2020)
- Background
- Founder and president, Gatesco, Inc., a family-run property management company
- His real estate business has purchased and renovated thousands of apartment homes around Houston (per official biography)
- That business created jobs for over 500 people (per official biography)
- Attends Grace Community Bible Church
- Father of 13 children
- Experience
- First elected in a January 2020 special election runoff
- Member, Appropriations Committee (per official biography)
- Vice chair, Urban Affairs and Resolutions Calendars committees (per official biography)
- Ran for the same House seat (2002, 2004); lost
- Ran for Texas Senate (2006, 2014); lost
- Ran for Railroad Commissioner (2016); lost
- Top priorities
- "My top priority is to expand workforce education in Texas high schools" (Community Impact Q&A)
- Growth: "we need to ensure infrastructure and services keep pace with growth"
- Housing: "encouraging the development of housing supply to make the American Dream more affordable"
- Immigration: "Secure borders are important, but immigration has been a powerful source of economic benefit in Houston and we should not shut that off."
- Tidbits
- Abortion: Campaign issues page (undated; other text on the page dates from 2019): "Gary is 100% pro-life."
- Border and immigration: In a Community Impact Q&A: "Secure borders are important, but immigration has been a powerful source of economic benefit in Houston and we should not shut that off."
- Guns: No public statement found
- Public schools and vouchers: In a Community Impact Q&A: "My top priority is to expand workforce education in Texas high schools"
- Property taxes: Campaign issues page (undated; other text on the page dates from 2019): supports "reforming the appraisal process that has been the main culprit in higher property taxes"
Claims and the record- Controversies: None found in the news coverage we reviewed
- Endorsements
- Texas Home School Coalition
- Fort Bend Business Coalition
- "C" Club of Houston
- Texas Alliance for Life (primary)
- Campaign website
- gatesfortexas.com
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