PERSON: Shelley Luther

U.S. House of Representativers

Member of Congress

Shelley Luther (born May 10, 1973) is an American salon owner and politician who has represented the 62nd district in the Texas House of Representatives since 2025.

In August 2020, Luther entered politics, announcing her campaign for a special election in the Texas Senate to replace the outgoing Pat Fallon. One of her key campaign themes was putting an end to the “shutdown madness,” declaring that “the first thing that I would do is start going after Gov. Abbott’s lockdown and getting these nursing homes open, the bars and then restaurants all the way open, because I think it is absolutely ridiculous that places like Florida can open all the way today, and here we are in Texas being embarrassed that we’re still closed down.” One of six candidates in the election, she placed first and received 32.0% of the votes (22,242 votes), but as she did not gain over 50%, it forced a runoff between her and Republican Drew Springer. She was defeated in the runoff, receiving 25,235 votes (43.5%) to Springer’s 32,761 (56.5%).

In 2022, Luther ran for the Texas House of Representatives for the seat from the 62nd district. She challenged incumbent Reggie Smith in the primaries, but was defeated after receiving only 41.3% of the votes (10,912, to Smith’s 15,510). She ran for the same seat in 2024 and faced Smith in the primaries again, but this time won by seven points. She faced off against Democrat Tiffany Drake in the general election and won with 77.7% of the votes.

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