State of Texas
State Representative, District 59
Shelby Slawson
Republican Incumbent- On ballot as
- SHELBY SLAWSON
- Current role
- State Representative, Texas House District 59 (since January 12, 2021)
- Background
- Bachelor's degree, University of Texas at Dallas (2000)
- Law degree, University of Texas at Austin (2003)
- First-generation college graduate; began at Tarleton State University (per campaign)
- Attorney, entrepreneur and small business owner in her hometown of Stephenville (per official biography)
- Native Texan raised in House District 59 (per campaign)
- Experience
- House committees: Appropriations; Human Services; two select committees (per House committee page)
- Vice Chair, Texas House Republican Caucus (per campaign)
- Re-elected November 2024 (80.7%)
- Carried the Texas Heartbeat Act (SB 8) in the House as a freshman (per campaign)
- First elected 2020; defeated Rep. J.D. Sheffield in July 2020 primary runoff
- Republican primary (March 3, 2026): unopposed
- Top priorities
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- Tidbits
- Abortion: Campaign site, in a signed statement listing what she calls victories for Texans: "passage of the Texas Heartbeat Act"
- Border and immigration: Campaign site, in a signed statement listing what she calls victories for Texans: "significant investments in border security"
- Guns: Campaign site, in a signed statement listing what she calls victories for Texans: "defense of your Second Amendment rights and right to worship"
- Public schools and vouchers: Campaign site, in a signed statement listing what she calls victories for Texans: "huge investments in public education, and empowering parents to make the decisions they know to be best for their own children"
- Property taxes: Campaign site, in a signed statement listing what she calls victories for Texans: "historic property tax relief"
- Endorsements
- Texas Home School Coalition
- Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC
- Texas Values Action
- Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT) PAC
- Young Conservatives of Texas (primary)
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- NFIB Texas PAC (primary)
- TruckPAC (Texas Trucking Association) (primary)
- Campaign website
- shelbyslawson.com
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