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Party selects its nominee.
Current rolePolitical candidate
PartyRepublican
Political ideologyTrump-aligned Republican
GenderMale
LocationTexas
BackgroundPolitical candidate
Notable personal detailsRyan Zink is a Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Texas’s 19th Congressional District. He has run for the seat in prior cycles and filed with the FEC for the 2026 election. He is based in the Lubbock/Wolfforth area in West Texas and has described himself publicly as a small business owner.
The candidate has publicly positioned himself as a small-government/constitutional conservative and campaign materials and media coverage attribute support for eliminating the federal income tax and a federal sales tax; however the campaign website does not publish a detailed tax policy and there is limited direct policy text on taxes available from the candidate’s official pages.
The candidate states that abortion is wrong except in rare medical circumstances and believes the federal government should have no role in supporting abortion; he supports defunding abortion providers.
The candidate rejects that man-made climate change is an urgent global threat and identifies oil and gas as the most reliable energy source; he advocates expanded domestic drilling and energy independence. His stated positions emphasize support for fossil-fuel production and opposition to climate-focused regulatory measures.
Ryan Zink is being mentioned in the context of the broader fight over voting rights and redistricting after recent Supreme Court rulings. The biggest development is that civil rights groups and Democrats are pushing back as Republican-led states move to redraw maps, with concerns about Black representation in Congress and state legislatures. A separate Texas election update notes that the state is finalizing certification of its 2026 primary results, but it does not clearly tie directly to Zink.







Aggregation source: FiftyPlusOne
2024
2026
LatestCycle 2024
Cycle 2026
Source: FEC
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