Joel Krause
Joel Krause (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 26th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on March 5, 2024.
Krause completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Joel Krause was born in Lake City, Iowa.[1] Krause graduated from Iowa State University with a degree in engineering in 1981. He then worked for Westinghouse in Odessa, Texas. Krause later worked for Honeywell, before starting his own company that provides video software and hardware products to sports teams for teaching purposes.[2]
Elections
2024
See also: Texas' 26th Congressional District election, 2024
Texas' 26th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Republican primary)
Texas' 26th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)
General election
The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
General election for U.S. House Texas District 26
Ernest Lineberger III, Brandon Gill, and Phil Gray are running in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 26 on November 5, 2024.
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 | Ernest Lineberger III (D)  | |
 | Brandon Gill (R) | |
 | Phil Gray (L) | |
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 26
Ernest Lineberger III advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 26 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ernest Lineberger III | 100.0 | 18,308 |
| Total votes: 18,308 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Kelvin Leaphart (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 26
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 26 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brandon Gill | 58.4 | 49,876 |
 | Scott Armey | 14.5 | 12,400 | |
 | John Huffman | 10.0 | 8,559 | |
 | Luisa Del Rosal | 4.6 | 3,949 | |
 | Doug Robison | 3.5 | 2,999 | |
 | Mark Rutledge | 2.5 | 2,130 | |
 | Joel Krause | 2.3 | 1,959 | |
 | Neena Biswas | 1.9 | 1,665 | |
 | Burt Thakur | 1.1 | 975 | |
 | Vlad De Franceschi | 0.7 | 572 | |
 | Jason Kergosien | 0.4 | 366 | |
| Total votes: 85,450 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 26
Phil Gray advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 26 on March 23, 2024.
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2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Michael Burgess (R) defeated Eric Mauck (D) and Mark Boler (L) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Burgess defeated Micah Beebe and Joel Krause in the Republican primary on March 1, 2016, while Mauck face no primary opposition.[3][4]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Michael Burgess Incumbent |
66.4% | 211,730 | |
| Democratic | Eric Mauck | 29.6% | 94,507 | |
| Libertarian | Mark Boler | 4% | 12,843 | |
| Total Votes | 319,080 | |||
| Source: Texas Secretary of State | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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Michael Burgess Incumbent |
79.4% | 73,607 | ||
| Joel Krause | 14.2% | 13,201 | ||
| Micah Beebe | 6.4% | 5,942 | ||
| Total Votes | 92,750 | |||
| Source: Texas Secretary of State |
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2014
Krause ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Texas' 26th District. Krause was defeated by incumbent Michael C. Burgess in the Republican primary on March 4, 2014.[5]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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Michael Burgess Incumbent |
82.6% | 33,909 | ||
| Joel Krause | 15.7% | 6,433 | ||
| Divenchy Watrous | 1.7% | 698 | ||
| Total Votes | 41,040 | |||
| Source: Texas Secretary of State |
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Joel Krause completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Krause's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I have been living in the the district for over 30 years I have owned and operated a small business in the district for 30 + years I have owned and operated a business in China for 10+ years Visited more than 50 countries and studied their history Long history of being an active Republican:
In college I was a paid political consultant for Bob Dole, and ran for City Council More Recently: 2014 and 2016 Candidate for U. S. Representative TX 26 District Delegate to Texas Republican Convention many times Worked in Iowa for Trump Campaign and for Senator Josh Hawley in MO Served on the 2022 SD12 Permanent Resolutions Committee Served as Vice President of Texas Republican Assembly
- My plan for America is to become more united and growing Republican Party through the ideas of Truth Accountability and Responsibility. Due to political division various polls show 40% or more Americans believe civil war could be likely in the next 10 years. This division is caused by not knowing the truth and not knowing where to find it. Some Federal employees are acting on known falsehoods or disregarding laws to suit their political views. Politicians and Federal Employees need to be held accountable and suffer severe consequences for breaking their oath and/or acting on known falsehoods. Most news networks are opinionated. I will work to create a news outlet based on facts and little or no opinion.
- The border needs to be closed and all that have entered illegally need to be sent back. No federal money should be used to house or take care of illegals. I would introduce an amendment to change the statue that prevents the US military to be involved in the border crisis. The immigration crisis has long term financial problems for our citizens and country. This influx of people will also have severe consequences to our already exhausted educational system. The US needs to work in moving the dependence of products produced in China to Central and South America to help reduce the motivation to come to the U. S.
- Artificial intelligence (AI) is a most exciting technology with unlimited possibilities to help the human race. AI can also be very scary and intimidating because we cannot grasp it’s potential for good or harm. The country that utilizes AI to its fullest capability will have the dominant military, economy and have the most political influence in the world. America needs to be the leader in AI technology. With the emergence of Ai, Truth, Accountability and Responsibility is even more important.
Spending is out of control and I believe it is a wanted process by politicians so government can spend more money and reward PACs and those to contribute to campaigns. We need a independent auditing firm to conduct a comprehensive audit of Congress for waste, fraud and abuse. Like the contract with America we need a three-fifths majority vote to pass a tax increase and we need an honest accounting of the federal budget by implementing a zero base-line budgeting. Congress need to be held accountable, term limits and limited campaign contributions would help reduce spending.
My Dad, he worked hard, always was truthful and treated people fairly.
Newt Gingrich's contract with America.
Require all laws that apply to the rest of the country also apply to Congress;
Select a major, independent auditing firm to conduct a comprehensive audit of Congress for waste, fraud or abuse;
Cut the number of House committees, and cut committee staff by one-third;
Limit the terms of all committee chairs;
Ban the casting of proxy votes in committee;
Require committee meetings to be open to the public;
Require a three-fifths majority vote to pass a tax increase;
Guarantee an honest accounting of the federal budget by implementing zero base-line budgeting.
Truth, Accountability and Responsibility; elected officials like all Americans need to place God, Values and Country ahead of their personal needs. Unfortunately more and more American are placing themselves ahead of God, Values and Country.
I and truthful, honest and have the ability to see the real problem and find solutions. I have always been a leader and I believe the lord has given me a purpose in this life to lead and make the world a better place.
Core responsibility to represent the individuals in the district and not PACs or large campaign contributors.
Truth, Accountability and Responsibility
Landing on the moon in 1969, I was 11 years old. We as a country need to join as a team to be the leader in AI. This needs to be our landing on the moon.
I started working on a farm my Dad manage at the age of 6. I had this job until I left for college, but still worked in the summers until college graduation.
Bible - faith
Lonesome looser Little River Band
Being the best parent I can be.
This is suppose to be the house of representatives, to represent the people of a district. Unfortunately with the money involved in elections, it is broken. Without Truth, Accountability and Responsibility we will continue to loose the purpose of the House of Representatives.
No. It may be better if they have an open mind.
Our country's division is our greatest challenge, without being united we will have more difficulty in solving the border crisis, decreasing the influence of China and keeping peace in the world. We need to be united to become the leader in AI. AI is the key for a dominant military and a dominant economy. AI could be the economy boom that the dot com was, that could help reduce our deficit.
I agree with term limits, but we need to reduce the dollars involved in elections. Term limits does not decrease the influence of PACs over the individual.
Newt Gingrich
Many stories that believe they are not being represented and there is no accountability. Most do not trust their representative, they are there to make money for themselves or the contributors. They believe we will be stuck with them due to the dollars involved.
What happened to the man running in front of the car?
--He was tired
What happened to the man running behind the car?
--He was exhausted
Compromise, is necessary, however if we have Truth we will be close at the beginning. I believe if everyone know the truth the Republican party would grow and the Democratic party would shrink and less compromise would be needed.
I have an opportunity to reduce the deficit and work on a better budge process. Again Truth, Accountability and Responsibility will be the key.
The oat of office is no longer working. Politicians and government officials need a written contract. Lies, acting on know falsehoods need to have severe penalties. Loosing pension or a percent of an individuals net worth need to be possible penalties. We need to be able to believe in our elected official and government employees.
Individuals - many
Budget, Ethics and Energy and Commerce
I believe all congressman should sign a contract that would include:
1. Large fines ($100,000 for each lie or acting on known falsehoods.
2. Will not gain any gain in net worth related to their political position other than salary.
3. Will not spend more than $50,000 on a re-election campaign. Re-election should be based on merit not dollars.
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2016
The following issues were listed on Krause's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.
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2014
Krause's campaign website listed the following issues:[7]
- Deficit and the Economy
- Excerpt: "Americans spend over $431 billion a year in income tax preparation and administration costs. The Mercatus Center estimates this cost to be as high as $987 billion. This is 40% of our total revenue in 2012. These dollars could be used for more productive activities to create jobs and revenue."
- Increasing the Influence of "We the People" in Washington
- Excerpt: "Responsive government comes from input from the people. The more informed the people are, the more accountable our representatives are held. Right now, it is a slog to find out what policies are being proposed and the pros and cons of these pieces of legislation."
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 6, 2024
- ↑ Campaign website, "About Joel," accessed January 27, 2014
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2016 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County," accessed December 15, 2015
- ↑ The New York Times, "Texas Primary Results," March 1, 2016
- ↑ The Texas Tribune, "Primary 2014 Election Results," March 4, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Campaign website, "On the Issues," accessed January 27, 2014
