2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Texas Senate District 11

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Shannon Dicely

Democratic

Work: Coordinator, Lone Star College Center for Civic Engagement

Shannon Dicely coordinates the Lone Star College Center for Civic Engagement and previously worked as a recruiter for the WorkPlace Group and an implementation specialist at software company GHG Corporation. She holds a master's degree in political science from Sam Houston State University. This is her first run for office.

Sources for Dicely

Shannon Dicely - candidate profile, tx-statesen-11 (Branch Politics (branch.vote), Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Dennis Paul

Republican

In office now: State Representative, District 129
Work: State Representative, Texas House District 129 (since 2015); founder, Paul Engineering Inc. (Webster), structural engineering firm

Dennis Paul currently serves as the State Representative for District 129 in the Texas Legislature, a district that includes all or part of Harris County.

Dennis Paul is a civil/structural engineer who worked at CBM Engineers (from 1988) and Carter and Burgess (from 1995) before founding Paul Engineering Inc. in Webster in 2002. He was elected to Texas House District 129 in 2014, where he has served on the Transportation and Insurance committees. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in civil engineering from the University of Houston.

Paul's committees

Insurance
Transportation
S/C on Transportation Funding (Vice Chair)

Sources for Paul

Dennis Paul: 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. Dennis Paul 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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