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'''Phillip Ray Cates''',<ref>Some sources cite "Phillips", instead of Phillip; one used the middle initial "E," instead of "R" for "Ray".</ref> known as '''Phil Cates''' (January 6, 1947 – July 13, 2014), was an [[United States|America]] [[politician]] an lobbyist who served as a [[Texas]] state representative from 1971 to 1979. He represented some ten mostly sparsely populated counties in the Panhandle.<ref name=tlrl>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=594&searchparams=chamber=~city=~countyID=0~RcountyID=~district=~first=~gender=~last=Cates~leaderNote=~leg=~party=Democrat~roleDesc=~Committee=#bio|title=Phil Cates|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=January 8, 2021}}</ref>

'''Phillip Ray Cates''',<ref>Some sources cite "Phillips", instead of Phillip; one used the middle initial "E," instead of "R" for "Ray".</ref> known as '''Phil Cates''' (January 6, 1947 – July 13, 2014), was an [[United States|America]] [[politician]] and lobbyist who served as a [[Texas]] state representative from 1971 to 1979. He represented some ten mostly sparsely populated counties in the Panhandle.<ref name=tlrl>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=594&searchparams=chamber=~city=~countyID=0~RcountyID=~district=~first=~gender=~last=Cates~leaderNote=~leg=~party=Democrat~roleDesc=~Committee=#bio|title=Phil Cates|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=January 8, 2021}}</ref>

==Background==

==Background==