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==Career==

==Career==

In 1970, Cates was elected to succeed the two-term [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Malouf Abraham, Sr.]], a wealthy businessman from Canadian in Hemphill County, whose District 84 was blended into revised District 79. Abraham instead ran unsuccessfully for the District 31 seat in the Texas State Senate against Democrat Max Sherman.<ref>''Texas Almanac 1972/1973,'' Election returns from November 3, 1970.</ref> Cates won his own [[primary]] in the spring by a margin of only two votes.<ref name=pampaarticle>{{cite web|url=http://www.thepampanews.com/obituaries/article_3a2906ae-18f8-11e4-b8d2-001a4bcf6878.html|title=Phillip R. Cates|date=August 1, 2014|accessdate=June 29, 2015}}</ref>

In 1970, Cates was elected to succeed the two-term [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Malouf Abraham, Sr.]], a wealthy businessman from Canadian in Hemphill County, whose District 84 was blended into revised District 79. Abraham instead ran unsuccessfully for the District 31 seat in the Texas State Senate against Democrat Max Sherman.<ref>''Texas Almanac 1972/1973,'' Election returns from November 3, 1970.</ref> Cates won his own [[primary]] in the spring by a margin of only two votes.<ref name=pampaarticle>Obituary of Phillip R. Cates, ''The Pampa News,'' August 1, 2014.}}</ref>

For his second term, Cates moved to Pampa in reconfigured District 66. ''Texas Monthly'' gave him unfavorable reviews in 1973.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texasmonthly.com/content/ten-best-and-sigh-ten-worst-legislators/page/0/5|title=The Ten Best (And, Sigh, The Ten Worst) Legislators|publisher=texasmonthly.com|date=July 1973|accessdate=June 29, 2015}}</ref> By 1974, Cates was residing in Shamrock in Wheeler County for his third and fourth terms in the legislature. When he was moved to District 66 with the 1972 election, only Gray and Wheeler Counties were held over from his original District 79.<ref name=tlrl/>

For his second term, Cates moved to Pampa in reconfigured District 66. ''Texas Monthly'' gave him unfavorable reviews in 1973.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texasmonthly.com/content/ten-best-and-sigh-ten-worst-legislators/page/0/5|title=The Ten Best (And, Sigh, The Ten Worst) Legislators|publisher=texasmonthly.com|date=July 1973|accessdate=June 29, 2015}}</ref> By 1974, Cates was residing in Shamrock in Wheeler County for his third and fourth terms in the legislature. When he was moved to District 66 with the 1972 election, only Gray and Wheeler Counties were held over from his original District 79.<ref name=tlrl/>