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Gary Gates
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Republican Party

Texas House of Representatives District 28
Tenure

2020 - Present

Term ends

2025

Years in position

4

Compensation

Base salary

$7,200/year

Per diem

$221/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Contact

Official website

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Gary Gates (Republican Party) is a member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 28. He assumed office on February 11, 2020. His current term ends on January 14, 2025.

Gates (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 28. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Gates was assigned to the following committees:

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2021-2022

Gates was assigned to the following committees:

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The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 28

Incumbent Gary Gates defeated Marty Rocha in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 28 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Gary Gates
Gary Gates (R)
 
60.6
 
56,771
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Marty Rocha (D)
 
39.4
 
36,861

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source

Total votes: 93,632
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 28

Marty Rocha defeated Nelvin Adriatico in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 28 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Marty Rocha
 
57.0
 
3,548
Image of Nelvin Adriatico
Nelvin Adriatico
 
43.0
 
2,677

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 6,225
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 28

Incumbent Gary Gates defeated Dan Mathews in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 28 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Gary Gates
Gary Gates
 
61.1
 
10,612
Image of Dan Mathews
Dan Mathews
 
38.9
 
6,764

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 17,376
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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Gates received the following endorsements.

2022

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 28

Incumbent Gary Gates defeated Nelvin Adriatico in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 28 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Gary Gates
Gary Gates (R)
 
61.6
 
40,240
Image of Nelvin Adriatico
Nelvin Adriatico (D) Candidate Connection
 
38.4
 
25,124

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 65,364
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 28

Nelvin Adriatico advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 28 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Nelvin Adriatico
Nelvin Adriatico Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
5,683

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 5,683
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 28

Incumbent Gary Gates defeated Robert Boettcher in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 28 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Gary Gates
Gary Gates
 
75.2
 
10,655
Image of Robert Boettcher
Robert Boettcher Candidate Connection
 
24.8
 
3,508

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 14,163
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Campaign finance

2020

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 28

Incumbent Gary Gates defeated Elizabeth Markowitz in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 28 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Gary Gates
Gary Gates (R)
 
55.3
 
66,619
Image of Elizabeth Markowitz
Elizabeth Markowitz (D)
 
44.7
 
53,908

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 120,527
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 28

Elizabeth Markowitz advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 28 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Elizabeth Markowitz
Elizabeth Markowitz
 
100.0
 
16,303

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 16,303
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 28

Incumbent Gary Gates defeated Schell Hammel in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 28 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Gary Gates
Gary Gates
 
95.3
 
19,451
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Schell Hammel
 
4.7
 
963

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 20,414
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Campaign finance

2019

See also: Texas state legislative special elections, 2019

General runoff election

Special general runoff election for Texas House of Representatives District 28

Gary Gates defeated Elizabeth Markowitz in the special general runoff election for Texas House of Representatives District 28 on January 28, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Gary Gates
Gary Gates (R)
 
58.1
 
17,484
Image of Elizabeth Markowitz
Elizabeth Markowitz (D) Candidate Connection
 
41.9
 
12,629

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 30,113
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General election

Special general election for Texas House of Representatives District 28

The following candidates ran in the special general election for Texas House of Representatives District 28 on November 5, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Elizabeth Markowitz
Elizabeth Markowitz (D) Candidate Connection
 
39.1
 
11,356
✔
Image of Gary Gates
Gary Gates (R)
 
28.5
 
8,275
Image of Tricia Krenek
Tricia Krenek (R)
 
18.1
 
5,272
Image of Anna Allred
Anna Allred (R)
 
9.3
 
2,705
Image of Gary Hale
Gary Hale (R) Candidate Connection
 
2.4
 
712
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Sarah Laningham (R)
 
1.7
 
503
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Clinton Purnell (R)
 
0.9
 
256

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 29,079
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2016

See also: Texas Railroad Commission election, 2016

Gates filed to run as a Republican candidate for the Texas Railroad Commission in 2016. He and former state Rep. Wayne Christian won the primary election and advanced to a runoff primary election, where Christian defeated Gates.

Results

Primary election
Texas Railroad Commission, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngGary Gates 28.4% 586,846
Green check mark transparent.pngWayne Christian 19.7% 408,056
Ron Hale 14.7% 303,847
Lance Christian 12.1% 250,523
Weston Martinez 10.1% 208,710
Doug Jeffrey 9.3% 192,999
John Greytok 5.7% 117,125
Total Votes 2,068,106
Election results via Texas Secretary of State.
Runoff primary election
Texas Railroad Commission, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngWayne Christian 51.1% 192,217
Gary Gates 48.9% 184,170
Total Votes 376,387
Election results via Texas Secretary of State.

2014

See also: Texas state legislative special elections, 2014

Lois W. Kolkhorst (R) defeated Cindy Drabek (D), Christian E. Hawkins (D), Gary Gates (R) and Charles Gregory (R) off in the special election on December 6, 2014.[1][2]

The seat was vacant following Glenn Hegar's (R) election as Texas Comptroller on November 4, 2014.[3]

A special election for the position of Texas State Senate District 18 was called for December 6, 2014. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was November 19, 2014.

Texas State Senate, District 18, Special Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngLois W. Kolkhorst 55.8% 21,961
     Republican Gary Gates 34.2% 13,439
     Democratic Cindy Drabek 4.8% 1,893
     Democratic Christian E. Hawkins 3.3% 1,280
     Republican Charles Gregory 2% 779
Total Votes 39,352

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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

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2020

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2019

Gary Gates did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign website

“ Protecting Taxpayers

Fighting skyrocketing property taxes are a priority to Gary. He knows high property taxes make it harder and harder for younger families to achieve the dream of owning their home. Gary support reforming the appraisal process that has been the main culprit in higher property taxes.

Gary is also asking all Texas voters to join him and vote for the constitutional amendment banning a state income tax once and for all.

Supporting Our Schools
As a family man and an employer, Gary highly values education. Gary supports our public schools and giving parents a choice to determine the best education opportunity for their kids.

Gary supports Governor Abbott’s plan to provide comprehensive security funding and emergency response training for school personnel with the goal for making Texas schools the safest in the nation.

Emergency Preparedness
​

Gary wants all Texans prepared for natural disasters. He wants to make sure the state is equipped and can more quickly respond to and recover from natural disasters.

Border Security & Human Trafficking

Gary knows the importance of protecting our borders. He supports the effort to deployed 1,000 additional National Guard Troops to help secure the border, in addition to increasing penalties for drug and human trafficking operations.

Pro-Life

Gary is 100% pro-life. In fact, Gary and his wife Melissa believe every life is precious, they have opened their home and adopted children that the system left behind. Gary will fight in the state house to protect each life.

Religious Liberty

The protection of freedom of religion is never far from Gary’s mind. We cannot allow liberal governments deny business opportunities to Texans based on their religious affiliations, like what happened to Chick-Fil-A in San Antonio. [4]

”
—Gary Gates[5]

Campaign finance summary

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Gary Gates campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Texas House of Representatives District 28Won general$47,000 $200,754
2024* Texas House of Representatives District 28Won general$602,600 $989,157
2022Texas House of Representatives District 28Won general$542,299 $954,322
2020Texas House of Representatives District 28Won general$2,301,478 N/A**
Grand total$3,493,376 $2,144,233
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed November 21, 2014
    2. ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Special election results," accessed December 31, 2014
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 statesman.com, "As Hegar resigns, Dec. 6 special election set for Senate District 18," November 14, 2014
    4. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
    5. ↑ gatesfortexas.com, "Issues," accessed December 13, 2019

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