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Rep. Matt Shaheen

(Jan 10, 2023 - Jan 14, 2025)
Republican
Texas House 66 - Plano
First elected 2014

About Rep. Matt Shaheen

Previously, Matt Shaheen served five years as Collin County Commissioner for Precinct 1. During his tenure as Commissioner, Matt served on the Conference of Urban Counties Policy Committee, the Texas Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee and the Council of Governments Criminal Justice Committee. Before entering politics, Representative Shaheen was an appointee of Governor Rick Perry to the State Board of Social Workers where he chaired the board’s Professional Development Committee and also served on the Ethics Committee. Earlier in his civic career, the Representative served as Chairman of the Plano Community Relations Committee and as a member of the Plano Transition and Revitalization Commission. Matt also served eight years on the Finance Committee of the Colonial PGA Golf Tournament in Fort Worth. Representative Shaheen has been married for 21 years and has three children. His family attends Prestonwood Baptist Church where Matt serves as an Usher, Deacon and on the church's pregnancy center board. He received his Bachelor’s degree from Randolph-Macon College and won All Conference honors in football. He also holds a Master’s degree from SMU.

Offices

Capitol
EXT E1.320
P.O. Box 2910
Austin, TX 78768
p: (512) 463-0594

Civic Group Ratings (Most Recent)

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Texans for Fiscal Responsibility is “an independent educational non-profit organization seeking to illuminate the actions of government, educate and equip citizens to effectively advocate for pro-taxpayer reforms, and hold lawmakers accountable for their actions. Taxpayers should demand their interests, not those of elected officials, lobbyists, or bureaucrats, must come first in the Lone Star State.”
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Young Conservatives of Texas is a non-partisan youth organization that “has been fighting for conservative values for more than 40 years in the Lone Star State and publishes the most respected ratings of the Texas Legislature.”
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Texas Right to Life describes itself as an organization that “legally, peacefully and prayerfully protects the God-given Right to Life of innocent human beings from fertilization to natural death.”
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The American Conservative Union is “the nation's oldest conservative grassroots organization and seeks to preserve and protect the values of life, liberty, and property for every American.”
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Equality Texas describes itself as “a statewide political advocacy organization in Texas that advocates for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights, including same-sex marriage.”
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An advocacy group that exists to “put the environment first.” As part of the left-leaning Public Interest Network, Environment Texas promotes adoption of policies favoring solar and wind power, electric cars and buses, and more walkable and “bikeable” cities.