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Houston Gaines is from Athens, Georgia. He has a bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia. He and his wife, Gabrielle, attend Athens Church.

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Houston is a consultant at Carter Engineering. He previously worked as a consultant.

Houston is a consultant at Carter Engineering. 

Houston is currently a member of the Georgia House of Representatives. He represents District 117.

Meet The Board: Houston Gaines (AB '17, AB '17) - SPIA

Supports cutting federal spending and taxes while advocating for a balanced budget.

Supports promoting American-made products and growing American jobs by preventing the outsourcing of manufacturing.

Supports establishing clear rules for stablecoins and strengthening Georgia's leadership in financial innovation through digital asset policy.

- Supports cutting federal spending and taxes while advocating for a balanced budget.
- Supports promoting American-made products and growing American jobs by preventing the outsourcing of manufacturing.
- Supports establishing clear rules for stablecoins and strengthening Georgia's leadership in financial innovation through digital asset policy.

Economy

Supports strong enforcement of immigration laws, total cooperation with ICE, and believes deportations must continue while ensuring border security.

Advocates for investing in public safety, supporting law enforcement, and opposing the "defund the police" movement while addressing crime and public safety concerns.

Opposes the use of taxpayer funds for sex change surgeries.

Opposes gun control and supports the constitutional right to keep and bear arms, including Constitutional Carry.

- Supports strong enforcement of immigration laws, total cooperation with ICE, and believes deportations must continue while ensuring border security.
- Advocates for investing in public safety, supporting law enforcement, and opposing the "defund the police" movement while addressing crime and public safety concerns.
- Opposes the use of taxpayer funds for sex change surgeries.
- Opposes gun control and supports the constitutional right to keep and bear arms, including Constitutional Carry.

Public Safety

Supports restricting abortion access, including the Heartbeat Bill and defunding Planned Parenthood.

- Supports restricting abortion access, including the Heartbeat Bill and defunding Planned Parenthood.

Healthcare

As of March 11, 2026, Houston Gaines’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Education

Energy & the Environment

Supports rebuilding the military and prioritizing strength in foreign policy, emphasizing support for troops and alliances, particularly with Israel.

States "Deportations must continue, and the border must stay secure."

- Supports rebuilding the military and prioritizing strength in foreign policy, emphasizing support for troops and alliances, particularly with Israel.
- States "Deportations must continue, and the border must stay secure."

Foreign Policy and Immigration

Supports ending insider trading in Congress and restoring ethics in Washington, D.C.

- Supports ending insider trading in Congress and restoring ethics in Washington, D.C.

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Houston Gaines

Jeff Baker earned a degree from Ashford University, Forbes School of Business. He is a married father of five.

Thinks "we [white people] are automatically in debt because white people long before I was born owned slaves."

Advocates for exempting the first $150,000 of income from federal tax liability.

- Thinks "we [white people] are automatically in debt because white people long before I was born owned slaves."
- Advocates for exempting the first $150,000 of income from federal tax liability.

Believes transgender youth are "shooting up schools because they are pumped full of hormones and puberty blockers by mental health workers who are really not helping."

Advocates for providing increased federal stipends to local law enforcement to put more officers on the streets with more pay.

Supports no restrictions on law abiding citizens for gun ownership.

- Believes transgender youth are "shooting up schools because they are pumped full of hormones and puberty blockers by mental health workers who are really not helping."
- Advocates for providing increased federal stipends to local law enforcement to put more officers on the streets with more pay.
- Supports no restrictions on law abiding citizens for gun ownership.

Wants to "fight for affordable coverages that actually cover treatments, illnesses and diseases."

- Wants to "fight for affordable coverages that actually cover treatments, illnesses and diseases."

Thinks "our kids are being shaped in school by progressive values by activist teachers."

- Thinks "our kids are being shaped in school by progressive values by activist teachers."

Wants data centers to "pay their fair share for the grid capacity they consume, not pass those costs onto working families."

- Wants data centers to "pay their fair share for the grid capacity they consume, not pass those costs onto working families."

Believes the "progressive policies of globalism have eroded the foundations that made America exceptional."

Aims to give legal status to law-abiding migrants to "level the playing field — everyone pays taxes, everyone earns fair wages, and American workers are no longer undercut."

Seeks to rethink the commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and stop funding Ukraine.

- Believes the "progressive policies of globalism have eroded the foundations that made America exceptional."
- Aims to give legal status to law-abiding migrants to "level the playing field — everyone pays taxes, everyone earns fair wages, and American workers are no longer undercut."
- Seeks to rethink the commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and stop funding Ukraine.

Believes in limiting members of the U.S. House of Representatives to three terms and members of the U.S. Senate to two terms.

- Believes in limiting members of the U.S. House of Representatives to three terms and members of the U.S. Senate to two terms.

Jeffrey Baker

Ryan Christopher Millsap obtained a bachelor's degree in philosophy and literature from Biola University and a master's degree in real estate development from the University of Southern California. 

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Ryan was the chairman and chief executive officer of Shadowbox Studios (then known as Blackhall Studios). Millsap is the founder and, as of the 2026 elections, the chief executive officer of Indira Capital Management.

Will defend Americans’ right to own and trade cryptocurrency, stop heavy-handed federal overreach, and block any Central Bank Digital Currency that would allow Washington to monitor and control your spending.

- Will defend Americans’ right to own and trade cryptocurrency, stop heavy-handed federal overreach, and block any Central Bank Digital Currency that would allow Washington to monitor and control your spending.

Said, "He will send back every illegal alien — no amnesty, no exceptions."

Said, "Will help President Trump finish the border wall and secure our nation once and for all. "

Opposes policies that limit access to guns.

- Said, "He will send back every illegal alien — no amnesty, no exceptions."
- Said, "Will help President Trump finish the border wall and secure our nation once and for all. "
- Opposes policies that limit access to guns.

Said, "will say no to hormone therapy for children and will not allow radical left-wing ideologies to poison our country."

Believes in strengthening family values, empowering parents to make decisions for their children, stopping the mutilation of children, and ensuring biological men stay out of girls’ sports.

- Said, "will say no to hormone therapy for children and will not allow radical left-wing ideologies to poison our country."
- Believes in strengthening family values, empowering parents to make decisions for their children, stopping the mutilation of children, and ensuring biological men stay out of girls’ sports.
- Opposes abortion access.

As of March 11, 2026, Ryan Christopher Millsap’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Will fight to pass a national voter ID law and support cutting funding to any state that refuses to protect the integrity of our elections.

Supports a ban on congressional stock trading.

- Will fight to pass a national voter ID law and support cutting funding to any state that refuses to protect the integrity of our elections.
- Supports a ban on congressional stock trading.
- Signed the U.S. Term Limits pledge.

Ryan Christopher Millsap

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