Erin Shank has been a bankruptcy attorney in Waco for 40 years, but she has long had a desire to run for public office.
Now she is taking the plunge as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for House District 56.
Shank, 64, said she was spurred to run by the tragedy of the February freeze and grid failures, and what she considers the ineffectiveness of the longtime Republican incumbent.
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Shank moved to Dallas from North Carolina with her family when she was 2 and was raised in Dallas. She graduated from Trinity University with majors in journalism and political science and went to law school at Texas Tech University. She also has a master’s degree in public administration from Southern Methodist University and recently received a certificate after completing the LBJ Women’s Campaign School at the University of Texas.