Representative Joe Heflin is an attorney first elected to represent HD-85 in 2006. He is a current member of the Elections and Agriculture and Livestock committees and, during his first term, was a member of the County Affairs Committee.

Heflin's district covers 16 counties, including Borden, Crosby, Fisher, Floyd, Garza, Glasscock, Hale, Howard, Irion, Jones, Kent, Lynn, Reagan, Sterling, Stonewall and Terry counties.

Heflin earned his undergraduate degree from Eastern New Mexico University, and his law degree from the Texas Tech University School of Law.