Matt Krause
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 | ||
| ✔ | Matt Krause (R) | 63.8 | 156,216 | |
Laura Leeman (D) ![]() | 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 | ||
| ✔ | Laura Leeman ![]() | 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 | ||
| ✔ | 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 | |
Tiffany Burks (D) ![]() | 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| ✔ | Tiffany Burks ![]() | 60.4 | 42,750 | |
| 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 | |
| ✔ | 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 | ||
| ✔ | Ken Paxton (R) | 53.4 | 4,278,986 | |
Rochelle Garza (D) ![]() | 43.7 | 3,497,267 | ||
| 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 | ||
| ✔ | Rochelle Garza ![]() | 62.7 | 305,168 | |
Joe Jaworski ![]() | 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 | ||
| ✔ | Ken Paxton | 68.0 | 633,223 | |
| 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 | ||
| ✔ | Rochelle Garza ![]() | 43.0 | 438,134 | |
| ✔ | Joe Jaworski ![]() | 19.8 | 202,140 | |
| Lee Merritt | 19.4 | 198,108 | ||
Mike Fields ![]() | 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 | ||
| ✔ | Ken Paxton | 42.7 | 823,199 | |
| ✔ | George P. Bush | 22.8 | 439,240 | |
Eva Guzman ![]() | 17.5 | 337,761 | ||
| Louis B. Gohmert Jr. | 17.0 | 327,257 | ||
| Total votes: 1,927,457 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Matt Krause (R)
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 | ||
| ✔ | 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 | ||
| ✔ | Matt Krause (R) | 54.5 | 45,876 | |
Lydia Bean (D) ![]() | 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 | ||
| ✔ | Lydia Bean ![]() | 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 | ||
| ✔ | Matt Krause | 100.0 | 9,740 | |
| Total votes: 9,740 | ||||
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Campaign finance
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 | ||
| ✔ | Matt Krause (R) | 53.9 | 30,878 | |
Nancy Bean (D) ![]() | 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 | ||
| ✔ | Nancy Bean ![]() | 50.7 | 2,623 | |
| 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 | ||
| ✔ | Matt Krause | 100.0 | 6,398 | |
| Total votes: 6,398 | ||||
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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 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | 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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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
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]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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50.7% | 3,098 |
| Barbara Nash Incumbent | 37.6% | 2,298 |
| Patricia Pat Carlson | 11.7% | 715 |
| Total Votes | 6,111 | |
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
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2022
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2020
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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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State legislative tenure
Committee assignments
2021-2022
Krause was assigned to the following committees:
- Culture, Recreation, & Tourism Committee
- General Investigating Committee, Chair
- Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee
2019-2020
Krause was assigned to the following committees:
- Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee
- General Investigating Committee
- Redistricting Committee
- House Transportation Committee
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
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| • Culture, Recreation, & Tourism |
| • Land & Resource Management |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Krause served on the following committees:
| Texas committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Corrections |
| • Land & Resource Management |
2013-2014
In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Krause served on the following committees:
| Texas committee assignments, 2013 |
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| • County Affairs |
| • Special Purpose Districts |
Sponsored legislation
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2022
In 2022, the Texas State Legislature was not in session.
2021
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2020
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2019
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In 2019, the Texas State Legislature was in its 86th legislative session from January 8 through May 27.
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2018
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2017
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In 2017, the Texas State Legislature was in its 85th legislative session from January 10 through May 29. A special session was held from July 18 to August 15.
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2016
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2015
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In 2015, the Texas State Legislature was in its 84th legislative session from January 13 through June 1.
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2014
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2013
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In 2013, the Texas State Legislature was in its 83rd legislative session from January 8 through May 27. Thirty minutes after the regular session ended, Governor Rick Perry called legislators back for a special session starting that evening.[10] Two additional called sessions were held from July 1 through July 30 and July 30 through August 5.[11]
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2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Important 2016 Election Dates," accessed December 14, 2015
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2016 General Election," accessed December 2, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Texas Secretary of State, "2016 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current Election History results," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current ELECTION HISTORY," accessed December 2, 2014
- ↑ The Libertarian Party of Texas, "2014 Texas Representative Candidate List," accessed July 30, 2014
- ↑ Green Party of Texas, "Greens Release Candidate List," accessed July 30, 2014
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current Election History," accessed February 17, 2014
- ↑ mattkrause.org, "Issues," accessed February 13, 2014
- ↑ kten.com, "Texas Lawmakers To Tackle Redistricting In Special Session," May 29, 2013
- ↑ Legislative reference Library of Texas, "Texas Legislative Sessions and Years," accessed June 13, 2014
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Texas House of Representatives District 93 2013-2023 |
Succeeded by Nate Schatzline (R) |
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