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Shelby Slawson

Shelby Slawson

Republican · Texas · 2026 · Incumbent

Running for Texas House District 59, Texas

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Restricting abortion
  • Property tax relief
  • Parental rights in education
Biography

Shelby Slawson is the Republican incumbent for Texas House District 59, representing Coryell, Erath, Hamilton, and Hood counties. She is an attorney and small business owner based in Stephenville who earned a BA summa cum laude from the University of Texas at Dallas and a JD from the University of Texas at Austin, according to her official biography, and was the first freshman since 1985 to serve on the House Calendars Committee.

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Texas House District 59Texas · 2026Coryell County sample ballot

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