
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
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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