 He ended up winning in a landslide, receiving 69% of the vote to Long's 20% and Matuska's 11%.During his first term, Gaetz campaigned for a one cent sales tax to fund school construction and renovation, which was easily approved by the county's voters in a 1995 special election.In 1997, he called for an investigation into the conduct of a vice-principal at Niceville High School, where his son went to school, after reports surfaced of the vice-principal promoting his religious beliefs while working at the school.