State

State Representative, District 11

Vote for: 1
Term: 2 years
Candidates: 2
Election: Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A state representative votes on Texas laws and the state budget in the Texas House of Representatives.

All of Nacogdoches, Rusk, Shelby, Panola, Newton and Sabine counties.

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Roxanne Lathan

Democratic

Retired principal

The gist

Opposes vouchers; supports teacher raises and full school funding.
Supports expanding Medicaid and funding rural hospitals.
Supports regulating data centers and pausing new ones.
Supports Second Amendment and common-sense gun laws.
Supports payroll tax cuts for small businesses.
Supports a six-month citizenship path for DACA recipients, workers.

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Opposes vouchers; supports teacher raises and full school funding.
Roxanne Lathan for Texas House District 11
Campaign website · roxanne4texans.com
“Say NO to vouchers! Yes, to teacher pay raises and fully funding public education.”
Supports expanding Medicaid and funding rural hospitals.
Roxanne Lathan for Texas House District 11
Campaign website · roxanne4texans.com
“Support the expansion of Medicaid, which almost every other state has done.”
Supports regulating data centers and pausing new ones.
Roxanne Lathan for Texas House District 11
Campaign website · roxanne4texans.com
“putting regulations on already built data centers and pausing those not built yet”
Supports Second Amendment and common-sense gun laws.
Roxanne Lathan for Texas House District 11
Campaign website · roxanne4texans.com
“We can implement common sense gun laws that will reduce gun deaths, while respecting the 2nd Amendment.”
Supports payroll tax cuts for small businesses.
Roxanne Lathan for Texas House District 11
Campaign website · roxanne4texans.com
“Advocate for small businesses for payroll tax cuts and subsidies to help increase revenue.”
Supports a six-month citizenship path for DACA recipients, workers.
Roxanne Lathan for Texas House District 11
Campaign website · roxanne4texans.com
“to earn their US citizenship within six months”

Joanne Shofner

RepublicanIncumbent

Consultant

The gist

Authored bill authorizing pharmacists to dispense ivermectin statewide.In office
Authored bill barring certain additives in school food and drinks.In office
Authored bill defining biological sex for designated spaces.In office
Authored bill barring purchase of certain items with SNAP benefits.In office
Authored law creating the Adopt-a-County Road program.In office

In office = from the candidate's own official statements or legislation as an officeholder, not their campaign.

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Authored bill authorizing pharmacists to dispense ivermectin statewide.
HB 3219, 89th Legislature (R) — bill history
Government record · Texas Legislature Online · capitol.texas.gov
“Relating to a statewide order issued by the commissioner of state health services authorizing a pharmacist to dispense ivermectin.”
Authored bill barring certain additives in school food and drinks.
HB 3736, 89th Legislature (R) — bill history
Government record · Texas Legislature Online · capitol.texas.gov
“Relating to prohibiting certain additives from being included in food and drinks provided by school districts.”
Authored bill defining biological sex for designated spaces.
HB 2704, 89th Legislature (R) — bill history
Government record · Texas Legislature Online · capitol.texas.gov
“Relating to general definitions regarding biological sex and the designation and use of certain spaces according to biological sex; authorizing a civil right of action.”
Authored bill barring purchase of certain items with SNAP benefits.
HB 5157, 89th Legislature (R) — bill history
Government record · Texas Legislature Online · capitol.texas.gov
“Relating to prohibiting the purchase of certain food and drink items under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.”
Authored law creating the Adopt-a-County Road program.
HB 2560, 89th Legislature (R) — bill history
Government record · Texas Legislature Online · capitol.texas.gov
“Relating to creation of the Adopt-a-County Road program.”

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