Gary Click

Republican | Ohio

Candidate Profile

Conservative

BIOGRAPHY

Name

Gary Click


Party

Republican


Election Year

2026


Election

Republican Primary


Race

State Rep., Dist. 88


Incumbent

Yes


Links

Gary Click websites
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EDUCATION

Midwestern Baptist Colloge, Pontiac, MI, BRE, 1990

Hillcrest Christian School, Richmond, IN, HS, 1984

WORK & MILITARY

(Candidate did not provide)

AFFILIATIONS

Fremont Baptist Temple, Pastor, Ohio Republican Party

Central Committeeman, Governor Mike DeWine, Chairman: Governor's Evangelical Advisory Co

Josh Mandel for Senate, Faith Coalition, Sandusky County Republican Party

At Large member, ProMedica Hospice, Chaplain

Faith Wins, Consultant

National Association of Christian Lawmakers, Ohio Vice Chair, 2025-

We the Church, Founder, 2025-

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

Republican State Central Committee 3

State Representative

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

Sandusky County Commissioner

SCORECARDS

CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS


LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS

ENDORSEMENTS

CONSERVATIVE (3)

Ohio Right to Life PAC

Right to Life Action Coalition of Ohio

Ohio Republican Party

SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS

CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (32)

Aaron L. Borowski (2024)

Beth Lear (2024)

Bill Roemer (2024)

Brian Lorenz (2024)

Daniel Kalmbach (2024)

RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (19)

Local, County, and District Republican Organizations (2025)

Scott Lipps (2025)

Ty Mathews (2025)

William Reineke Jr. (2025)

Bill Dean (2024)


LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (0)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (11)

Building Trades Councils (2025)

International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers (2025)

International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers (2025)

International Union of Operating Engineers (2025)

Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association (2025)

OTHER INFORMATION

QUESTIONNAIRE

RIGHT TO LIFE

Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive taxpayer funds from federal, state, or local governments (including Title X grants).

Strongly Agree

Under what circumstances should an elective abortion be allowed?

The life of the mother. However, it is better to separate the child from the mother than to abort the child.

Human life deserves legal protection from conception until natural death.

Strongly Agree

The lives of human embryos created through artificial methods ought to be protected from purposeful destruction.

Strongly Agree

The Comstock Act, which bans interstate transportation of abortion-inducing drugs, should be enforced.

Strongly Agree


RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

What does "separation of church and state" mean to you?

As a pastor, I know that it protects the church from the state. I am giving sponsor testimony today on HCR 9, the Leland Muhlenburg Resolution, supporting the Free Speech Fairness Act in Congress which reverses the censorship of the church through the Johnson Amendment. Although most people attribute the phrase to Jefferson, it actually originated with Roger Williams in "The Bloody Tenent of Persecution." He drew this concept from Isaiah 5.

Individuals and businesses should be required to provide services even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.

Strongly Disagree

Examples would be performing abortions, prescribing mifepristone, or Jack Phillips with the Masterpiece Cake shop.


NATIONAL SECURITY

The Chinese Communist Party poses serious military, cyber security, intellectual property, and global economic threats to the United States.

Strongly Agree

Is the United States' relationship with Israel important, and if so why?

Yes!!! Genesis 12:1-3 has no expiration date. Furthermore, they are strategic partners in the Middle East.


HEALTHCARE

What most closely matches your view on healthcare: A) Healthcare for all should be guaranteed and funded by the government with no private healthcare option. (includes "universal healthcare," "medicare for all," etc.) B) Healthcare insurance funded by the government should be available for all who want it, along with private healthcare options. C) Medicaid and Medicare should remain available, but no other taxpayer-funded programs are necessary. D) Taxpayer funded health care should be abolished in all forms, and Medicaid and Medicare should be defunded.

C Government healthcare leads to rationing and increased costs.

The government should keep a database of people with various ongoing medical illnesses to assess the economic burden of treatment.

Strongly Disagree


ECONOMY

What is your position on the minimum wage?

Let the market decide.

Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.

Strongly Agree

List your top 3-5 priorities to eliminate government waste.

Lower taxes forces the government to prioritize less spending. Holding agencies accountable in committees for suspected fraud (Specifically in childcare at the moment). Holding wasteful buracracies accountable during the budget process.


IMMIGRATION

I support the existence of sanctuary cities to protect undocumented persons.

Strongly Disagree

My bill, HB 200, The America First Act, makes it illegal to be in Ohio if you are illegally in the United States.


EDUCATION

I support eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and giving control back to states and communities.

Strongly Agree

Greater accountability, more local control, less propaganda.

Foreign governments should be prohibited from funding American education.

Strongly Agree

They only have one purpose for doing so, and it is nefarious rather than ultruistic.


CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY

What should be the goal of the criminal justice system?

To punish evil doers. Romans 13. However, rehabilitation is possible and we should work to enable criminals to be rehabilitated.

Government has a responsibility to protect children from sexual exploitation during online activities.

Strongly Agree

I am a cosponsor of the Innocence Act. Require ID ban deep fakes.

Sharia law should not be accepted or incorporated in any form within the legal framework of the United States.

Strongly Agree


2ND AMENDMENT

What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?

Minimal. I supported Constitutional carry. I have a 100% 2A voting record.


ABOUT YOU

When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to foreign policy and religious liberty, which of the following best describes you overall?

Very Conservative

Just ask my opponents!

Have you ever been penalized for sexual misconduct in either civil or criminal court? If so, please explain.

No.

Have you ever been convicted of a felony? If so, please explain.

No.


VALUES

Government should recognize and support the fundamental right and essential duty of parents to direct their child's health and educational well-being.

Strongly Agree

My legislation, HB 693 the Affirming Families Act ,protects families who choose not to affirm their child's so called gender identity but rather affirm their child's natural sex.

Attempts to physically or socially transition a child to the opposite sex constitute child abuse.

Strongly Agree

I carried the SAFE Act in Ohio which prohibited sex changes for minors. It was vetoed by the governor ,and we overrode the veto.

Marriage is a God-ordained, sacred and legal union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.

Strongly Agree

I support the expansion of gambling in my state.

Strongly Disagree

I voted against sports gambling and lobbied against igaming within my caucus.

Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

I have been a Baptist pastor for over 35 years. Saved by the blood of Jesus.


ELECTIONS AND VOTING

People should be able to vote without photo identification.

Strongly Disagree


EQUALITY

Reparations should be given to people on the basis of race.

Strongly Disagree

Biological males should not be allowed to participate in women's sports or occupy biological women's spaces whether it be bathrooms, locker rooms, sorority houses, women's shelters, or prison.

Strongly Agree

Along with the SAFE Act, I carried Save Women's Sports in Ohio. The two were combined into HB 68 in the 135th GA.


ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

Man-made climate change is a global threat and requires urgent political action.

Strongly Disagree

What do you believe is the most reliable energy source that will supply the growing demand for electricity?

I am for all of the above: Nuclear, natural gas, coal. Wind and solar are less reliable. I fought against industrialized wind farms in Seneca County.

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