Gail Bates (born December 24, 1945) was a member of the Maryland Senate from 2015-2019.
She was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates selected to replace Robert Kittleman in the Maryland House of Delegates in February 2002 when Kittleman was selected to replace Chris McCabe in the Maryland State Senate.In a close election in 2018, Bates was defeated by Non-Profit Executive Katie Hester by 1.7 percentage points.
Bates was nominated to serve on the state Board of Education by Gov.