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'''Larry Dean Gonzales''' (born January 29, 1970)<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/117456/larry-gonzales#.UwfoosuPIfg|title=Larry Gonzales' Biography|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=February 21, 2014}}</ref> is a [[lobbyist]] from [[suburb]]an Round Rock, [[Texas]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 52, based in Williamson County north of the capital city of [[Austin]]. The district includes par tof Austin and Round Rock, Georgetown, Hutto, and Taylor, Texas. He was first elected in 2010.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/scanned/members/bios/5696.pdf|title=Larry Gonzales Biography|publisher=lrl.state.tx.us|accessdate=February 19, 2014}}</ref>

'''Larry Dean Gonzales''' (born January 29, 1970)<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/117456/larry-gonzales#.UwfoosuPIfg|title=Larry Gonzales' Biography|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=February 21, 2014}}</ref> is a [[lobbyist]] from [[suburb]]an Round Rock, [[Texas]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 52, based in Williamson County north of the capital city of [[Austin]]. The district includes a section of Austin as well as the cities of Round Rock, Georgetown, Hutto, and Taylor. He was first elected in 2010.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/scanned/members/bios/5696.pdf|title=Larry Gonzales Biography|publisher=lrl.state.tx.us|accessdate=February 19, 2014}}</ref>

==Background==

==Background==

In 2013, [[Phyllis Schlafly]]'s [[Eagle Forum]], then managed in Texas by [[Cathie Adams]], a former state chairman of the Texas Republican Party, rated Gonzales 75 percent favorable. Young Conservatives of Texas ranked him 66 percent. The [[interest group]], Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, rated him 51 percent in 2013, up from 13 percent in 2011. The Texas Association of Business rated Gonzales 93 percent in 2013 and 89 percent in 2011. He ranked 57 percent in 2013 from the Texas League of Conservation Voters, compared to 75 percent in 2011. The [[National Rifle Association]] rated him 92 percent.<ref name=ratings>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/117456/larry-gonzales#.Uwf3rsuPIfg|title=Larry Gonzales' Ratings and Endorsements|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=February 21, 2014}}</ref>

In 2013, [[Phyllis Schlafly]]'s [[Eagle Forum]], then managed in Texas by [[Cathie Adams]], a former state chairman of the Texas Republican Party, rated Gonzales 75 percent favorable. Young Conservatives of Texas ranked him 66 percent. The [[interest group]], Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, rated him 51 percent in 2013, up from 13 percent in 2011. The Texas Association of Business rated Gonzales 93 percent in 2013 and 89 percent in 2011. He ranked 57 percent in 2013 from the Texas League of Conservation Voters, compared to 75 percent in 2011. The [[National Rifle Association]] rated him 92 percent.<ref name=ratings>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/117456/larry-gonzales#.Uwf3rsuPIfg|title=Larry Gonzales' Ratings and Endorsements|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=February 21, 2014}}</ref>

Gonzales announced in August 2017 that he would not seek a fifth term in the state House. He resigned his seat in June 2018, near the end of his fourth two-year term. He is a lobbyist for the University of Texas in Austin. A special election to choose his successor will be held on November 6, along with the regular state and congressional elections.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.caller.com/story/news/columnists/john-moritz/2018/07/06/special-election-state-senate-may-help-congressman-hurd/759721002/

Gonzales announced in August 2017 that he would not seek a fifth term in the state House. He resigned his seat in June 2018, near the end of his fourth two-year term. He is a lobbyist for the University of Texas in Austin. A special election to choose his successor will be held on November 6, along with the regular state and congressional elections.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.caller.com/story/news/columnists/john-moritz/2018/07/06/special-election-state-senate-may-help-congressman-hurd/759721002/|title=How a special election for Texas state Senate could have influenced a race for Congress: Gov. Abbott's fast-track special election for state Senate could help Republican Congressman [[Will Hurd]] in November|author=John C. Moritz|publisher='The 'Corpus Christi Caller Times|date=July 6, 2018|accessdate=July 12, 2018}}</ref>

|title=How a special election for Texas state Senate could have influenced a race for Congress|author=John C. Moritz|publisher=''Corpus Christi Caller Times|date=July 6, 2018|accessdate=July 12, 2018}}</ref>

==References==

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