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In 2012, Gossage was unopposed for the Republican nomination in House District 82. The seat opened when Republican Lori Benedict ran for reelection in reconfigured District 61 but was defeated by the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Scott Balz. Gossage himself unseated the previous representative from District 83, the Democrat Leslee Milam Post, 6,804 votes (63.5 percent) to 3,909 (36.5 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2012|title=District 82|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=November 24, 2020}}</ref>

In 2012, Gossage was unopposed for the Republican nomination in House District 82. The seat opened when Republican Lori Benedict ran for reelection in reconfigured District 61 but was defeated by the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Scott Balz. Gossage himself unseated the previous representative from District 83, the Democrat Leslee Milam Post, 6,804 votes (63.5 percent) to 3,909 (36.5 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2012|title=District 82|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=November 24, 2020}}</ref>

In 2010, Post had been elected by default when the Republican candidate, Thomas Lile "Tom" Fite (born 1944), was disqualified from the ballot by a judge in Pulaski County who declared that Fite's guilty plea in 1984 to [[Medicaid]] fraud constituted an "infamous crime."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://talkbusiness.net/2011/08/charlene-fite-running-for-state-representative-district-80/|title=Charlene Fite Running for State Representative, District 80|date=August 25, 2011|publisher=talbusiness.net|accessdate=January 6, 2014}}</ref>Though Tom Fite's name remained on the ballot, his votes were not counted.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2010|title=District 83|publisher=ballotpedia.org|accessdate=January 6, 2014}}</ref>In 2012, Fite's wife, Republican [[Charlene Fite]], an educator from Van Buren, won in the reconfigured District 80 seat encompassing parts of Crawford and Washington counties.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2012|title=District 80|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=November 24, 2020}}</ref>

In 2010, Post had been elected by default when the Republican candidate, Thomas Lile "Tom" Fite (born 1944), was disqualified from the ballot by a judge in Pulaski County who declared that Fite's guilty plea in 1984 to [[Medicaid]] fraud constituted an "infamous crime."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://talkbusiness.net/2011/08/charlene-fite-running-for-state-representative-district-80/|title=Charlene Fite Running for State Representative, District 80|date=August 25, 2011|publisher=talbusiness.net|accessdate=November 24, 2020}}</ref>Though Tom Fite's name remained on the ballot, his votes were not counted.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2010|title=District 83|publisher=ballotpedia.org|accessdate=January 6, 2014}}</ref>In 2012, Fite's wife, Republican [[Charlene Fite]], an educator from Van Buren, won in the reconfigured District 80 seat encompassing parts of Crawford and Washington counties.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2012|title=District 80|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=November 24, 2020}}</ref>

Gossage serves on these House committees: (1) Advanced Communications and Information Technology, (2) Aging, Children and Youth, (3) Legislative and Military Affairs, and (4) Revenue and Taxation.<ref name=gossageofozark>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansashouse.org/member/342/bill-gossage|title=Bill Gossage, R-82|publisher=arkansashouse.org|accessdate=January 6, 2014; material no longer on-line}}</ref>

Gossage serves on these House committees: (1) Advanced Communications and Information Technology, (2) Aging, Children and Youth, (3) Legislative and Military Affairs, and (4) Revenue and Taxation.<ref name=gossageofozark>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansashouse.org/member/342/bill-gossage|title=Bill Gossage, R-82|publisher=arkansashouse.org|accessdate=January 6, 2014; material no longer on-line}}</ref>