2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Texas House District 11

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Roxanne Lathan

Democratic

Work: Retired school principal; former elementary teacher

Roxanne Lathan retired as a principal after working as an elementary school teacher, spending about 21 years in East Texas classrooms. She holds teaching, principal and superintendent certifications and a master's degree in education administration.

Sources for Lathan

Roxanne Lathan - candidate profile, tx-statehouse-11 (Branch Politics (branch.vote), Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))
Roxanne Lathan for Texas House District 11 (Roxanne Lathan campaign website, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Joanne Shofner

RepublicanIncumbent

In office now: State Representative, District 11
Work: State Representative, Texas House District 11 (first term, 89th Legislature)

Joanne Shofner is the sitting State Representative for District 11 in the Texas Legislature, a district that includes all or part of Nacogdoches, Newton, Panola, Rusk, Sabine and Shelby counties.

Joanne Shofner represents Texas House District 11 in East Texas and serves on the House Higher Education and Public Health committees. In her first session she passed House Bill 25, allowing over-the-counter sale of ivermectin.

Shofner's committees

Higher Education
Public Health
S/C-Maternal Hlth/Menopause/Access-Evidence-Based Medicine

Sources for Shofner

Joanne Shofner: official member information (Texas Legislature (Texas Senate; Texas House of Representatives; Texas Legislature Online), Public record)
Texas Legislature: committee information (Texas Legislature (Texas Senate; Texas House of Representatives; Texas Legislature Online), Public record)
Texas Legislature: current member roster (Texas Legislature (Texas Senate; Texas House of Representatives; Texas Legislature Online), Public record)
Rep. Joanne Shofner biography (Texas House of Representatives, Public record)

Sources

Candidate list and race details

Ballot Certification Report, 2026 November General Election (state and district offices), and Certified List of Write-In Candidates (Texas Secretary of State, Public record)

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Candidate lists: As of Wednesday, October 14, 2026.

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