| Gayle Kingery | |
| State House: | Missouri |
| District: | 154th |
| Term Start: | 2003 |
| Term End: | 2011 |
| Succeeded: | Todd Richardson |
| Birth Date: | 7 July 1939 |
| Residence: | Poplar Bluff, Missouri |
| Occupation: | Teacher |
| Education: | Southeast Missouri State University (BS) |
| Party: | Republican |
| Spouse: | Bette |
| Children: | 5 |
Gayle Kingery (born July 7, 1939) is an American former teacher, and former Republican member of the Missouri House of Representatives.[1] He represented the 154th district, which includes part of Butler County, from 2003 to 2011.[1] He was also a candidate for the Republican nomination for Missouri's 25th district in the state senate until he dropped out of the race in June 2011.[2] [3]
Gayle Kingery was born in Harviell in 1939.[1] He graduated from Poplar Bluff Senior High School in 1957.[1] He was in the U.S. Air Force from 1961 to 1965.[1] He then received a B.S. in education from Southeast Missouri State University.[1] He was then a teacher and coach in Jackson, Missouri for three years and then a teacher, coach, and administrator in Poplar Bluff, Missouri for thirty years.[1] Kingery is a member of the First United Methodist Church in Poplar Bluff.[1] He is married with five kids.[1]
Gayle Kingery was first elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in 2002.[1] He won the Republican nomination against Robert L. Myers and the general election against Democrat Bill Stanberry and Libertarian Chip Taylor.[4] [5] In 2004, Kingery won reelection unopposed.[6] In 2006, he won reelection against Democrat Nancy Lou Norman.[7] In 2008, he won reelection against Libertarian Larry S. Busby.[8] In 2010, Kingery was ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits. In 2011, Gayle Kingery decided to run for the 25th district in the Missouri Senate.[2] It was an open seat because Rob Mayer is unable to run for reelection due to term limits.[2] He dropped out of the race in June 2011, citing a need to spend more time with his family.[3]