Joanne Shofner is the incumbent state representative for District 11, first elected in November 2024 and serving on the Higher Education and Public Health committees.
In her first term she authored the bill that made the anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin available over the counter in Texas.
Shofner’s take on Texas values
Shofner voted for the 2025 school voucher law, which lets parents use roughly $10,000 in public money per child toward private school tuition and other approved expenses; she publicly praised the bill on the House floor. [Ballotpedia; house.texas.gov]