Edward Moore Gaines (born April 25, 1958) is an American politician and businessman serving as a member of the

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for the 1st district. He previously served as a

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, representing the 1st Senate district from 2011 to 2019.

Career

Gaines is the owner of Gaines Insurance located in

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. In 1997, Gaines was appointed to the Roseville Planning Commission, where he served for two years. In 2000, he was elected to the

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Board of Supervisors. He was reelected to a second term in 2004. Gaines was elected to the

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in a January 4, 2011 special election to replace the late

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and took office two days later. Prior to his election to the Senate, Gaines was a

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man, who represented the 4th district, which includes the

suburbs east of

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. Gaines succeeded longtime local politician

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in the Assembly.

2008 congressional election

Gaines formed an exploratory committee in fall of 2007 to run against longtime Congressman

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. However, before Doolittle announced he was retiring, Gaines announced he had decided to instead run for a second term in the State Assembly, for which he had neither a primary nor general election opponent.

2014 insurance commissioner election

Gaines ran for

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against Democratic incumbent Dave Jones. They both advanced to the general election, which Jones won by 4,038,165 votes (57.5%) to 2,981,951 (42.5%).

2018 Board of Equalization election

Gaines ran for district 1 of the

in November 2018 and narrowly won with 51% of the votes.

2021 gubernatorial recall election

Gaines was a Republican candidate for

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in the

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. The 50% threshold to recall incumbent Democrat

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was not reached. Gaines received 0.7% of the replacement candidate vote.

Personal life

Gaines and his wife, Beth Gaines, who has also served in politics, currently live in

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with their six children.

References

External links

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Campaign website

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