Ryan Krause

Ryan Krause (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 35th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on March 3, 2026.

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Biography

Ryan Krause earned a high school diploma from Canyon High School. His career experience includes working as an entrepreneur. ^[1]

Elections

2026

Texas' 35th Congressional District election, 2026 (March 3 Democratic primary)

Texas' 35th Congressional District election, 2026 (March 3 Republican primary)

Texas' 35th Congressional District election, 2026 (May 26 Republican primary runoff)

Texas' 35th Congressional District election, 2026 (May 26 Democratic primary runoff)

General election

The primary runoff will occur on May 26, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary runoff.

Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 35

Maureen Galindo and Johnny Garcia are running in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 35 on May 26, 2026.

		Candidate
		Maureen Galindo
		Johnny Garcia

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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 35

Carlos De La Cruz and John Lujan are running in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 35 on May 26, 2026.

		Candidate
		Carlos De La Cruz
		John Lujan

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 35

Maureen Galindo and Johnny Garcia advanced to a runoff. They defeated Whitney Masterson-Moyes and John Lira in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 35 on March 3, 2026.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Maureen Galindo	29.2	15,931
✔	Johnny Garcia	27.0	14,743
	Whitney Masterson-Moyes	23.4	12,762
	John Lira	20.4	11,122

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source 1 Source 2 Source 3	Total votes: 54,558
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Greg Casar (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 35

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 35 on March 3, 2026.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	John Lujan	32.5	13,899
✔	Carlos De La Cruz	27.1	11,579
	Jay Furman	12.9	5,500
	Ryan Krause	9.0	3,840
	Joshua Cortez	4.5	1,903
	Steven Wright	4.0	1,706
	Randy Adams	3.7	1,574
	Vanessa Hicks-Callaway	3.5	1,492
	Mark Eberwine	1.5	652
	Rod Lingsch	0.8	345
	Larry La Rose	0.6	272

	There were no incumbents in this race. Source	Total votes: 42,762
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Christopher Schuchardt (R)

Endorsements

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Texas Right to Life

2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 15

Monica De La Cruz defeated Michelle Vallejo and Ross Lynn Leone in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 15 on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Monica De La Cruz (R)	53.3	80,978
	Michelle Vallejo (D)	44.8	68,097
	Ross Lynn Leone (L)	1.9	2,814

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 151,889
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 15

Michelle Vallejo defeated Ruben Ramirez in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 15 on May 24, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Michelle Vallejo	50.1	6,079
	Ruben Ramirez	49.9	6,049

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 12,128
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 15

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 15 on March 1, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Ruben Ramirez	28.3	9,221
✔	Michelle Vallejo	20.1	6,570
	John Villarreal Rigney	19.2	6,268
	Eliza Alvarado	16.5	5,398
	Vanessa Tijerina	10.6	3,470
	Julio Garza	5.2	1,693

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 32,620
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Roberto Haddad (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 15

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 15 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Monica De La Cruz	56.5	16,835
		Mauro Garza	15.3	4,544
		Sara Canady	9.2	2,741
		Ryan Krause	9.2	2,728
	Submit photo	Steve Schmuker Jr.	3.6	1,064
	Submit photo	John Lerma	2.2	658
	Submit photo	Jose Aizar Cavazos	1.7	504
	Submit photo	Angela Juarez	1.4	416
		Vangela Churchill	1.0	298

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 29,788
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 15

Ross Lynn Leone advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 15 on March 19, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Ross Lynn Leone (L)

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2020

Texas' 15th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary)

Texas' 15th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 15

Incumbent Vicente Gonzalez Jr. defeated Monica De La Cruz and Ross Lynn Leone in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 15 on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Vicente Gonzalez Jr. (D)	50.5	115,605
	Monica De La Cruz (R)	47.6	109,017
	Ross Lynn Leone (L)	1.9	4,295

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 228,917
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Carlos Fabara (G)

Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 15

Monica De La Cruz defeated Ryan Krause in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 15 on July 14, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Monica De La Cruz	76.0	7,423
	Ryan Krause	24.0	2,350

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,773 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 15

Incumbent Vicente Gonzalez Jr. advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 15 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Vicente Gonzalez Jr.	100.0	43,689

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 43,689
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 15

Monica De La Cruz and Ryan Krause advanced to a runoff. They defeated Tim Westley in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 15 on March 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Monica De La Cruz	43.0	11,330
✔	Ryan Krause	39.7	10,441
	Tim Westley	17.3	4,550

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 26,321
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Carl Spandau (R)

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 15

Ross Lynn Leone advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 15 on March 21, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Ross Lynn Leone (L)

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2018

See also: Texas' 21st Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 21

Chip Roy defeated Joseph Kopser and Lee Santos in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 21 on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Chip Roy (R)	50.2	177,654
	Joseph Kopser (D)	47.6	168,421
	Lee Santos (L)	2.1	7,542

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 353,617
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 21

Joseph Kopser defeated Mary Wilson in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 21 on May 22, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Joseph Kopser	57.9	14,765
	Mary Wilson	42.1	10,722

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 25,487
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 21

Chip Roy defeated Matt McCall in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 21 on May 22, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Chip Roy	52.7	18,088
	Matt McCall	47.3	16,243

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 34,331
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 21

Mary Wilson and Joseph Kopser advanced to a runoff. They defeated Derrick Crowe and Elliott McFadden in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 21 on March 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Mary Wilson	30.9	15,736
✔	Joseph Kopser	29.0	14,787
	Derrick Crowe	23.1	11,742
	Elliott McFadden	17.0	8,667

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 50,932
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 21

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 21 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chip Roy	27.1	19,428
✔		Matt McCall	16.9	12,152
		William Negley	15.5	11,163
		Jason Isaac	10.0	7,208
		Jenifer Sarver	5.6	4,027
		Robert Stovall	4.8	3,414
		Susan Narvaiz	3.8	2,720
		Francisco Canseco	3.5	2,489
		Ryan Krause	3.2	2,300
		Al Poteet	1.8	1,300
		Peggy Wardlaw	1.8	1,285
	Submit photo	Samuel Temple	1.4	1,020
		Anthony White	1.3	952
		Eric Burkhart	1.0	723
		Mauro Garza	0.9	663
		Autry Pruitt	0.6	455
	Submit photo	Foster Hagen	0.5	394
		Ivan Andarza	0.1	96

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 71,789
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Campaign themes

2026

Ballotpedia survey responses

Ryan Krause completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Krause's responses.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am a God-fearing Christian that loves my country. My top values (for 19 years now) are Faith, Family, and Freedom. I am unapologetically Christian. God is first in my life and I believe God is the source of success in life, country, and the world. I believe the family (by God's design) is the foundation of culture and society at large. It is the breakdown of the family that has lead to the chaos in America and it will be the restoration of the family that will lead America back to the greatness that we once were. I am passionate about individual freedom. God 's purpose in my life is to "help people be better than they ever thought they could be". I will do that by getting the government out of their way. When we surrender ourselves to the safety, oversight, and control of a human centralized authority, we greatly reduce our potential and experience of life. God created us with free-will. It is not the governments role to take that will away from us. God-fearing, America first, family committed, and freedom fighting is how I live and how I will represent . Working with Foreign Governments and people from all over the world has taught me how important the USA is to the entire World. I have experienced it first hand. This being the case, it is imperative that we protect and secure what the USA is and the values that brought us here. For our children, our children's children, and the world-over...

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Limit the size and scope of the Federal Government. Aggressively attack fraud, waste, and abuse. Reel back Government "intervention", Empower People by getting the Government out of their way. Returning "power to the People". Leaving money in people's pockets rather than acting like the Government "knows better". Promote "Congress with a Back-bone" that will do its job rather than abdicating Congressional responsibilities - Budget, Appropriations, Oversight, Veterans Affairs, Border Security, Immigration, etc.
Codify closed borders, Immigration reform, resourcing Border Patrol
Repeal the Un-Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). Pass a common sense, graduated - health care bill that will return healthcare to the citizens needing it. Cause the healthcare system to be a competitive, free market, patient focused industry. Get the Government out of Healthcare!

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Healthcare, Border security, Crime Reduction, Christian Values

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2022

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2020

Ryan Krause completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Krause's responses.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Krause is a tested business leader with over twenty years of experience and has earned the respect of the top leaders in our community. Krause and his wife, Bridgett, have 2 children and 3 grandchildren. Krause's greatest fulfillment in life comes from helping others be better than they ever thought they could be.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Faith
Family
Freedom

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Krause is a Pro-Life Conservative who advocates for less government, free-market healthcare, protecting U.S. borders, and supporting the military. He wants to reduce the tax burden on all Americans and keep our promise to care for the veteran community. Krause looks forward to going to Washington to fight for the great Americans of Texas Congressional District 15 and all of America by reducing government, protecting our liberties, and restoring hope in America.

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Campaign finance summary

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Ryan Krause campaign contribution history
Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2026*	U.S. House Texas District 35	Lost primary	$237,646	$89,056
2022	U.S. House Texas District 15	Lost primary	$19,452	$10,881
2020	U.S. House Texas District 15	Lost primary runoff	$51,590	$51,730
Grand total			$308,688	$151,667
Sources: OpenSecrets, Federal Election Commission *This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

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Elections

2026

General election

Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 35

Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 35

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 35

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 35

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Endorsements

2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 15

Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 15

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 15

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 15

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 15

2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 15

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 15

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 15

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 15

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 15

2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 21

Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 21

Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 21

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 21

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 21

Campaign themes

2026

Ballotpedia survey responses

2022

2020

Campaign finance summary

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