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Gary Gates
Party	Republican
Website	http://www.garygatesfortexas.com/
Born
Education	Associates Degree - Business
Occupation	Owner – GatesCo (Real Estate Development Co)
Religion	Christian
Marital	Married

Gary Gates

declared

MCTP Rating of 80 Source

Submitted by john wertz on 2016-01-27 21:57:28

PROS

• Businessman (Real Estate)
• Claims Free Market principles
• Concerned about federal overreach(via EPA)

CONS

• Promotes liberal Republicans
• Joe Straus (Texas House Speaker) advocate
• In balancing of alternate energy resources, unsure how he'd fund R&D efforts to re-use water.
• Said more research of fracturing safety needed, when evidence says it's safe.  
• Texas Scorecard