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==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>​

 

After high school, Krause attended San Diego Christian College in Santee in suburban [[San Diego]],  [[California]], where his basketball skills brought his team in his sophomore year to the Final 4 of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. He carried both athletic and academic scholarship by the time he graduated. Thereafter, Krause, who had married the former Jennie Sue Napier while in college, enrolled and subsequently graduated in 2007 in the inaugural class of [[Jerry Falwell]]'s [[Liberty University]] School of Law in Lynchburg, [[Virginia]]. Krause worked on the ''Law Review'' and the moot court program and graduated third in his class.<ref name=ttribune/>​

After high school, Krause attended San Diego Christian College in Santee in suburban [[San Diego]],  [[California]], where his basketball skills brought his team in his sophomore year to the Final 4 of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. He carried both athletic and academic scholarship by the time he graduated. Thereafter, Krause, who had married the former Jennie Sue Napier while in college, enrolled and subsequently graduated in 2007 in the inaugural class of [[Jerry Falwell]]'s [[Liberty University]] School of Law in Lynchburg, [[Virginia]]. Krause worked on the ''Law Review'' and the moot court program and graduated third in his class.<ref name=ttribune/>

The Krauses are members of the Glenview Baptist Church in Fort Worth.<ref name=ttribune/>They have three children, Jeremiah (born 2007), Hannah Sue (born 2008), and James Reagan Krause (born 2012).<ref name=votesmart/>​

The Krauses are members of the Glenview Baptist Church in Fort Worth.<ref name=ttribune/>They have three children, Jeremiah (born 2007), Hannah Sue (born 2008), and James Reagan Krause (born 2012).<ref name=votesmart/>​

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==Political life==

==Political life==

After law school, Krause opened a Texas office of Liberty Counsel, a [[nonprofit organization]] devoted to the sanctity of human life, religious liberties, and the traditional family. It was this venture which brought the Krauses to Fort Worth. He became a precinct chairman for the Tarrant County Republican Party and worked to draw voters in both [[primary]] and [[general election]]s cycles. He is president of the Northwest Tarrant Republican Club. He also worked to cement the bond between the Republican Party and the [[Tea Party movement]].<ref name=ttribune/>​

After law school, Krause opened a Texas office of Liberty Counsel, a [[nonprofit organization]] devoted to the sanctity of human life, religious liberties, and the traditional family. It was this venture which brought the Krauses to Fort Worth. He became a precinct chairman for the Tarrant County Republican Party and worked to draw voters in both [[primary]] and [[general election]]s cycles. He is president of the Northwest Tarrant Republican Club. He also worked to cement the bond between the Republican Party and the [[Tea Party movement]].<ref name=ttribune/>​