Running forU.S. House, District 10

Houston Gaines

Republican

Overview

Georgia state representative since 2019.

Campaign site →Ballotpedia →

Facts from Ballotpedia.

How to reach them: Office phone: 404-656-0152
Office: Room 401-A, Coverdell Legislative Office Building 18 Capitol Square SW, Atlanta, GA 30334
Email: houston.gaines@house.ga.gov
Source: Open States

Campaign money

Raised $2.7 million and spent $1.7 million since Jul 2025.
Of the money donors gave, 87% came from individual people and 13% from PACs (groups that collect money to give to candidates).
Since 2025, 57 PACs gave $174,500 to their campaign.
Since 2025, outside groups like super PACs spent $1.5 million to help them.

Source and every donor: FEC

PACs that gave to their campaign since 202557 PACs · $174,500

American Revival PAC $10,000
American Israel Public Affairs Committee PAC $5,000
Susan B. Anthony List. Inc. Candidate Fund (Dba Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America Candidate Fund) $5,000
Build PAC of the National Association of Home Builders (BUILDPAC) $5,000
The Eye of the Tiger PAC $5,000
Raptor PAC $5,000
National Association of Realtors PAC $5,000
MR. Southern Missourian in the House PAC $5,000
American College of Radiology Association PAC $5,000
The Home Depot Inc. Political Action Committee $5,000
Koch, Inc. PAC (KOCHPAC) $5,000
Electing Majority Making Effective Republicans PAC $5,000
Buckeye Liberty PAC $5,000
America's Credit Unions PAC of Credit Union National Association, Inc. $5,000
National Automobile Dealers Association PAC $5,000
Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America, Inc. PAC (INSURPAC) $5,000
GOPAC Election Fund $5,000
Ccfi Companies LLC (Fka Checksmart Financial LLC and Ccfi LLC) PAC $5,000
United Health Services PAC, Inc. $5,000
American Bankers Association PAC (BANKPAC) $4,000
Old Breed PAC $3,500
Southern Company Gas Employees PAC $2,500
National Electrical Contractors Association PAC $2,500
National Association of Convenience Stores PAC $2,500
Guarding Our Lasting Democracy (Gold) PAC $2,500
Georgia Power Company Federal PAC $2,500
First in Freedom PAC $2,500
Delta Air Lines PAC $2,500
American Dream Delivered $2,500
American Dental Association PAC $2,500
United States Peanut PAC (Us Peanut PAC) $2,500
American Academy of Dermatology Association PAC (SKINPAC) $2,500
Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC Political Action Committee $2,500
PAC of the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons--PAC of Aaos $2,500
Caterpillar Employees Political Action Committee $2,500
United Parcel Service, Inc. PAC (UPSPAC) $2,500
Coca-Cola Bottling Company United, Inc. Committee for Good Government $2,500
America's Future, Together $2,500
American Council of Engineering Companies (Acec/PAC) $2,500
Missouri Truth PAC $2,000
Energy Marketers of America Small Business Committee PAC (Ema SBC PAC) $2,000
National Rifle Association of America Political Victory Fund $2,000
Norfolk Southern Corporation Good Government Fund $1,500
National Cotton Council of America Committee for the Advancement of Cotton $1,500
JBS USA Food Company PAC $1,500
Rayonier, Inc. Good Government Committee $1,500
Electing Republicans Indiana PAC $1,000
Rwa Fund, Inc. $1,000
Reynolds American Inc. Pac; Rai PAC $1,000
JM Family Enterprises, Inc PAC $1,000
Holland & Knight Committee for Effective Government $1,000
American Health Care Association PAC $1,000
Altria Group, Inc. PAC (ALTRIAPAC) $1,000
Georgia Oilmen's Association Inc PAC (GOAPAC) $1,000
Georgia Bankers Association Political Action Committee $1,000
Georgia Dental Association Political Action Committee $500
Penny Houston Campaign Fund $500

Outside groups that spent to help them since 20256 groups · $1.5 million

Defend American Jobs $708,829
Gets It Done PAC $375,815
American Mission $261,555
Conservatives for American Excellence Inc. $107,435
Charter Schools Action PAC $23,075
GOPAC Election Fund $21,924

Bills they wrote

Bills and joint resolutions where they're the main author, since 2023. Laws first, then the ones that got furthest.

Wrote

30 bills

Became law

13 became law. Another 4 passed the House or Senate but didn't.

Introduced Mar 18, 2026HB 1573: Statham, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; provide homestead exemption
Became law
Introduced Mar 18, 2026HB 1578: Arcade, Town of; municipality; clarify name
Became law
Introduced Feb 18, 2026HB 1379: Foreign Funding Transparency and Accountability Act; enact
Became law
Introduced Mar 25, 2025HB 839: Jackson County; board of commissioners; filling vacancies; revise provisions
Became law
Introduced Feb 13, 2025HB 454: Vince Dooley Battlefield Trust Fund Act; enact
Became law
Introduced Feb 5, 2025HB 296: Motor vehicles; presentation of a driver's license in a certain electronic format; provisions
Became law
Introduced Feb 5, 2025HB 295: Local government; procedures for real property owners to make claims for compensation for loss of property value or expenses incurred; provisions
Became law
Introduced Feb 5, 2025HB 288: Appeal and error; declaratory judgments in instances involving accusations made by a prosecuting attorney regarding credibility of a peace officer; provide
Became law
Introduced Mar 7, 2024HB 1461: Jackson County; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; provisions
Became law
Introduced Mar 7, 2024HB 1460: Commerce, City of; ad valorem tax for educational purposes; homestead exemption; revise
Became law
Introduced Feb 8, 2024HB 1201: Criminal procedure; vacating of sentences of victims of trafficking; provisions
Became law
Introduced Feb 21, 2023HB 528: Georgia Online Automatic Renewal Transparency Act; enact
Became law
Introduced Jan 26, 2023HB 88: Coleman-Baker Act; enact
Became law
Introduced Feb 10, 2025HB 370: Ad valorem tax; school districts; state-wide base year homestead exemption; provisions
Passed both chambers
Introduced Feb 1, 2023HB 185: Education; provide for HOPE Inclusive Postsecondary Education (IPSE) grants
Passed both chambers
Introduced Feb 21, 2025HB 577: Georgia Nicotine Vapor Products Directory Act; enact
Passed the House
Introduced Feb 12, 2024HB 1260: Georgia Nicotine Vapor Products Directory Act; enact
Passed the House
Introduced Mar 19, 2026HB 1586: Bogart, Town of; provide new charter
Introduced
Introduced Feb 24, 2026HB 1437: Notaries public; notarial acts to be performed using electronic means when certain requirements are satisfied; provide
Introduced
Introduced Feb 24, 2026HB 1436: Georgia Keep Violent Criminals Off Our Streets Act; enact
Introduced
Introduced Mar 25, 2025HB 851: Athens-Clarke County; Board of Elections and Registration; provide for abolition on a date certain
Introduced
Introduced Mar 25, 2025HB 852: Athens-Clarke County; Board of Elections and Registration; reconstitute and reestablish
Introduced
Introduced Feb 20, 2025HB 558: State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia; establish adult workforce high school diploma program
Introduced
Introduced Feb 12, 2025HB 417: Education; tuition equalization grants at private colleges and universities; revise definition of approved school
Introduced
Introduced Feb 4, 2025HB 246: Courts; office of sheriff and training of peace officers; revise qualification requirements
Introduced
Introduced Mar 5, 2024HB 1452: Education; annually increasing maximum age of eligibility for certain state funded special education programs to 30 years; provisions
Introduced
Introduced Feb 26, 2024HB 1415: Law enforcement officers; cooperate with federal authorities on enforcement of immigration laws; provisions
Introduced
Introduced Feb 21, 2024HB 1359: Ad valorem tax; refund for loss of property value or expenses due to failure of local governments to enforce certain laws; provisions
Introduced
Introduced Feb 2, 2023HB 229: Courts; grounds for recall of district attorneys of judicial circuits and solicitors-general of state courts; revise provisions
Introduced
Introduced Jan 26, 2023HB 92: Public utilities and public transportation; percentage limitation as to amount of investments an electric membership corporation may make and maintain in a gas affiliate; modify
Introduced

Source: Open States

How they voted

Final votes on bills that passed either chamber of the Georgia legislature, since 2023. Votes on amendments, committees, and procedure are left out. A bill can show up under more than one topic.

Votes shown

1,474 votes on bills that passed at least one chamber.

Attendance

Didn't vote on 26 of 1,606 votes (2%). They had permission to be away (excused) for 20 of them.

By topic

Agriculture42 votes

Alcoholic Beverages6 votes

Animals10 votes

Appeal and Error21 votes

Aviation11 votes

Banking and Finance18 votes

Buildings and Housing23 votes

Civil Practice36 votes

Commerce and Trade53 votes

Commercial Code2 votes

Conservation and Natural Resources55 votes

Contracts5 votes

Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations7 votes

Courts124 votes

Crimes and Offenses (Criminal Code)132 votes

Criminal Procedure49 votes

Domestic Relations25 votes

Education212 votes

Elections33 votes

Equity6 votes

Evidence15 votes

Fire Protection and Safety14 votes

Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics30 votes

Game and Fish20 votes

General Assembly56 votes

General Provisions, Ocga10 votes

Guardian and Ward10 votes

Handicapped Persons19 votes

Health159 votes

Highways, Bridges, and Ferries43 votes

Insurance98 votes

Labor and Industrial Relations19 votes

Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies72 votes

Local Government127 votes

Mental Health30 votes

Military, Emergency Management, and Veterans Affairs47 votes

Minors33 votes

Motor Vehicles and Traffic137 votes

Nuisances2 votes

Penal Institutions36 votes

Professions and Businesses132 votes

Property91 votes

Public Officers and Employees76 votes

Public Utilities and Transportation27 votes

Retirement and Pensions37 votes

Revenue and Taxation203 votes

Social Services51 votes

State Government135 votes

Torts18 votes

Waters, Ports, and Watercraft14 votes

Wills, Trusts, and Administration of Estates9 votes

Local laws (one city or county)9 votes

Other23 votes

Source: Open States, Georgia General Assembly. Topics from the state legislature.