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Matt Krause
Tarrant County Commissioners Court Precinct 3
Tenure
2025 - Present
Term ends
2028
Years in position
1
Predecessor: Gary Fickes (R)
Prior offices:
Texas House of Representatives District 93
Years in office: 2013 - 2023
Successor: Nate Schatzline (R)

Elections and appointments
Last election
November 5, 2024
Contact

Matt Krause (Republican Party) is a member of the Tarrant County Commissioners Court in Texas, representing District 3. He assumed office on January 1, 2025. His current term ends on December 31, 2028.

Krause (Republican Party) ran for election to the Tarrant County Commissioners Court to represent District 3 in Texas. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Municipal elections in Tarrant County, Texas (2024)

General election

General election for Tarrant County Commissioners Court Precinct 3

Matt Krause defeated Laura Leeman in the general election for Tarrant County Commissioners Court Precinct 3 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Matt Krause
Matt Krause (R)
 
63.8
 
156,216
Image of Laura Leeman
Laura Leeman (D) Candidate Connection
 
36.2
 
88,663

Total votes: 244,879
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Tarrant County Commissioners Court Precinct 3

Laura Leeman advanced from the Democratic primary for Tarrant County Commissioners Court Precinct 3 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Laura Leeman
Laura Leeman Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
13,176

Total votes: 13,176
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Tarrant County Commissioners Court Precinct 3

Matt Krause advanced from the Republican primary for Tarrant County Commissioners Court Precinct 3 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Matt Krause
Matt Krause
 
100.0
 
43,141

Total votes: 43,141
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: Municipal elections in Tarrant County, Texas (2022)

General election

General election for Tarrant County District Attorney

Phil Sorrells defeated Tiffany Burks in the general election for Tarrant County District Attorney on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Phil Sorrells (R)
 
53.2
 
309,730
Image of Tiffany Burks
Tiffany Burks (D) Candidate Connection
 
46.8
 
272,066

Total votes: 581,796
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for Tarrant County District Attorney

Phil Sorrells defeated Matt Krause in the Republican primary runoff for Tarrant County District Attorney on May 24, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Phil Sorrells
 
59.2
 
40,672
Image of Matt Krause
Matt Krause
 
40.8
 
27,976

Total votes: 68,648
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Tarrant County District Attorney

Tiffany Burks defeated Albert Roberts and Lawrence Meyers in the Democratic primary for Tarrant County District Attorney on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tiffany Burks
Tiffany Burks Candidate Connection
 
60.4
 
42,750
Image of Albert Roberts
Albert Roberts
 
28.8
 
20,376
Lawrence Meyers
 
10.9
 
7,688

Total votes: 70,814
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Tarrant County District Attorney

Phil Sorrells and Matt Krause advanced to a runoff. They defeated Mollee Westfall in the Republican primary for Tarrant County District Attorney on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Phil Sorrells
 
40.5
 
48,667
Image of Matt Krause
Matt Krause
 
30.9
 
37,066
Mollee Westfall
 
28.6
 
34,334

Total votes: 120,067
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Campaign finance

See also: Texas Attorney General election, 2022

General election

General election for Attorney General of Texas

Incumbent Ken Paxton defeated Rochelle Garza and Mark Ash in the general election for Attorney General of Texas on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ken Paxton
Ken Paxton (R)
 
53.4
 
4,278,986
Image of Rochelle Garza
Rochelle Garza (D) Candidate Connection
 
43.7
 
3,497,267
Image of Mark Ash
Mark Ash (L)
 
2.9
 
233,750

Total votes: 8,010,003
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Attorney General of Texas

Rochelle Garza defeated Joe Jaworski in the Democratic primary runoff for Attorney General of Texas on May 24, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rochelle Garza
Rochelle Garza Candidate Connection
 
62.7
 
305,168
Image of Joe Jaworski
Joe Jaworski Candidate Connection
 
37.3
 
181,744

Total votes: 486,912
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for Attorney General of Texas

Incumbent Ken Paxton defeated George P. Bush in the Republican primary runoff for Attorney General of Texas on May 24, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ken Paxton
Ken Paxton
 
68.0
 
633,223
Image of George P. Bush
George P. Bush
 
32.0
 
298,577

Total votes: 931,800
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Attorney General of Texas

Rochelle Garza and Joe Jaworski advanced to a runoff. They defeated Lee Merritt, Mike Fields, and S. T-Bone Raynor in the Democratic primary for Attorney General of Texas on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rochelle Garza
Rochelle Garza Candidate Connection
 
43.0
 
438,134
Image of Joe Jaworski
Joe Jaworski Candidate Connection
 
19.8
 
202,140
Image of Lee Merritt
Lee Merritt
 
19.4
 
198,108
Image of Mike Fields
Mike Fields Candidate Connection
 
12.3
 
125,373
S. T-Bone Raynor
 
5.5
 
55,944

Total votes: 1,019,699
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Attorney General of Texas

Incumbent Ken Paxton and George P. Bush advanced to a runoff. They defeated Eva Guzman and Louis B. Gohmert Jr. in the Republican primary for Attorney General of Texas on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ken Paxton
Ken Paxton
 
42.7
 
823,199
Image of George P. Bush
George P. Bush
 
22.8
 
439,240
Image of Eva Guzman
Eva Guzman Candidate Connection
 
17.5
 
337,761
Image of Louis B. Gohmert Jr.
Louis B. Gohmert Jr.
 
17.0
 
327,257

Total votes: 1,927,457
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Attorney General of Texas

Mark Ash advanced from the Libertarian convention for Attorney General of Texas on April 10, 2022.

Candidate
Image of Mark Ash
Mark Ash (L)

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Campaign finance

2020

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 93

Incumbent Matt Krause defeated Lydia Bean in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 93 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Matt Krause
Matt Krause (R)
 
54.5
 
45,876
Image of Lydia Bean
Lydia Bean (D) Candidate Connection
 
45.5
 
38,339

Total votes: 84,215
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 93

Lydia Bean advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 93 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lydia Bean
Lydia Bean Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
10,808

Total votes: 10,808
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 93

Incumbent Matt Krause advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 93 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Matt Krause
Matt Krause
 
100.0
 
9,740

Total votes: 9,740
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Campaign finance

2018

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 93

Incumbent Matt Krause defeated Nancy Bean in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 93 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Matt Krause
Matt Krause (R)
 
53.9
 
30,878
Image of Nancy Bean
Nancy Bean (D) Candidate Connection
 
46.1
 
26,445

Total votes: 57,323
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 93

Nancy Bean defeated Nisha Mathews in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 93 on March 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Nancy Bean
Nancy Bean Candidate Connection
 
50.7
 
2,623
Image of Nisha Mathews
Nisha Mathews
 
49.3
 
2,548

Total votes: 5,171
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 93

Incumbent Matt Krause advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 93 on March 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Matt Krause
Matt Krause
 
100.0
 
6,398

Total votes: 6,398
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2016

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Texas House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on March 1, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was December 14, 2015.[1]

Incumbent Matt Krause defeated Nancy Bean in the Texas House of Representatives District 93 general election.[2]

Texas House of Representatives, District 93 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Matt Krause Incumbent 60.67% 37,002
     Democratic Nancy Bean 39.33% 23,987
Total Votes 60,989
Source: Texas Secretary of State


Nancy Bean ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 93 Democratic Primary.[3][4]

Texas House of Representatives, District 93 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Nancy Bean  (unopposed)


Incumbent Matt Krause ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 93 Republican Primary.[3][4]

Texas House of Representatives, District 93 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Matt Krause Incumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for all 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on March 4, 2014. Those candidates who did not receive 50 percent or more of the vote in their party primary on March 4 faced an additional May 27 primary runoff. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in these elections was December 9, 2013. Incumbent Matt Krause was unopposed in the Republican primary. Krause was unopposed in the general election. Jeff Owens (L) was removed from the ballot before the election.[5][6][7]

2012

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2012

Krause won election in the 2012 election for Texas House of Representatives, District 93. Krause defeated Patricia Pat Carlson and incumbent Barbara Nash in the May 29 primary election and won election in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[8]

Texas House of Representatives, District 93, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngMatt Krause 58.9% 29,527
     Democratic Shane Hardin 37.5% 18,797
     Libertarian Bruce Beckham 3.5% 1,768
Total Votes 50,092
Texas House of Representatives District 93 Republican Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngMatt Krause 50.7% 3,098
Barbara Nash Incumbent 37.6% 2,298
Patricia Pat Carlson 11.7% 715
Total Votes 6,111

2010

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2010

Krause ran in the 2010 election for Texas House of Representatives, District 99. He was defeated by incumbent Charlie Geren in the March 2 GOP primary election.[8]

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Matt Krause did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

Matt Krause did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Matt Krause did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2014

Krause's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[9]

State Budget

  • Excerpt: "Texas politicians can no longer use the same budgetary gimmicks that we so often deride in our leaders in Washington D.C. Unfortunately, the 82nd Legislature “balanced the budget” by using those gimmicks. We need to put Texas on sound fiscal footing by requiring a zero-based budget so that each department and program has to justify its use every biennium."

Taxes

  • Excerpt: "I oppose all efforts to implement an income tax here in the Lone Star State. I will also seek to substantially reduce if not eliminate the Margins Tax which places a heavy burden on our most vital and effective job creators: small businesses and entrepreneurs."

Sanctity Of Life

  • Excerpt: "I believe that life begins at conception and that life should be protected with the full force of law. We must respect life from conception to natural death."

Education

  • Excerpt: "As Texans we understand that without properly educating our children, the future prosperity of the state is in jeopardy. That means that funding for education should go to those who need it most – teachers and students in the classroom. I also believe that we should continue to pursue alternate means of educating our children such as charter schools and online learning."

Illegal Immigration

  • Excerpt: "I believe it is the right and responsibility of Texas to secure its own borders if the federal government does not hold up its end of the responsibility. I also feel that sanctuary cities should not be allowed to sit idly by and ignore the will of the people and the rule of law. There is certainly a detrimental economic effect that comes with illegal immigration, and if Texas is to get its fiscal house in order, stopping the flow of illegal immigration has to be a part of that solution."

2012

Krause's website highlighted the following campaign themes:

State Budget

  • Excerpt: "Texas politicians can no longer use the same budgetary gimmicks that we so often deride in our leaders in Washington D.C. Unfortunately, the 82nd Legislature “balanced the budget” by using those gimmicks. We need to put Texas on sound fiscal footing by requiring a zero-based budget so that each department and program has to justify its use every biennium."

Taxes

  • Excerpt: "I oppose all efforts to implement an income tax here in the Lone Star State. I will also seek to substantially reduce if not eliminate the Margins Tax which places a heavy burden on our most vital and effective job creators: small businesses and entrepreneurs."

Sanctity of Life

  • Excerpt: "I believe that life begins at conception and that life should be protected with the full force of law. We must respect life from conception to natural death."

Education

  • Excerpt: "As Texans we understand that without properly educating our children, the future prosperity of the state is in jeopardy. That means that funding for education should go to those who need it most – teachers and students in the classroom. I also believe that we should continue to pursue alternate means of educating our children such as charter schools and online learning."

Campaign finance summary


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Matt Krause campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2020Texas House of Representatives District 93Won general$1,253,992 N/A**
2018Texas House of Representatives District 93Won general$294,873 N/A**
2014Texas House of Representatives, District 93Won $177,918 N/A**
2012Texas State House, District 93Won $155,624 N/A**
2010Texas State House, District 99Lost $29,466 N/A**
Grand total$1,911,873 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

State legislative tenure

Committee assignments

2021-2022

Krause was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Krause was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Texas committee assignments, 2017
• Culture, Recreation, & Tourism
Land & Resource Management

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Krause served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Krause served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

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2022

In 2022, the Texas State Legislature was not in session.


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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Gary Fickes (R)
Tarrant County Commissioners Court Precinct 3
2025-Present
Succeeded by
-
Preceded by
-
Texas House of Representatives District 93
2013-2023
Succeeded by
Nate Schatzline (R)