Patrick Gillespie (Texas)

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Patrick Gillespie

Republican Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Education

High school

Huntington High School

Personal

Birthplace

Huntington, W.Va.

Religion

Baptist Christian

Profession

Technical writer

Contact

Campaign website

Personal Facebook

Patrick Gillespie (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 33rd Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Gillespie completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Patrick Gillespie was born in Huntington, West Virginia, and lives in Texas. Gillespie graduated from Huntington High School. He attended Marshall University. His career experience includes working as a technical writer. Gillespie has worked at the Boeing Company, BAE Systems, American Airlines, and Flextronics International. Gillespie was the vice president of Local Lodge 2768 of the International Association of Machinist and Aerospace Workers Union.

Elections

2024

See also: Texas' 33rd Congressional District election, 2024

Texas' 33rd Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)

Texas' 33rd Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 33

Incumbent Marc Veasey defeated Patrick Gillespie in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 33 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Marc Veasey (D)	68.8	114,289
		Patrick Gillespie (R)	31.2	51,864

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 166,153
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Payton Jackson (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 33

Incumbent Marc Veasey defeated Carlos Quintanilla in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 33 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Marc Veasey	68.3	15,313
		Carlos Quintanilla	31.7	7,102

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 22,415
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Luis Fuentes (D)
• Viktor Avalos (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 33

Patrick Gillespie defeated Kurt L. Schwab in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 33 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Patrick Gillespie	61.6	6,144
		Kurt L. Schwab	38.4	3,833

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,977
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Pledges

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• U.S. Term Limits

2022

See also: Texas' 33rd Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 33

Incumbent Marc Veasey defeated Patrick Gillespie and Ken Ashby in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 33 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Marc Veasey (D)	72.0	82,081
		Patrick Gillespie (R)	25.6	29,203
	Submit photo	Ken Ashby (L)	2.4	2,746

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 114,030
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 33

Incumbent Marc Veasey defeated Carlos Quintanilla in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 33 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Marc Veasey	69.5	16,806
		Carlos Quintanilla	30.5	7,373

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 24,179
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 33

Patrick Gillespie defeated Robert MacGlaflin in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 33 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Patrick Gillespie	63.5	5,709
		Robert MacGlaflin	36.5	3,284

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,993
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 33

Ken Ashby advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 33 on March 19, 2022.

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Ken Ashby (L)

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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Patrick Gillespie completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Gillespie's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

My name is Patrick David Gillespie. I was born in West Virginia in 1957. Attended Hunting High School and Marshall University. I moved to Texas in 1984 for opportunities and to thrive, this is the land of opportunity. Worked at The Boeing Company for 19.5 years BAE Systems for 8 years American Airlines for 10 years Currently, I work at UPS SCS in the international division for 9 years Also inspection of parts for Lockheed Martin parttime for 9 years

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• I will work hard to close our Southern Border to illegal immigrants. Currently, over 10 MILLION illegal immigrants are in the United States. 10's of thousands of military aged single men from all over the world including China, Vietnam, Yemen, Russia, and Ukraine has invaded our Southern Border.
• Stop human trafficking at the Southern Border.
• Stop the Fentanyl flooding over the Southern Border which is the top killer of 19-40 year olds in the United States.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Giving our children at great education and not the dumb down education from "No Child Left Behind" program.

Rape needs to be reinstated as a Capital Offense.
Do not give money to illegal aliens. The current Congressman, Marc Veasey; voted YES to give 1 Billion Dollars to illegals in the Build Back Broke bill.
Do not ballot harvest or give persons more than one chance to vote in an election.

Stop the printing of zero backed paper money.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

Ronald Reagan, he stated his thoughts like the common man and woman. With high ideals and a forward looking future of opportunities. To give Thanks to GOD Almighty for giving me courage to push through to achieve good in life.

Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?

Hillsdale College has courses which should give you an idea where my mind is about government. Hillsdale College will not take government money and no government student loans. So they will teach the true values without the woke policies mandated to other institutions of higher learning.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Be the public servant of the Sovereign People. Not self serving.

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

Great listener. With years of team building skills, I will walk into the job on day one and form a great team to project the same message, help our Constituents.

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

You are hired by the Sovereign People to do their bidding because Millions of Sovereigns can't go to Washington to vote on issues themselves. 750,000 +/- souls are depending their elected servant to keep this nation safe, and prosper. Not to sell them to the highest bidder.

What legacy would you like to leave?

I was a great leader representing the 750,00 +/- Citizens in their House. I did the leadership with confidence.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

The assassination of President John F. Kennedy. I was 6 years old.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

Morning paperboy at 11 years old. Had the job for 4 years.

What is your favorite book? Why?

Star Wars. A battle between good and evil. I read it for the time in 1977.

If you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be?

Luke Skywalker

What was the last song that got stuck in your head?

"Marriage of Figaro" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

What is something that has been a struggle in your life?

Keeping my weight down and staying off Diabetes meds. I have achieved the goal of A1C 6.0 by going on the Carnivore Diet and lost 33 pounds.

What qualities does the U.S. House of Representatives possess that makes it unique as an institution?

According to the Constitution for the United States, the House of Representatives have the power of the purse.

Do you believe that it's beneficial for representatives to have previous experience in government or politics?

No. Representatives must have real world knowledge of what a cause and effect loop their policies have on We the People. Make the representatives work at minimum wage jobs first. Make a business and be saddled with heavy regulations. Then to threaten them with eviction.

What do you perceive to be the United States’ greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade?

Stay away from becoming overt Communist. The Democrat Party under the first Democrat president elected after the Civil War was Grover Cleveland in 1884. He lost his re-election in 1888. Read Cleveland's State of the Union address of 1888 and it would read like the Communist Manifesto which was translated into English in 1888. Lame Duck Cleveland signed the Communist Manifesto into law before leaving office on March 4, 1889.
Evidence to my pronouncement comes when you buy a home, car, any tangible item with value. Buy a home, you get only a warranty dead instead of a land grant. Warranty Dead is the Title just like the State is giving first refusal to pay the property taxes. You buy a car. You pay T.T. and L Tax, Title and License and You are giving the State a new car which they will allow (ENTITLE) you to drive with conditions.

Do you believe that two years is the right term length for representatives?

No. Four Years. It takes 18 months just to get the feel of Congress.

What are your thoughts on term limits?

I am committed sponsoring Term Limits. Term Limits are good if You also make the law where the lame duck cannot make laws detrimental to the Liberty of, We the Sovereign People of these United States.

It was because FDR broke the tradition of 2 terms as President that we have term limits for President.
Serving more than three terms as Congressman and two terms as Senator would give the impression You want to be King instead of a Public Servant.

I am 66 years old, so I have my own term limit.

Is there a particular representative, past or present, whom you want to model yourself after?

First Ron Paul would come to mind. Then the original conservative Senator Berry Goldwater.

Do you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking?

The Democrats wants all their bills to pass without compromise. That is why no bills have passed the Congress since the Republicans took power in the House of Representatives in 2022. Just continuing resolutions (CR).

The Constitution says that all bills for raising revenue must originate in the House. What role would this power play in your priorities if elected?

Be conservative with raising revenue. Claw back money which has been foolishly passed in the previous Congress like 80 Billion Dollars for the IRS Hiring 80,00 gun toting agents to harass the Citizens.

How should the U.S. House use its investigative powers?

There are people that have abused their power. In previous Congresses have impeached former President Trump over a phone call. Over January 6th and destroyed all records when subpoenaed by the current Congress.

True wrong doers need to be investigated and prosecuted.

Any person abusing the investigative powers need to be sanctioned and voted out of Congress.

What committees interest you?

Air and Space

What are your views on financial transparency and government accountability?

In my view, financial transparency is sharing accurate information about our nation's financial performance.

Citizens demand accountability in our American Government.

When researching the government's accountability, you can't get a clear answer even through the GAO (U.S. Government Accountability Office). With around 10,000 government programs, I believe only a few programs have accountability metrics.

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Campaign website

Gillespie’s campaign website stated the following:

“	Dear fellow Texans, This is Patrick David Gillespie. Thank You again for electing me to be Your Republican Nominee for United States House of Representatives in Texas District 33 for 2024. I know the great responsibilities of being that nominee and look forward to this task once again with your support and with the will of GOD. Why am I running for U.S. Representative and how do I plan to engage with your constituents? I’m running for Congress because I had enough of watching the U.S.A. devolving into overt Marxist actions which will tear our country apart. I will do my best to halt the progression of Communist principles infecting from our school boards to our military. Lenin stated “Get one generation of children indoctrinated into communism, and you will have that country on the path to communism”. I plan to manage Constituent requests efficiently, with my staff on the same message. Respond to Constituent inquiries quickly. Regular town hall meetings. Using surveys effectively. Use multimedia elements. What policies would I propose, if any, so the U.S. immigration system is both effective and humane? There are more than one million people that become U.S. Citizens yearly. We must have immigrants vetted and not have an invasion of 10’s of thousands illegally cross our border daily. Our weak leadership must stop enticing people to travel from all over the world causing a humanitarian crisis throughout central America and Mexico. If you want to take care of the crisis humanly, take humane action on the Mexico side of the border. What should be the goals of US Foreign Policy and what policies would you support to accomplish them? Peace through Strength. With the U.S. having weak leadership, countries are wanting to overthrow us either by electronic surveillance, buying 43.5 million acres of U.S. land by foreign persons, and economic means by China. Since U.S. Citizens cannot purchase land in China, Stop selling land to China especially around military bases. What measures, if any, need to be taken at the federal level to address the impacts of climate change? Let’s look at what the countries that pollute the environment are doing. China just completed building 52 coal burning electric generating plants. India generates 401 gigawatts of electricity through their coal burning electric generation plants with an increase of 40% more electric generation from coal burning plants in the next 8 years. Brazil keeps burning down the rainforest. All these countries have exemptions under the Paris climate accords until the year 2070 because they are “developing countries”? The U.S. can switch to natural gas for all the electric generation done by coal in US. Plus get out of the Paris Climate Accords and demand our money back. What federal laws, if any, should be passed to ensure free and fair access to the ballot? We have the correct laws in place, photo ID. You need a photo ID to board an airplane. Buy a legal gun. Open a bank account. The states which offer photo IDs to illegal immigrants are breaking the law. If a person doesn’t have a birth certificate, they can write to the Census Bureau and have a copy of the last census showing their address and age at the time of the census as proof to get a government approved ID. My grandfather didn’t have a birth certificate and that is how he received substantiation of his lawful rights to get a government I.D.. What steps, if any, do you propose Congress take to curb gun violence in our communities? I believe that we need better focus on mental health because anything in the hands of a person with mental health issues could be used as a weapon. Red flag laws are proving not to be a deterrent to gun violence. I would advocate those laws on the books be enforced. I will not propose the abolition of the 2nd Amendment. Gang violence must be addressed and gang members must have prison sentences which have no parole. What are the most important challenges facing our country and how do you propose to address them? 10 MILLION ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS! Enforce the laws on the books!! Woke policies being taught in the school systems and having the FBI knocking on the doors of parents speaking out at school board meetings as Domestic Terrorists under the FBI threat tag school board threat. Get rid of the threat tag! 32 TRILLION DOLLARS INDEBT! Stop spending money we don’t have! Balance the budget and pay down the debt with any surplus. TACKLE THE FENTANYL POISONING EPIDEMIC! This is the number one killer of our young adults and children between the ages of 19 and 40. The pushers of this poison should be charged with Capital Murder. Early voting starts October 21, 2024 through November 1, 2024. Election Day is November 5, 2024.	”
—Patrick Gillespie’s campaign website (2024)

2022

Patrick Gillespie completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Gillespie's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

My name is Patrick David Gillespie.

I was born in West Virginia in 1957. Attended Hunting High School and Marshall University. I moved to Texas in 1984 for opportunities and to thrive, this is the land of opportunity. Worked at The Boeing Company for 19.5 years BAE Systems for 8 years American Airlines for 10 years Currently, I work at UPS SCS in the international dividion for 7 years Also inspection of parts for Lockheed Martin parttime for 7 years

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• I am strong on Border Security. It is stupid to allow Millions of illegal aliens to invade our Southern Border. The illegal anliens will get on airplanes with no ID just their Arrest Warrants by Border Patrol from the border!
• Stop Human Trafficing
• Stop the drugs

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Giving our children at great education and not the dum down education from mainstreaming.

I am a man. Young men are idiots. So women, if You don't want pregnancy; You need to take control with condums and/or vaginal dams. It may not feel good however, it is better than a vacuum probe. Also the likelihood of not carrying a baby to term later in life increases after abortion.
Rape needs to be reinstated as a Capital Offense.
Do not give money to illegal aliens. The current Congressman, Marc Veasey; voted YES to give 1 Billion Dollars to illegals in the Build Back Broke bill.
Do not ballott harvest or give persons more than one chance to vote in an election.
Stop the printing of zero backed paper money.
More on my website:

https://patrickgillespie4congress33.vom

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

Ronald Reagan, he stated his thoughts like the common man and woman. With high ideals and a forward looking future of opportunities. To give Thanks to GOD Almighty for givimg me courage to push through to achieve good in life.

Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?

Hillsdale College has courses which should give you a idea wheremy mind is about government.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Be the servant of the Sovereign People. Not self serving.

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

You are hired by the Sovereign People to do their bidding because Millions of Sovereigns can't go to Washington to vote on issues themselves. 750,000 +/- souls are depending their elected servant to keep this nation safe, and prosper. Not to sell them to the highest bidder.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

John F. Kennedy shot. I was 6 years old.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

The was a morning news paperboy for 4 years at age 11.

What was the last song that got stuck in your head?

Marriage of Figro - Mozart

What qualities does the U.S. House of Representatives possess that makes it unique as an institution?

Well on paper, the United States House of Representatives are suppose to be Public Servants to the Sovereign People of the States. This is what I still believe.

Do you believe that it's beneficial for representatives to have previous experience in government or politics?

No. Get a private job first. Feel the effects of someone making laws that don't make sense. This would give You the training to make laws or actions for the Sovereigns You serve better.

What do you perceive to be the United States’ greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade?

Stay away from becoming overt Communist. The Democrat Party under the first Democrat president elected after the Civil War was Grover Cleveland in 1884. He lost his re-election in 1888. Read Cleveland's State of the Union address of 1888 and it would read like the Communist Manifesto which was translated into English in 1888. Lame Duck Cleveland signed the Communist Manifesto into law before leaving office on March 4, 1889.

If you are not a current representative, are there certain committees that you would want to be a part of?

Air and Space

Do you believe that two years is the right term length for representatives?

You are 18 months on the job before running again. You better change the world to the good fast.

What are your thoughts on term limits?

Term Limits are good if You also make the law where the lame duck can not make laws detrimental to the Liberty of We the Sovereigns of these United States.

It was because FDR broke the tradition of 2 terms as President that we have term limits for Predident.
Serving more than three terms as Congressman and two terms as Senator would give the impression You want to be King instead of a Public Servant.

I am 64 years old, so I have my own term limit.

Is there a particular representative, past or present, whom you want to model yourself after?

First Ron Paul would come to mind. The original conservative Senator Berry Goldwater

The Constitution says that all bills for raising revenue must originate in the House. What role would this power play in your priorities if elected?

The Constitution also states the money we have is gold and silver...We have none.

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Patrick Gillespie campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. House Texas District 33	Lost general	$0	N/A**
2022	U.S. House Texas District 33	Lost general	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$0	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
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