TX-32 Republican nominee?
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MAY 27, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleBusiness executive
PartyRepublican
Political ideologyConservative Republican
Age58 years old (Nov 19, 1967)
GenderMale
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LocationTexas
BackgroundBusiness executive
EducationUniversity of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business (BBA)
Notable personal detailsRyan Lee Binkley is an American businessman and pastor based in the Dallas–Fort Worth area. He is CEO and co-founder of Generational Group, a middle-market M&A and business advisory firm. He is lead pastor and co-founder (with his wife, Ellie) of Create Church in Richardson, Texas. He previously ran in the 2024 Republican presidential primaries and later ran for U.S. House in Texas’s 32nd district in 2026, withdrawing from the GOP runoff.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Supports cutting wasteful federal spending, reducing taxes, and removing regulatory red tape; favors a flatter tax system and extending Trump-era tax cuts as pro-growth measures.
Healthcare
Supports market-based reforms focused on price transparency, interstate competition, and patient choice rather than expanding government-run coverage. Proposes forcing insurers and hospitals to publish prices and allowing consumers to shop for care across state lines to lower costs. Emphasizes breaking large insurance conglomerates and returning control to patients and doctors.
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Immigration & Border
Supports strengthening border security through physical barriers, increased funding for barriers/technology/personnel, expedited asylum adjudication at the border, and prioritizing detention and deportation of unauthorized migrants while also offering limited status options for some Dreamers/TPS recipients. Emphasizes enforcement-first measures to end what he calls open-border policies and to reorganize DHS for stricter immigration enforcement.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
The candidate supports restricting abortion at the national level and emphasizes building a “culture of life,” indicating support for national abortion limits while framing policy in pro-family terms. Public statements say he would be willing to sign national abortion restrictions.
Climate & Energy
Supports increased U.S. energy production and 'energy independence' while rejecting alarmist rhetoric about climate change; favors market-driven innovation in energy and clean technology rather than aggressive regulatory mandates. Has opposed certain carbon-capture pipeline projects on property-rights and eminent-domain grounds.
Public Safety & Guns
Opposes assault‑weapons bans as ineffective and expresses support for defending Second Amendment rights while criticizing liberal gun‑control proposals. Positions emphasize standing against restrictions and framing gun violence as a broader social/health issue rather than solvable primarily through bans.
News
Ryan Binkley is one of nine Republicans running in the primary for Texas’s 32nd Congressional District, a seat reshaped by redistricting and now seen as more favorable for Republicans. The crowded field is expected to make a runoff likely because no candidate is projected to clear 50% in the primary. The 32nd District race is being watched as part of a broader set of competitive Texas House primaries influenced by redistricting.
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Fundraising
Latest report: Cycle 20262026
LatestCycle 2026
Source: FEC
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We're monitoring and will update when new data impacts the race.
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