Jasper County
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Steve SmithRepublican
Ray LewisDemocratic
On ballot as
STEVE SMITH
RAY LEWIS
Current role
Retired (per Secretary of State filing); former Jasper High School teacher and coach
Pastor, Faith Temple Church in Jasper; timber buyer (per Secretary of State filing)
Background
- Jasper High School graduate (1975) (per his campaign announcement)
- Attended Angelina Junior College and Sam Houston State University, where he earned a trade industry certification (per candidate)
- Teacher and coach, Jasper High School, 26 years beginning in 1993 (per candidate)
- Owner-operator, Smith Masonry: full time 1976 to 1989, part-time since (per candidate)
- Deacon and Sunday school teacher, Beech Grove Baptist Church (per candidate)
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- Has been a member of the Jasper Evening Lions Club (per candidate)
- Lifelong Jasper County resident (per his campaign announcement)
- Lifelong resident of Jasper (per KJAS, March 2026)
- Longtime pastor of Faith Temple Church of God in Christ
- City of Jasper renamed the section of street in front of the church Lewis Street in 2026
- Thanked by the Jasper City Council in February 2026 for opening the church's Nehemiah Center to people who lost power in an ice storm
Experience
- Regional 911 system planning with Southeast Texas counties and cities, late 1980s and early 1990s (per candidate)
- Member, regional and state committees in that planning (per candidate)
- Jasper Youth Baseball Association, nearly forty years; board member for many of them (per candidate)
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Top priorities
- "I will ensure that every person that comes before me is treated with dignity, and that justice is applied equally, without bias."
- "I am committed to transparency, fiscal responsibility, and collaborating with other leaders to keep our community safe and thriving."
- "I will be that full-time Justice of the Peace, making myself available and accessible whenever I'm needed."
- "I am committed to handling every case with compassion and understanding, while upholding the rule of law to maintain fairness and justice for all."
- "I'm ready to bring integrity, accessibility, and common-sense leadership to the Justice of the Peace office."
Tidbits
- Judicial philosophy: "I will ensure that every person that comes before me is treated with dignity, and that justice is applied equally, without bias."
- Court administration: "I am committed to transparency, fiscal responsibility, and collaborating with other leaders to keep our community safe and thriving."
- Judicial philosophy: "I am committed to handling every case with compassion and understanding, while upholding the rule of law to maintain fairness and justice for all."
- Court administration: "I will be that full-time Justice of the Peace, making myself available and accessible whenever I'm needed."
Endorsements
- Sabine Area Central Labor Council (primary)
None found in our research
Campaign website
Not found
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Steve Smith
Republican- On ballot as
- STEVE SMITH
- Current role
- Retired (per Secretary of State filing); former Jasper High School teacher and coach
- Background
- Jasper High School graduate (1975) (per his campaign announcement)
- Attended Angelina Junior College and Sam Houston State University, where he earned a trade industry certification (per candidate)
- Teacher and coach, Jasper High School, 26 years beginning in 1993 (per candidate)
- Owner-operator, Smith Masonry: full time 1976 to 1989, part-time since (per candidate)
- Deacon and Sunday school teacher, Beech Grove Baptist Church (per candidate)
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- Has been a member of the Jasper Evening Lions Club (per candidate)
- Lifelong Jasper County resident (per his campaign announcement)
- Experience
- Regional 911 system planning with Southeast Texas counties and cities, late 1980s and early 1990s (per candidate)
- Member, regional and state committees in that planning (per candidate)
- Jasper Youth Baseball Association, nearly forty years; board member for many of them (per candidate)
- Top priorities
- "I will ensure that every person that comes before me is treated with dignity, and that justice is applied equally, without bias."
- "I am committed to transparency, fiscal responsibility, and collaborating with other leaders to keep our community safe and thriving."
- Tidbits
- Judicial philosophy: "I will ensure that every person that comes before me is treated with dignity, and that justice is applied equally, without bias."
- Court administration: "I am committed to transparency, fiscal responsibility, and collaborating with other leaders to keep our community safe and thriving."
- Endorsements
- Sabine Area Central Labor Council (primary)
- Campaign website
- Not found
Ray Lewis
Democratic- On ballot as
- RAY LEWIS
- Current role
- Pastor, Faith Temple Church in Jasper; timber buyer (per Secretary of State filing)
- Background
- Lifelong resident of Jasper (per KJAS, March 2026)
- Longtime pastor of Faith Temple Church of God in Christ
- City of Jasper renamed the section of street in front of the church Lewis Street in 2026
- Thanked by the Jasper City Council in February 2026 for opening the church's Nehemiah Center to people who lost power in an ice storm
- Experience
- Not found
- Top priorities
- "I will be that full-time Justice of the Peace, making myself available and accessible whenever I'm needed."
- "I am committed to handling every case with compassion and understanding, while upholding the rule of law to maintain fairness and justice for all."
- "I'm ready to bring integrity, accessibility, and common-sense leadership to the Justice of the Peace office."
- Tidbits
- Judicial philosophy: "I am committed to handling every case with compassion and understanding, while upholding the rule of law to maintain fairness and justice for all."
- Court administration: "I will be that full-time Justice of the Peace, making myself available and accessible whenever I'm needed."
- Endorsements
- None found in our research
- Campaign website
- Not found
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