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2026 Texas General Election

2026 Texas Primary Election

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Sheryl Cole

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Sheryl Cole has a bachelor 27s degree in accounting and a law degree from the University of Texas. She is married to her college sweetheart, Kevin Cole, and they have three sons. Sheryl and Kevin live in the Wilshire Woods neighborhood and are active members of the David Chapel Missionary Baptist Church.

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Sheryl is an attorney and an accountant. She previously served as an Austin City Council member.

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Sheryl is currently a member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 46. She was first elected in 2018. Sheryl previously served three terms on the Austin City Council.

Texas House of Representatives District 46 - Ballotpedia

Supports defending neighborhoods from gentrification, ensuring affordable housing, empowering labor unions for living wages and stable retirements, and reducing local property taxes through proper state funding of essential services.

Supports the legalization of marijuana and the use of tax revenue to improve education, healthcare, and infrastructure.

Economy

Supports comprehensive gun reform to end gun violence, including background checks, preventing sales to dangerous individuals, raising the minimum age for purchases, and expanding community policing and mental health care.

Public Safety

Supports Medicaid expansion and increased investment in community clinics and mental healthcare, while opposing efforts to deny coverage for preexisting conditions.

Healthcare

Supports a robust and well-funded public education system, opposes private school vouchers, and aims to defend education from Kindergarten through College.

Education

Supports addressing climate change, investing in green energy, strengthening water conservation efforts, and divesting from big oil in favor of wind and solar energy.

Energy & the Environment

Supports equal access to the ballot box for all Texans, opposes suppressive voter ID laws, and advocates for easier voter registration and protections for LGBT Texans.

Voting & Elections

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