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General election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Nonpartisan voter guide · Texas

STEVE SMITH

Candidate · November 3, 2026 general election

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
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