Jasper County
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1
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
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