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Joel Krause
Joel Krause (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 26th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on March 5, 2024.
Krause completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Joel Krause was born in Lake City, Iowa.[1] Krause graduated from Iowa State University with a degree in engineering in 1981. He then worked for Westinghouse in Odessa, Texas. Krause later worked for Honeywell, before starting his own company that provides video software and hardware products to sports teams for teaching purposes.[2]
Elections
2024
See also: Texas' 26th Congressional District election, 2024
Texas' 26th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Republican primary)
Texas' 26th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Texas District 26
Brandon Gill defeated Ernest Lineberger III and Phil Gray in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 26 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Brandon Gill (R) | 62.1 | 241,096 |
 | Ernest Lineberger III (D)  | 35.7 | 138,558 | |
 | Phil Gray (L) | 2.3 | 8,773 | |
| Total votes: 388,427 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 26
Ernest Lineberger III advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 26 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ernest Lineberger III | 100.0 | 18,308 |
| Total votes: 18,308 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Kelvin Leaphart (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 26
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 26 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brandon Gill | 58.4 | 49,876 |
 | Scott Armey | 14.5 | 12,400 | |
 | John Huffman | 10.0 | 8,559 | |
 | Luisa Del Rosal | 4.6 | 3,949 | |
 | Doug Robison | 3.5 | 2,999 | |
 | Mark Rutledge | 2.5 | 2,130 | |
 | Joel Krause | 2.3 | 1,959 | |
 | Neena Biswas | 1.9 | 1,665 | |
 | Burt Thakur | 1.1 | 975 | |
 | Vlad De Franceschi | 0.7 | 572 | |
 | Jason Kergosien | 0.4 | 366 | |
| Total votes: 85,450 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 26
Phil Gray advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 26 on March 23, 2024.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Phil Gray (L) |
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Krause in this election.
2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Michael Burgess (R) defeated Eric Mauck (D) and Mark Boler (L) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Burgess defeated Micah Beebe and Joel Krause in the Republican primary on March 1, 2016, while Mauck face no primary opposition.[3][4]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Michael Burgess Incumbent |
66.4% | 211,730 | |
| Democratic | Eric Mauck | 29.6% | 94,507 | |
| Libertarian | Mark Boler | 4% | 12,843 | |
| Total Votes | 319,080 | |||
| Source: Texas Secretary of State | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Michael Burgess Incumbent |
79.4% | 73,607 | ||
| Joel Krause | 14.2% | 13,201 | ||
| Micah Beebe | 6.4% | 5,942 | ||
| Total Votes | 92,750 | |||
| Source: Texas Secretary of State |
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2014
Krause ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Texas' 26th District. Krause was defeated by incumbent Michael C. Burgess in the Republican primary on March 4, 2014.[5]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Michael Burgess Incumbent |
82.6% | 33,909 | ||
| Joel Krause | 15.7% | 6,433 | ||
| Divenchy Watrous | 1.7% | 698 | ||
| Total Votes | 41,040 | |||
| Source: Texas Secretary of State |
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Joel Krause completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Krause's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I have owned and operated a small business in the district for 30 + years I have owned and operated a business in China for 10+ years Visited more than 50 countries and studied their history Long history of being an active Republican:
In college I was a paid political consultant for Bob Dole, and ran for City Council More Recently: 2014 and 2016 Candidate for U. S. Representative TX 26 District Delegate to Texas Republican Convention many times Worked in Iowa for Trump Campaign and for Senator Josh Hawley in MO Served on the 2022 SD12 Permanent Resolutions Committee Served as Vice President of Texas Republican Assembly
- My plan for America is to become more united and growing Republican Party through the ideas of Truth Accountability and Responsibility. Due to political division various polls show 40% or more Americans believe civil war could be likely in the next 10 years. This division is caused by not knowing the truth and not knowing where to find it. Some Federal employees are acting on known falsehoods or disregarding laws to suit their political views. Politicians and Federal Employees need to be held accountable and suffer severe consequences for breaking their oath and/or acting on known falsehoods. Most news networks are opinionated. I will work to create a news outlet based on facts and little or no opinion.
- The border needs to be closed and all that have entered illegally need to be sent back. No federal money should be used to house or take care of illegals. I would introduce an amendment to change the statue that prevents the US military to be involved in the border crisis. The immigration crisis has long term financial problems for our citizens and country. This influx of people will also have severe consequences to our already exhausted educational system. The US needs to work in moving the dependence of products produced in China to Central and South America to help reduce the motivation to come to the U. S.
- Artificial intelligence (AI) is a most exciting technology with unlimited possibilities to help the human race. AI can also be very scary and intimidating because we cannot grasp it’s potential for good or harm. The country that utilizes AI to its fullest capability will have the dominant military, economy and have the most political influence in the world. America needs to be the leader in AI technology. With the emergence of Ai, Truth, Accountability and Responsibility is even more important.
Require all laws that apply to the rest of the country also apply to Congress;
Select a major, independent auditing firm to conduct a comprehensive audit of Congress for waste, fraud or abuse;
Cut the number of House committees, and cut committee staff by one-third;
Limit the terms of all committee chairs;
Ban the casting of proxy votes in committee;
Require committee meetings to be open to the public;
Require a three-fifths majority vote to pass a tax increase;
--He was tired
What happened to the man running behind the car?
1. Large fines ($100,000 for each lie or acting on known falsehoods.
2. Will not gain any gain in net worth related to their political position other than salary.
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2016
The following issues were listed on Krause's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.
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| —Joel Krause's campaign website, http://www.krauseforhouse.com/issues | ||
2014
Krause's campaign website listed the following issues:[7]
- Deficit and the Economy
- Excerpt: "Americans spend over $431 billion a year in income tax preparation and administration costs. The Mercatus Center estimates this cost to be as high as $987 billion. This is 40% of our total revenue in 2012. These dollars could be used for more productive activities to create jobs and revenue."
- Increasing the Influence of "We the People" in Washington
- Excerpt: "Responsive government comes from input from the people. The more informed the people are, the more accountable our representatives are held. Right now, it is a slog to find out what policies are being proposed and the pros and cons of these pieces of legislation."
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 6, 2024
- ↑ Campaign website, "About Joel," accessed January 27, 2014
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2016 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County," accessed December 15, 2015
- ↑ The New York Times, "Texas Primary Results," March 1, 2016
- ↑ The Texas Tribune, "Primary 2014 Election Results," March 4, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Campaign website, "On the Issues," accessed January 27, 2014
