Kyle Rable

In an October interview, Kyle Rable talked about the diapers he had just bought and the hospital bill following his daughter’s recent birth.¹ He and his wife Kristen are raising a son and daughter in Lubbock, along with two rescue dogs.²¹

Rable attended the University of Toledo on an Army ROTC scholarship and received his commission into the Army Reserve after completing his undergraduate degree.³ He earned a master’s degree at Bowling Green State University while continuing as an Army officer, and says he worked full time in restaurants and kitchens to support himself during his studies.³ He is now a doctoral student at Texas Tech University in Lubbock.³

His organizing experience includes serving as secretary of the Lubbock County Democratic Party and membership in CWA Local 6186, through which he opposed Texas higher education bills in 2023.² His housing proposals include limits on large corporations buying houses and tax credits for families purchasing their first home.²

Rable faces Republican Tom Sell in the race for the House seat held by Jodey Arrington.¹ His platform also proposes freezing interest rates on small family farm loans, supporting soil and water conservation, expanding the childcare workforce and limiting presidential power to impose tariffs.²