Gary Elkins (politician)
| Gary Wayne Elkins | |
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| Texas State Representative for District 135 (Houston) | |
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Assumed office January 10, 1995 |
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| Preceded by | Dalton Smith |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 15, 1955 Houston, Texas, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Julie Ann Brown Elkins |
| Children |
Four children: |
| Residence | Jersey Village, Texas |
| Alma mater | Southwestern Assemblies of God University |
| Occupation | Businessman |
Four children:
Crystal Boyd
Jeremy Ross Elkins
Gary Wayne Elkins (born March 15, 1955), is a businessman from his native Houston, Texas, who is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives. Since 1995, with the advent of the George W. Bush gubernatorial administration, Elkins has represented District 135 in Harris County.
Elkins won his eleventh term in the state House in the general election held on November 4, 2014. He defeated the Democrat Moiz A. Abbas (born c. 1953) of Houston. He won his twelfth term on November 8, 2016.
Elkins graduated in 1974 from Bellaire High School in the Bellaire section of Houston. He subsequently earned a Bachelor of Science in Practical Theology from the private Southwestern Assemblies of God University in Waxachachie in Ellis County in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. He has worked in real estate and since 1985 has owned Personal Credit Corporation, which operates a dozen payday-lending locations in Houston. He is a long-term legislative opponent of attempts to regulate his own industry.
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