Kyle Rable

According to his campaign website, Rable comes from a family of working-class people and immigrants with a military background, and he worked in restaurants and kitchens to support himself through school.[2] He attended the University of Toledo on an Army ROTC scholarship, per his campaign website, and later earned a graduate degree from Bowling Green State University.[7][2] He received a commission in the U.S. Army Reserve and continued serving as an Army officer while earning his master's degree; he is a captain in the Reserve.[7][2][4] He then entered the Ph.D. program at Texas Tech University, where he is described as a Ph.D. candidate.[2][3][4]

Rable's campaign website says he is a member of CWA Local 6186 and that he advocated with the union in Austin against SB17 and SB18 during the 2023 legislative session.[5] He has served as secretary of the Lubbock County Democratic Party, according to KCBD in 2025.[3] He announced his candidacy for Texas's 19th District in May 2025, and as of November 2025 he was the only person to have filed in the Democratic primary.[3][4] According to his campaign website, he lives in Lubbock with his wife, Kristen, their son and two rescue dogs.[2][5] He received 30.5% of the vote to Tom Sell's 69.5%, according to unofficial results reported by NBC News.[1]