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ERIN SHank
CANDIDATE FOR TEXAS HOUSE DISTRICT 56
I'm running for the Texas House because I believe we need an experienced leader that is invested in our community. A leader that is energized and ready to get the job done. Someone that will listen and fight for the concerns and needs of our community in the Texas House. I'm running to put the power where it belongs: in the hands of the people of McLennan County. All I need is your vote!
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A small business owner ready to find long term solutions to permanently lower property taxes.
An experienced attorney that will work across the aisle to revise our immigration laws to address and find real solutions to the political and humanitarian crisis on our Southern border.
A former teacher that will be a staunch advocate for public education, will work to fully fund our local schools and fight against the harmful voucher scam.
A citizen concerned with climate change that will work to create a stable energy system, find solutions to help lower our rising utility bills, and face the reality of the impact extreme temperatures and weather are having on our community and state.
A mom of a disabled child ready to fight to ensure that Texans living with a disability receive the same rights, protections, and freedoms as everyone else.
A leader that is energized, invested in our community, and ready to serve the residents of McLennan County in the Texas House of Representatives.
meet eriN
Erin is a former teacher, a mom of three, a disability advocate, and a small business owner. After finishing law school, she became a bankruptcy attorney and has helped more than 6,500 Central Texans, including many active duty military members and veterans, over the past 40 years during some of the most difficult times in their lives. She knows how to listen to folks, understand their issues, and then fight for them in Court.
Erin is running for the Texas House because she believes we need a leader that is invested in our community. A leader that is energized and ready to get the job done.
Erin will work to fully fund our public schools, fight against the harmful voucher scam, and bring our beloved teachers and school staff a much overdue pay raise.
She will also stand up for reproductive healthcare freedom for women and girls in Texas by fighting for exceptions for the life of the woman, the health of the woman, rape, incest and an exception for disabled girls.
Erin believes that Texans living with a disability receive the same rights, protections, and freedoms as everyone else.
She will also focus on creating an energy system that can support the ninth largest economy in the world and help lower rising utility bills as Texans face the reality of climate change and the impact extreme temperatures and weather are having on our community and state.
Like all Texans, Erin sees regular news reports of the political and humanitarian crisis on our Southern border. She will work across the aisle to revise our immigration laws to address the need to find real solutions to both secure our border and deal with the immigrants that approach our border every day.
Erin lives in Waco, Texas with her daughter, Rachel. She has two sons, Paul and Billy, and has served Central Texans as a bankruptcy lawyer for 40 years. She maintains two small businesses and is an actively involved citizen and community leader in multiple organizations across McLennan County.
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VIDEOS
The following videos are from Erin’s 2024 and 2022 campaigns for Texas House District 56.