Cole Hefner

{{short description|Texas politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

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| name = Cole Hefner

| state_house = Texas

| district = 5th

| term_start = January 10, 2017

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| predecessor = Bryan Hughes

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|11|13}}

| birth_place = Pittsburg, Texas, U.S.

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| spouse = Kerri

| party = Republican

| occupation = Businessman

| residence = Mount Pleasant, Texas, U.S.

| website = {{URL|www.colehefner.com}}

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Joseph Cole Hefner, known as Cole Hefner (born November 13, 1980), is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Mount Pleasant, Texas. He was first elected in 2016 to represent the 5th District and assumed office in January 2017. He succeeded Bryan Hughes, who was instead elected to the Texas Senate.{{cite news|last1=Davis|first1=Marcia|title=Cole Hefner takes a step toward state office|url=http://www.dailytribune.net/news/cole-hefner-takes-a-step-toward-state-office/article_c5ac58e0-6418-11e5-8687-934154c8eace.html|accessdate=6 January 2017|publisher=The Daily Tribune|date=September 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305103215/http://www.dailytribune.net/news/cole-hefner-takes-a-step-toward-state-office/article_c5ac58e0-6418-11e5-8687-934154c8eace.html|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=The changing faces of the East Texas legislative delegation|url=http://www.tylerpaper.com/TP-News+Local/256448/the-changing-faces-of-the-east-texas-legislative-delegation|accessdate=January 6, 2017|publisher=Tyler Morning Telegraph|date=November 8, 2016}}

Hefner handily won a second legislative term in the general election held on November 6, 2018. With 44,264 votes (79.3 percent), he defeated Democrat Bill Liebbe, who polled 11,540 votes (20.7 percent).{{cite web|url=https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/nov06_331_state.htm?x=0&y=0&id=545|title=Election Returns|date=November 6, 2018|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|accessdate=November 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181110200011/https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/nov06_331_state.htm?x=0&y=0&id=545|archive-date=November 10, 2018|url-status=dead}}