About this office
There are only 31 State Senators for all of Texas, and every bill has to get past them. Who you elect as your State Senator can be the difference between a bill becoming a law that changes lives for the better — or being left to die. Yours represents Hays County and the counties around it, and once elected, sits for four years. It's a small club with a lot of quiet power, and this is one of the few times you get a say in who's in it.
Candidates
Dennis PaulDennis Paul is the only licensed professional engineer in the entire Texas Legislature, and he started his own structural engineering firm back in 2002.
About Dennis
Paul has represented a Houston-area Texas House district since 2015 and now serves as Treasurer of the House Republican Caucus. He's running for the open Senate District 11 seat with Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's backing, and has focused much of his legislative career on coastal flood protection projects and growing the Houston-area aerospace industry.
Shannon DicelyShannon Dicely went back to college to finish a political science degree nearly twenty years after her first degree — a decision she made while recovering from breast cancer treatment during the pandemic.
About Shannon
Dicely is a mother who spent years as a stay-at-home parent and public-school volunteer in the Houston Bay Area before her 2020 cancer diagnosis pushed her toward community organizing and voter-rights advocacy. She won the Democratic primary for Senate District 11 with 75% of the vote and is now running on affordability, public schools, and healthcare access.