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|preceded=Barbara Parrish Nash​

|preceded=Barbara Parrish Nash​

|birth_date=August 19, 1980}​

|birth_date=August 19, 1980}​

|birth_place=[[Tyler, Texas|Tyler]], [[[Texas]], USA​

|birth_place=[[Tyler, Texas|Tyler]], [[Texas]], USA​

|occupation=[[Attorney]] and political [[activist]]​

|occupation=[[Attorney]] and political [[activist]]​

|residence=[[Fort Worth]], Texas​

|residence=[[Fort Worth]], Texas​

|children=Jeremiah, Hannah Sue, and James Reagan Krause​

|children=Jeremiah, Hannah Sue, and James Reagan Krause​

|religion=[[Southern Baptist]]​

|religion=[[Southern Baptist]]​

|alma_mater=San Diego Christian College<br>​

|alma_mater=Castle Hills First Baptist Church School ([[San Antonio]])

San Diego Christian College<br>​

[[Liberty University]] School of Law (Lynchburg, [[Virginia]])​

[[Liberty University]] School of Law (Lynchburg, [[Virginia]])​

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Considered one of the most [[conservative]] of all current Texas legislators, Krause was first elected in 2012 and ran unopposed for a second two-year term in the November 2014 [[general election]].<ref name=votesmart/>​

Considered one of the most [[conservative]] of all current Texas legislators, Krause was first elected in 2012 and ran unopposed for a second two-year term in the November 2014 [[general election]].<ref name=votesmart/>​

 

==Background==​

==Background==

Born in [[Tyler, Texas|Tyler]] in Smith County in East Texas, Krause is the son of a [[Baptist]] pastor and a teacher. He lived for a time as a child in Ranger in Eastland County and Whitehouse  in Smith County before his parents moved the family to [[San Antonio]]. He attended Thousand Oaks Elementary School and graduated in 1998 from the Castle Hills First Baptist School]in suburban Castle Hills in Bexar County, where his mother was a faculty member. In his senior year Krause, who played mostly [[basketball]], was named the "Greater San Antonio Male Athlete of the Year" by the [[Fellowship of Christian Athletes]].<ref name=ttribune>{{cite web|url=http://www.texastribune.org/directory/matt-krause/#ui-tabs-1|title=State Rep. Matt Krause, District 93 (R-Fort Worth)|publisher=[The Texas Tribune''|accessdate=March 19, 2014}}</ref>​

Born in [[Tyler, Texas|Tyler]] in Smith County in East Texas, Krause is the son of a [[Baptist]] pastor and a teacher. He lived for a time as a child in Ranger in Eastland County and Whitehouse  in Smith County before his parents moved the family to [[San Antonio]]. He attended Thousand Oaks Elementary School and graduated in 1998 from the Castle Hills First Baptist School]in suburban Castle Hills in Bexar County, where his mother was a faculty member. In his senior year Krause, who played mostly [[basketball]], was named the "Greater San Antonio Male Athlete of the Year" by the [[Fellowship of Christian Athletes]].<ref name=ttribune>{{cite web|url=http://www.texastribune.org/directory/matt-krause/#ui-tabs-1|title=State Rep. Matt Krause, District 93 (R-Fort Worth)|publisher=[The Texas Tribune''|accessdate=March 19, 2014}}</ref>​

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