Candidate · State House, District 66
Matt Shaheen
What this job does: Your district's vote in the Texas House of Representatives. Members write and vote on state laws and the state budget, and every bill to raise taxes has to start in the House. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- State Representative, House District 66 (first elected 2014)
- Occupation
- Former technology executive
- Lives in
- Plano
Background
- Earned a bachelor's degree from Randolph-Macon College and a master's degree from Southern Methodist University, per Vote Smart. source: justfacts.votesmart.org
- Former technology executive at Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services, per Vote Smart. source: justfacts.votesmart.org
- Former Collin County Commissioner, Precinct 1, per Vote Smart. source: justfacts.votesmart.org
- Has represented Texas House District 66 since 2014, per Vote Smart. source: justfacts.votesmart.org
- Former member of the Plano Community Relations Committee and the Plano Transition and Revitalization Commission, per Vote Smart. source: justfacts.votesmart.org
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