Republican · Texas's 32nd District · 2026
Jace Yarbrough
Yarbrough and his wife, Elizabeth, were high school sweethearts.
Biography
Jace Yarbrough and his wife, Elizabeth, were high school sweethearts and are raising five children.1 Together, they founded Saint Francis Academy, a classical Christian school in North Texas.2 He also describes hunting with his children and treasuring his grandfather's guns.3
Raised in rural West Texas, he earned bachelor's degrees in electrical engineering and government from the University of Texas at Austin.1 He served as an Air Force officer after college and continued in the Air Force Reserve.1 He later graduated from Stanford Law School, where he led its Federalist Society chapter.1
Yarbrough worked as a commercial litigator in Dallas before becoming a partner at a litigation boutique focused on conservative causes.1 His campaign describes legal work challenging vaccine mandates, religious discrimination and policies involving abortion.2 He also volunteered as an election attorney in Detroit during the 2024 presidential election.2
His platform supports Trump's mass deportations, opposes amnesty for undocumented immigrants and opposes expanding abortion access.3 The Guardian reported his February call to repeal Hart-Celler.4 The 1965 law ended the national origins quota system.5 He favors national recognition of concealed carry permits, repealing the National Firearms Act, expanding energy production and resisting tax increases.3 He also supports voter identification requirements and a citizenship question in the 2030 census.3 He faces Democrat Dan Barrios for the 32nd District, with gun regulation, federal spending and immigration among the policy choices before voters.637
Record and controversies
Military admonishment and litigation
Yarbrough received a military letter of admonishment after a 2021 retirement speech delivered in uniform; the letter said his political remarks improperly appeared to speak for the Air Force.89 His lawyers describe it as private religious speech and challenged the discipline.10 In April 2026, a judge dismissed without prejudice his individual Religious Freedom Restoration Act claim against General B. Chance Saltzman, concluding that his pleadings did not show a substantial burden on his religious exercise.8 That claim had been severed from the original lawsuit; this order did not decide every original claim.8 A D.C. Circuit listing records an appeal filed June 3, 2026; a later appellate resolution was not verified in this review.11