Ryan Krause

Ryan Krause

Republican Party

Candidate, U.S. House Texas District 35

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Next election

March 3, 2026

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Ryan Krause (Republican Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 35th Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the Republican primary scheduled on March 3, 2026.^[source]

Biography

Krause's professional experience includes working as an executive pastor at Palm Valley Church, executive director of The John Maxwell Team, and president of Dream Big Facility, LLC, a leadership and coaching development company.

Elections

2026

See also: Texas' 35th Congressional District election, 2026

General election

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

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 35

John Lira and Whitney Masterson-Moyes are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 35 on March 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		John Lira
	Submit photo	Whitney Masterson-Moyes

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Greg Casar (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 35

Joshua Cortez, Ryan Krause, John Lujan, Lauren Peña, and Steven Wright are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 35 on March 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Joshua Cortez
		Ryan Krause
		John Lujan
		Lauren Peña
		Steven Wright

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Christopher Schuchardt (R)

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2022

See also: Texas' 15th Congressional District election, 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

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	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

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	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

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	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

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	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

See also: Texas' 15th Congressional District election, 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

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	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

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	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

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	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

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	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

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	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

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	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

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	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

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	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

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

2026

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2022

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2020

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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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Ryan Krause campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2026*	U.S. House Texas District 35	Candidacy Declared primary	$54,595	$5,115
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			$125,637	$67,726
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections 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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Footnotes

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Texas' current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

John Cornyn (R)

Ted Cruz (R)

Representatives

District 1

Nathaniel Moran (R)

District 2

Daniel Crenshaw (R)

District 3

Keith Self (R)

District 4

Pat Fallon (R)

District 5

Lance Gooden (R)

District 6

Jake Ellzey (R)

District 7

Lizzie Fletcher (D)

District 8

Morgan Luttrell (R)

District 9

Al Green (D)

District 10

Michael McCaul (R)

District 11

August Pfluger (R)

District 12

Craig Goldman (R)

District 13

Ronny Jackson (R)

District 14

Randy Weber (R)

District 15

Monica De La Cruz (R)

District 16

Veronica Escobar (D)

District 17

Pete Sessions (R)

District 18

Vacant

District 19

Jodey Arrington (R)

District 20

Joaquin Castro (D)

District 21

Chip Roy (R)

District 22

Troy Nehls (R)

District 23

Tony Gonzales (R)

District 24

Beth Van Duyne (R)

District 25

Roger Williams (R)

District 26

Brandon Gill (R)

District 27

Michael Cloud (R)

District 28

Henry Cuellar (D)

District 29

Sylvia Garcia (D)

District 30

Jasmine Crockett (D)

District 31

John Carter (R)

District 32

Julie Johnson (D)

District 33

Marc Veasey (D)

District 34

Vicente Gonzalez (D)

District 35

Greg Casar (D)

District 36

Brian Babin (R)

District 37

Lloyd Doggett (D)

District 38

Wesley Hunt (R)

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Vacancies (1)