Mickey Gates
| Michael Wayne "Mickey" Gates | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the 22nd district | |
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Assumed office January 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Bruce Westerman |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
c. 1960 Perryton, Texas |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Susan Jeanette Whitten Gates |
| Children | Elizabeth Gates & Benjamin Gates |
| Residence |
Hot Springs, Garland County Arkansas, USA |
| Alma mater | [[]] |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Religion | Christian |
Michael Wayne Gates, known as Mickey Gates (born c. 1960) is a businessman from Hot Springs, Arkansas, who is a Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for District 22, which encompasses Garland and Saline counties in the west central portion of his state.[1]
Mickey was raised in Spearman, Texas and moved to Borger, Texas with his family and finish his last 3 years of High School.
From 1994 to 2014, Gates was an elected member of the Garland County Quorum Court, the equivalent of county commission in most other states. Gates was a founding board member for the Change Point Pregnancy Care Center in Hot Springs. He has been chairman of the Garland County Republican Party and the Garland County Young Republicans. He and his wife, the former Susan Jeanette Whitten (born c. 1962), have two children, Elizabeth Gates & Benjamin Gates.[1]
In 2014, he was elected to succeed Bruce Westerman, a fellow Republican who was instead elected to the United States House of Representatives for Arkansas's 4th congressional district. In the Republican primary election, Gates defeated Donald Laymon, 2,690 to 1,869. He was then unopposed in the November 4 general election in a heavily Republican year in Arkansas.[2] In his first term in office, Gates serves on the House committees of (1) Aging, Children, and Youth Legislative and Military Affairs and (2) Public Transportation.[1]
Gates is president of The Stonebridge Collection, a company in Hot Springs, Arkansas which is the nations largest producer of custom logo pocket knives. Stonebridge ships knives around the country and to 7 foreign countries. They produce 30,000 to 50,000 knives every month.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 "Mickey Gates". arkansashouse.org. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
- ↑ "District 22". ballotpedia.org. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
- ↑ "Mickey W. Gates". intelius.com. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
| Preceded by Bruce Westerman |
Arkansas State Representative for District 22 (Garland and Saline counties) Michael Wayne "Mickey" Gates |
Succeeded by Incumbent |