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==Political life==
==Political life==
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. 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> 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>
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>