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==Political life==

==Political life==

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Sheets entered into politics in 2010 after returning home from multiple years on active duty with the Marine Corps.<ref name="Kenneth Sheets"/><ref name="ttribune"/>  As the unopposed Republican nominee, Sheets unseated the two-term Democratic incumbent, Allen Ryan Vaught (born c. 1971) of Dallas, in the general election held on November 2, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.tx.us|title=Texas Legislature Online|publisher=Texas Legislature Online|accessdate=March 21, 2014}}</ref> He polled 16,226 votes (51.4 percent) to Vaught's 14,683 (46.5 percent). The remaining 2.1 percent of the vote went to the [[Libertarian Party]] nominee, Gary Brandon Parsons (born c. 1951) of Dallas.<ref>Texas Secretary of State, General Election Returns, November 2, 2010 (House District 107.</ref> In the general election on November 6, 2012, Sheets again won a narrow victory, this time for a second term in the House over the Democrat former Representative Robert James Miklos, 25,868 votes (50.8 percent) to 25,018 (49.2 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, General election returns, November 6, 2012 (House District 107).</ref>​

Sheets entered into politics in 2010 after returning home from multiple years on active duty with the Marine Corps.<ref name="Kenneth Sheets"/><ref name="ttribune"/>  As the unopposed Republican nominee, Sheets unseated the two-term Democratic incumbent, Allen Ryan Vaught (born c. 1971) of Dallas, in the general election held on November 2, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.tx.us|title=Texas Legislature Online|publisher=Texas Legislature Online|accessdate=March 21, 2014}}</ref> He polled 16,226 votes (51.4 percent) to Vaught's 14,683 (46.5 percent). The remaining 2.1 percent of the vote went to the [[Libertarian Party]] nominee, Gary Brandon Parsons (born c. 1951) of Dallas.<ref>Texas Secretary of State, General election returns, November 2, 2010 (House District 107).</ref> In the general election on November 6, 2012, Sheets again won a narrow victory, this time for a second term in the House over the Democrat former Representative Robert James Miklos, 25,868 votes (50.8 percent) to 25,018 (49.2 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, General election returns, November 6, 2012 (House District 107).</ref>​

Unopposed in the Republican [[primary]] on March 4, 2014, Sheets won a third term in the [[general election]] against fellow Dallas lawyer, the Democrat Carol Crabtree Donovan (born c. 1954).<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/117472/kenneth-sheets#.UyyJ6MtOUfg|title=Kenneth Sheets' Biography|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=June 23, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carolfortexas.com/meet-carol.html|title=Carol Donovan|publisher=carolfortexas.com|accessdate=March 21, 2014}}</ref> He received 16,891 votes (55 percent) to 13,807 (45 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, General election returns, November 4, 2014.</ref>  

Unopposed in the Republican [[primary]] on March 4, 2014, Sheets won a third term in the [[general election]] against fellow Dallas lawyer, the Democrat Carol Crabtree Donovan (born c. 1954).<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/117472/kenneth-sheets#.UyyJ6MtOUfg|title=Kenneth Sheets' Biography|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=June 23, 2020}}</ref> He received 16,891 votes (55 percent) to Donovan's 13,807 (45 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, General election returns, November 4, 2014.</ref>  

In his first term in the Texas House of Representatives, Sheets served on these committees: (1) Insurance, (2) Small Business and Economic Development, (3) Manufacturing, and (4) Joint Committee on Seacoast Territory Insurance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.tx.us/Committees/MembershipCmte.aspx?LegSess=82R&CmteCode=C955|title=Texas Legislature Online|publisher=Texas Legislature Online|accessdate=March 21, 2014}}</ref> In his first session, Sheets worked with other legislators to pass Tort Reform legislation aimed at combating meritless lawsuits.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.tx.us/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=82R&Bill=HB274|title=Texas Legislature Online|publisher=Texas Legislature Online|accessdate=March 21, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tortreform.com/content/tlr-statement-final-passage-hb-274|title=Texans for Lawsuit Reform|publisher=Texas for Lawsuit Reform|accessdate=March 21, 2014}}</ref> Sheets also worked across party lines to pass Henda's Law, which is named after breast cancer survivor Henda Salmeron and seeks to ensure that patients are notified that supplemental breast screening, beyond mammograms, may be necessary for women with dense breast tissue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.tx.us/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=82R&Bill=HB2102|title=Legislative Session: 82 (R) Relating to the requirement that certain mammography reports contain information regarding supplemental breast cancer screening|publisher=Texas Legislature Online|accessdate=March 21, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2011/november/how-hendas-law-was-born?single=1|title=Henda's Law|publisher=D Magazine|accessdate=March 21, 2014}}</ref>​

In his first term in the Texas House of Representatives, Sheets served on these committees: (1) Insurance, (2) Small Business and Economic Development, (3) Manufacturing, and (4) Joint Committee on Seacoast Territory Insurance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.tx.us/Committees/MembershipCmte.aspx?LegSess=82R&CmteCode=C955|title=Texas Legislature Online|publisher=Texas Legislature Online|accessdate=March 21, 2014}}</ref> In his first session, Sheets worked with other legislators to pass Tort Reform legislation aimed at combating meritless lawsuits.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.tx.us/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=82R&Bill=HB274|title=Texas Legislature Online|publisher=Texas Legislature Online|accessdate=March 21, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tortreform.com/content/tlr-statement-final-passage-hb-274|title=Texans for Lawsuit Reform|publisher=Texas for Lawsuit Reform|accessdate=March 21, 2014}}</ref> Sheets also worked across party lines to pass Henda's Law, which is named after breast cancer survivor Henda Salmeron and seeks to ensure that patients are notified that supplemental breast screening, beyond mammograms, may be necessary for women with dense breast tissue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.tx.us/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=82R&Bill=HB2102|title=Legislative Session: 82 (R) Relating to the requirement that certain mammography reports contain information regarding supplemental breast cancer screening|publisher=Texas Legislature Online|accessdate=March 21, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2011/november/how-hendas-law-was-born?single=1|title=Henda's Law|publisher=D Magazine|accessdate=March 21, 2014}}</ref>​