Sheryl Cole

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Sheryl Cole
Image of Sheryl Cole
Texas House of Representatives District 46
Tenure

2019 - Present

Term ends

2025

Years in position

5

Predecessor
Prior offices
Austin City Council Place 6

Mayor Pro Tempore

Compensation

Base salary

$7,200/year

Per diem

$221/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

University of Texas

Law

University of Texas

Personal
Profession
Attorney
Contact

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Sheryl Cole (Democratic Party) is a member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 46. She assumed office on January 8, 2019. Her current term ends on January 14, 2025.

Cole (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 46. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

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Sheryl Cole earned a Bachelor of Arts in accounting and a Juris Doctor from the University of Texas. Her career experience includes working as an attorney at the law firm of Wright & Greenhill from 1991 to 1995 and as staff counsel at the Texas Municipal League from 1995 to 2001.[1]

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Cole was assigned to the following committees:

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2021-2022

Cole was assigned to the following committees:

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2019-2020

Cole was assigned to the following committees:

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The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 46

Incumbent Sheryl Cole defeated Nikki Kosich in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 46 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sheryl Cole
Sheryl Cole (D)
 
72.9
 
58,417
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Nikki Kosich (R)
 
27.1
 
21,754

Total votes: 80,171
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 46

Incumbent Sheryl Cole advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 46 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sheryl Cole
Sheryl Cole
 
100.0
 
11,447

Total votes: 11,447
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 46

Nikki Kosich advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 46 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Nikki Kosich
 
100.0
 
3,397

Total votes: 3,397
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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2022

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 46

Incumbent Sheryl Cole defeated Samuel Strasser and Thomas Kost in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 46 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sheryl Cole
Sheryl Cole (D)
 
75.5
 
47,273
Image of Samuel Strasser
Samuel Strasser (R) Candidate Connection
 
21.8
 
13,628
Image of Thomas Kost
Thomas Kost (L) Candidate Connection
 
2.8
 
1,726

Total votes: 62,627
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 46

Incumbent Sheryl Cole advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 46 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sheryl Cole
Sheryl Cole
 
100.0
 
13,845

Total votes: 13,845
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 46

Samuel Strasser advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 46 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Samuel Strasser
Samuel Strasser Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
3,149

Total votes: 3,149
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 46

Thomas Kost advanced from the Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 46 on March 12, 2022.

Candidate
Image of Thomas Kost
Thomas Kost (L) Candidate Connection

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Campaign finance

2020

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 46

Incumbent Sheryl Cole won election in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 46 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sheryl Cole
Sheryl Cole (D)
 
100.0
 
62,064

Total votes: 62,064
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 46

Incumbent Sheryl Cole advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 46 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sheryl Cole
Sheryl Cole
 
100.0
 
25,533

Total votes: 25,533
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Campaign finance


2018

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 46

Sheryl Cole defeated Gabriel Nila and Kevin Ludlow in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 46 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sheryl Cole
Sheryl Cole (D)
 
82.2
 
46,893
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Gabriel Nila (R)
 
14.9
 
8,525
Image of Kevin Ludlow
Kevin Ludlow (L)
 
2.8
 
1,608

Total votes: 57,026
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 46

Sheryl Cole defeated Jose Vela in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 46 on May 22, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sheryl Cole
Sheryl Cole
 
50.9
 
4,967
Image of Jose Vela
Jose Vela
 
49.1
 
4,794

Total votes: 9,761
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 46

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 46 on March 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jose Vela
Jose Vela
 
39.6
 
6,209
Image of Sheryl Cole
Sheryl Cole
 
38.2
 
6,000
Image of Dawnna Dukes
Dawnna Dukes
 
10.2
 
1,595
Image of Ana Cortez
Ana Cortez
 
8.1
 
1,275
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Casey McKinney
 
2.0
 
312
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Warren Baker
 
1.9
 
300

Total votes: 15,691
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 46

Gabriel Nila advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 46 on March 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Gabriel Nila
 
100.0
 
1,609

Total votes: 1,609
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2014

See also: Austin, Texas municipal elections, 2014.

The city of Austin held elections for mayor on November 4, 2014. The candidate filing deadline was August 18, 2014. Incumbent Lee Leffingwell was ineligible to run for re-election due to term limits.[2]

The candidates included Stephen Adler, Sheryl Cole, Mike Martinez, Ronald J. Culver, Mary Krenek, David M. Orshalick, Todd H. Phelps and Randall F. Stephens.[3]

In the general election, Adler and Martinez received the most votes, but neither won a majority. They faced each other in a runoff election on December 16, 2014.[4] Adler was the winner.[5]

Mayor of Austin Runoff Election, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngStephen Adler 67% 52,159
Mike Martinez 33% 25,639
Total Votes 77,798
Source: Travis County Clerk - 2014 Official Election Results
Mayor of Austin General Election, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngMike Martinez 29.6% 51,892
Green check mark transparent.pngStephen Adler 36.8% 64,416
Sheryl Cole 14.8% 25,846
Ronald J. Culver 0.8% 1,358
Mary Krenek 4.2% 7,370
David M. Orshalick 2.1% 3,746
Todd H. Phelps 9.9% 17,333
Randall F. Stephens 1.8% 3,204
Total Votes 150,882
Source: Travis County Clerk - 2014 Official Election Results

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Sheryl Cole did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Sheryl Cole did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Sheryl Cole campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Texas House of Representatives District 46Won general$62,468 $51,671
2022Texas House of Representatives District 46Won general$143,173 $117,197
2020Texas House of Representatives District 46Won general$113,613 N/A**
2018Texas House of Representatives District 46Won general$418,364 N/A**
Grand total$737,617 $168,868
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

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Preceded by
Dawnna Dukes (D)
Texas House of Representatives District 46
2019-Present
Succeeded by
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Succeeded by
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Austin City Council Place 6
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