Ted Gaines

Education

Lewis & Clark College.

Career

Prior to his election to the Senate, Gaines was a California State Assemblyman, representing the 4th Assembly district, which is centered on the suburbs of Placer County, which are located east of Sacramento. Gaines succeeded longtime local politician Tim Leslie in the Assembly. Gaines is the owner of Gaines Insurance located in Roseville, California.

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.

Gaines ran for California Insurance Commissioner in 2014 against Democratic incumbent Dave Jones.

Achievements

• He won a January 4, 2011, special election to replace the late Dave Cox and took office two days later. Gaines formed an exploratory committee in Fall of 2007 to run against longtime congressman John Doolittle, who many Republicans feared could not win reelection due to a number of scandals. They both advanced to the general election, which Jones won by 4,038,165 votes (575%) to 2,981,951 (425).

Politics

California Republican Party, Republican Party.