State Rep. Sheryl Cole
An Austin attorney and CPA, Rep. Cole serves as Vice-Chair of the House Administration Committee and Vice-Chair of the Subcommittee on County & Regional Government. Prior to the Legislature, she served three terms on the Austin City Council as the city’s first African American female Mayor Pro Tempore.
- Term
- Jan. 14, 2025 – Jan. 12, 2027
- Serving since
- 2019
- Seniority
- #73 of 150
- Occupation
- Attorney and CPA
- Education
- B.B.A. & J.D., University of Texas at Austin
- Next election
- Nov. 7, 2028 (primary March 7, 2028)
Contact
District
Official House District 46 map (PDF)
- Counties
- Travis (Part)
- Cities & CDPs
- Austin (Part), Elgin (Part), Hornsby Bend, Manor, Pflugerville (Part), Round Rock (Part), Webberville
- Region
- Central Texas
District Profile
- Hispanic 37.3%
- Anglo 35.1%
- Black 19.7%
- Asian 7.6%
- Other 0.3%
How this district voted
Source: Texas Legislative Council, PLANH2316 reports Red-100 (2020 Census) and Red-206 (2024 general election).
Committees
89th Legislature (2025)
Legislation
89th Legislature (2025)
Biography
Rep. Sheryl Cole served as one of the Tri-Chairs of the AISD Bond Committee in 2004. She was later elected to three terms on the Austin City Council, serving as Austin’s first African American female Mayor Pro Tempore. Since 2018, she has represented the communities of East Austin, Manor, and Pflugerville in the Texas Legislature.
Rep. Cole currently serves as Vice Chair of the House Administration Committee, and sits on the Culture, Recreation & Tourism and Intergovernmental Affairs Committees, and serves as Vice-Chair of the County & Regional Government Subcommittee. She is also a member of the House Democratic Caucus, the Texas Legislative Black Caucus — where she earned Freshman of the Year in her first session — the Texas Women’s Health Caucus, and the LGBTQ Caucus.
On the Austin City Council, Rep. Cole sponsored a resolution making Austin the first city in Texas to publicly support marriage equality. As Mayor Pro Tem, she worked on an affordable housing bond package that passed with 61% of the vote. She also worked on the Waller Creek redevelopment project, which moved prime downtown real estate out of the flood plain for what is now home to the UT Medical School. She chaired the Audit and Finance Committee during a period in which Austin maintained its AAA bond rating.
Rep. Cole is an accountant and attorney by training, having earned her B.B.A. in accounting from the University of Texas at Austin and her J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law. Her work has been recognized by the Austin Chronicle as “Best Council Stewards,” by the Texas Legislative Black Caucus as “Outstanding Community Leader,” and by the Travis County Democratic Party among their “Trio of Stars” in 2015.
Biography adapted from the official Texas House website.
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Service History
- Texas House, District 46 · 2019–present
