Who is Gary Gates?
According to Gates’ website, the politician “started by driving trucks but soon found his talent was in buying, renovating and renting homes and apartments.” On January 28, 2020, Gates won the special runoff election for Texas House District 28 by defeating Democrat Elizabeth A Markowitz of Katy, Texas.
Gates’ father, an Air Force pilot, was shot to death by a second wife when the now-politician was just an 18-year-old. As per a Houston Press profile of the politician, Gates and his wife Melissa have two children of their own: Sarah, 17, and Will, 14. But in 1992, after a miscarriage, the couple decided to adopt more children. Cassie, TJ, Andy, Cynthia, George, Marcus, Raquel, Travis, Derodrick, Scott and Alexis are their adoptive children.
SKIPPED TOWN
Texas politician Gary Gates fled the freezing state for warmer Florida temperatures as Ted Cruz jetted off to Mexico
Updated: 21 Feb 2021, 4:37
TED Cruz had a fellow Texas politician likewise flee the state for warmer temperatures: Gary Gates, who took his private jet to sunny Florida.
Republican State Representative Gary Gates is feeling the same wrath Texas Senator Ted Cruz is experiencing after he fled his crippled state for warm sunny weather in Florida, just as millions went without heat and power in his home state.
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Ted Cruz flew to Cancun while people in his state went without heat and powerCredit: Twitter/DavidShuster
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