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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/>

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=June 21, 2020}}</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>