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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>{{cite web|url=http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe|title=General election returns, November 2, 2010 (House District 107) |publisher=[[Texas Secretary of State]]|accessdate=March 21, 2014}}</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><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>