2012 With Democratic Representative Scott Kawasaki redistricted to District 4, Gattis won the District 9 August 28, 2012 Republican primary with 1,224 votes (61.35%),[3] and won the November 6, 2012 general election with 4,759 votes (72.63%) against Democratic nominee Blake Merrifield.[4]
2014 Gattis was unopposed in her primary, and won the general election against independent candidate Verne Rupright with 65% of the vote.[5]
2016 With Charlie Huggins retiring from the state senate, Gattis ran for his seat and was defeated 52-47% by Dave Wilson, who at the time was on the city council of Wasilla.[6]