Candidate · State House, District 28
Gary Gates
What this job does: Your district's vote in the Texas House of Representatives. Members write and vote on state laws and the state budget, and every bill to raise taxes has to start in the House. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- State Representative, House District 28 (since 2020)
- Occupation
- Real estate developer
Background
- Has represented Texas House District 28 since February 2020, after winning a January 2020 special runoff. source: ballotpedia.org
- Ran for the Texas Railroad Commission in 2016 and for Texas Senate District 18 in a 2014 special election. source: ballotpedia.org
- Started as a truck driver and built a real estate development business with about 500 employees. source: theballotbrief.com
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