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'''Matthew Haston Krause''', known as '''Matt Krause''' (born August 19, 1980) is an [[attorney]] and a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 93, which encompasses a portion of Haslet in Tarrant County in [[suburb]]an [[Fort Worth]], [[Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lrl.texas.gov/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=5747&searchparams=chamber=~city=~countyID=0~RcountyID=~district=~first=~gender=~last=Krause~leaderNote=~leg=~party=~roleDesc=~Committee=|title=Matt Krause|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=June 21, 2020}}</ref>​

'''Matthew Haston Krause''', known as '''Matt Krause''' (born August 19, 1980) is an [[attorney]] and a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 93, which encompasses a portion of Haslet in Tarrant County in [[suburb]]an [[Fort Worth]], [[Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lrl.texas.gov/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=5747&searchparams=chamber=~city=~countyID=0~RcountyID=~district=~first=~gender=~last=Krause~leaderNote=~leg=~party=~roleDesc=~Committee=|title=Matt Krause|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=June 21, 2020}}</ref>​

 

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/>​

In the May 29, 2012 Republican primary, Krause ran in his current District 93 against the one-term incumbent Barbara Parrish Nash (born c. 1944), a former school board and city council member in Arlington, Texas, and a third candidate, Patricia "Pat" Carlson. Krause won the nomination without need for a runoff election with 3,098 votes (50.7 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State,  Republican primary election returns, May 29, 2012 (House District 92).</ref>

In the May 29, 2012 Republican primary, Krause ran in his current District 93 against the one-term incumbent Barbara Parrish Nash (born c. 1944), a former school board and city council member in Arlington, Texas, and a third candidate, Patricia "Pat" Carlson. Krause won the nomination without need for a runoff election with 3,098 votes (50.7 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State,  Republican primary election returns, May 29, 2012 (House District 92).</ref>

In 2010, Barbara Nash had unseated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Paula Pierson, by 431 votes, 49.3 percent to 47.6 percent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe|title=General election returns, November 2, 2010 (House District 92)|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|accessdate=March 18, 2014}}</ref>​

In 2010, Barbara Nash had unseated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Paula Pierson, by 431 votes, 49.3 percent to 47.6 percent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe|title=General election returns, November 2, 2010 (House District 92)|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|accessdate=March 18, 2014}}</ref>

 

In the November 6, 2012 general election, Krause defeated the Democrat Shane Hardin and the [[Libertarian Party]] choice, Bruce Beckman. He polled 29,527 votes (58.9 percent) to Hardin's 18,797 (37.5 percent), and Beckman's 1,768 (3.5 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, General Election Returns,  November 6, 2012  (House District 93).</ref>

In the November 6, 2012 general election, Krause defeated the Democrat Shane Hardin and the [[Libertarian Party]] choice, Bruce Beckman. He polled 29,527 votes (58.9 percent) to Hardin's 18,797 (37.5 percent), and Beckman's 1,768 (3.5 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, General Election Returns,  November 6, 2012  (House District 93).</ref>

Krause is a member of the House committees of (1) County Affairs and (2) Special Purpose Districts, the same assignments as his District 92 colleague, Jonathan Stickland]<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/117467/matt-krause#.UyjU28tOUfg|title=Matt Krause's Biography|publisher=votesmart.com|accessdate=March 19, 2014}}</ref>​

Krause is a member of the House committees of (1) County Affairs and (2) Special Purpose Districts, the same assignments as his District 92 colleague, Jonathan Stickland.<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/117467/matt-krause#.UyjU28tOUfg|title=Matt Krause's Biography|publisher=votesmart.com|accessdate=March 19, 2014}}</ref>​

In March 2015, Krause introduced legislation known as the Unborn Child Due Process Act, which would clarify a legal provision in the Texas Advance Directives Act that forbids anyone from withholding or withdrawing treatment from a pregnant patient. The bill would permit the state to appoint an ad litem to represent the interest of the unborn child in situations where life-sustaining treatment of a pregnant patient is in jeopardy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/politics/lsp-rep_-krause-unborn-child-due-process-act-032215_Dallas-Fort-Worth-297067101.html|title=Lone Star Politics: Unborn Child Due Process Act|publisher=[[NBC]] in Dallas-Fort Worth|accessdate=March 24, 2015}}</ref>

In March 2015, Krause introduced legislation known as the Unborn Child Due Process Act, which would clarify a legal provision in the Texas Advance Directives Act that forbids anyone from withholding or withdrawing treatment from a pregnant patient. The bill would permit the state to appoint an ad litem to represent the interest of the unborn child in situations where life-sustaining treatment of a pregnant patient is in jeopardy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/politics/lsp-rep_-krause-unborn-child-due-process-act-032215_Dallas-Fort-Worth-297067101.html|title=Lone Star Politics: Unborn Child Due Process Act|publisher=[[NBC]] in Dallas-Fort Worth|accessdate=March 24, 2015}}</ref>