# Sheryl Cole

Sheryl Cole is a Democratic member of the Texas House for district 46.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Texas House, district 46
- Serving since: 2019-01-08
- Current term: TX 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/97805dd7-1f42-482c-bac3-049dfccda311

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/97805dd7-1f42-482c-bac3-049dfccda311 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

The policy areas Cole talks about and legislates on agree at 0.46 on a 0–1 scale, in the bottom quarter of State House Democrats.

## What Cole says (TX 2025–26 session)

188 classified statements: 188 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Cole | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.5% | 2.5% | 366 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 8.5% | 10.4% | 356 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 34.6% | 39.2% | 468 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.1% | 2.9% | 505 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 15.4% | 14.4% | 311 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.5% | 1.0% | 251 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 42% (State House Democrats 15%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 29% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Education 22% (State House Democrats 15%); Health 12% (State House Democrats 15%); Law 6.2% (State House Democrats 2.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.45 (standard error 0.02), from 1,153 donors and 830 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 75% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (TX 2025–26 session)

3,696 roll calls. Attendance 95.9% (Texas House 93.1%). Party unity 92.7% (85%). 94 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2025-09-03 · voted yea · passage · HB 1 Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties. · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB1/
- 2025-09-03 · voted yea · passage · SB 1 Relating to campground and youth camp safety. · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB1/
- 2025-09-03 · voted nay · passage · HB 8 Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB8/
- 2025-09-03 · voted yea · adopt the conference committee report on SB 5. · SB 5 Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and preparedness and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB5/
- 2025-09-03 · voted yea · passage · HB 8 Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB8/
- 2025-09-03 · voted yea · concur in the senate amendments to HB 20. · HB 20 Relating to measures to prevent and reduce fraudulent charitable solicitations and theft during declared disasters, including establishing a designation… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB20/
- 2025-09-03 · voted yea · passage · SB 1 Relating to campground and youth camp safety. · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB1/
- 2025-09-03 · voted yea · concur in the senate amendments to HB 1. · HB 1 Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties. · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB1/
- 2025-09-02 · voted nay · passage · SB 54 Relating to election procedures regarding accepting a voter with a residence address that is not current and the immediate effect of a voter's… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB54/
- 2025-09-02 · voted nay · passage · HB 18 Relating to a restriction on the acceptance of political contributions and the making of certain political expenditures by a member of the legislature… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB18/

## Legislation (TX 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 38 bills: 38 reached committee, 20 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 28. 52.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Texas House 48.5%; rank 62 of 145).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 3047: Relating to the creation of certain municipal management districts; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and… (became law, 2025-06-20) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/SB3047/
- HB 5677: Relating to the creation of the Pura Vida Municipal Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments,… (became law, 2025-06-20) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB5677/
- HB 5259: Relating to a wildlife corridor action plan developed by the Parks and Wildlife Department and certain other duties of the department relating to wildlife… (in committee, 2025-05-14) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB5259/
- HB 4811: Relating to the eligibility of the South by Southwest Conference and Festivals for funding under the Major Events Reimbursement Program. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-14) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB4811/
- HB 4589: Relating to the operation and functions of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs. (in committee, 2025-04-03) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB4589/
- HB 4505: Relating to the establishment of the workforce housing capital investment fund program to fund the development of workforce housing in this state; authorizing… (passed one chamber, 2025-05-19) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB4505/
- SB 2137: Relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits. (became law, 2025-06-20) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/SB2137/
- HB 4234: Relating to a requirement that a student's postsecondary transcript include the average or median grade awarded in each class. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-19) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB4234/
- HB 3954: Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain tax revenue derived from a hotel and convention center project. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-21) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HB3954/
- HR 489: In memory of Heath Donell Creech of Austin. (passed one chamber, 2025-04-01) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/89R/HR489/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $71.4K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 98% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/sherylcole1/status/2112955827011166662
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/sherylcole1/status/2112955831646036431
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/sherylcole1/status/2112955835202826425
- 2026-10-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/sherylcole1/status/2105675475054162350
- 2026-10-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/sherylcole1/status/2105675480011522528
- 2026-10-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/sherylcole1/status/2105675481320198257
- 2026-09-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/sherylcole1/status/2100185958008148099
- 2026-09-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/sherylcole1/status/2100185962730995800
- 2026-08-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/sherylcole1/status/2085080753625293117
- 2026-08-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/sherylcole1/status/2085080758167785746

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.texas.gov/members/member-page/?district=46
- Campaign site: https://www.sherylcole.com
- X: https://x.com/sherylcole1
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SherylforTexas/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheryl-cole-71b98445

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/97805dd7-1f42-482c-bac3-049dfccda311