Cole Hefner

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First elected to the Texas House in 2016. Current term expires January 2027. Running for re-election in 2026.

Member of the House Public Education Committee.

Endorsed in the 2024 Republican primary election by Gov. Greg Abbott. Abbott endorsed incumbents who supported his voucher bill, HB 1, in the fourth special session of the 88th Legislature.

Endorsed in the 2022 Republican primary election by the Texas Home School Coalition, which supports using public funds for private and home-schools, giving private and home-schooled students greater access to public education services, and limiting state oversight of private and home schools. Hefner also received the group's endorsement in the 2020, 2018, and 2016 elections.

Endorsed in the 2018 Republican primary and general election by Texans for Fiscal Responsibility (Empower Texans), a group that has supported budget cuts and limiting state spending on public education; eliminating educators' and other public employees' rights to use payroll deduction for payment of their voluntary dues to professional organizations; private school vouchers; and privatizing the management of existing public schools. Hefner also received the group's endorsement in 2016.