Steve Toth
2019 - Present
2025
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Steve Toth (Republican Party) is a member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 15. He assumed office on January 8, 2019. His current term ends on January 14, 2025.
Toth (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 15. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024. He advanced from the Republican primary on March 5, 2024.
Biography
Steve Toth lives in Montgomery County, Texas. Toth's career experience includes working as the owner of Acclaim Pools and My PoolXpert.[1]
Committee assignments
2023-2024
Toth was assigned to the following committees:
2021-2022
Toth was assigned to the following committees:
- Agriculture and Livestock Committee
- Appropriations Committee
- Resolutions Calendars Committee, Vice chair
2019-2020
Toth was assigned to the following committees:
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Toth served on the following committees:
| Texas committee assignments, 2013 |
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| • Corrections |
| • Criminal Jurisprudence |
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Elections
2024
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 15
Incumbent Steve Toth is running in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 15 on November 5, 2024.
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 15
Incumbent Steve Toth defeated Skeeter Hubert in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 15 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Steve Toth | 65.6 | 15,972 |
 | Skeeter Hubert | 34.4 | 8,384 | |
| Total votes: 24,356 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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- Former President Donald Trump (Republican Party, Conservative Party)
2022
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 15
Incumbent Steve Toth defeated Kristin Johnson in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 15 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Steve Toth (R) | 72.3 | 47,021 |
| Kristin Johnson (D) | 27.7 | 18,035 | |
| Total votes: 65,056 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 15
Kristin Johnson advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 15 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kristin Johnson | 100.0 | 4,543 |
| Total votes: 4,543 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 15
Incumbent Steve Toth defeated Maris Blair in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 15 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Steve Toth | 69.2 | 13,984 |
 | Maris Blair | 30.8 | 6,218 | |
| Total votes: 20,202 | |||
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Campaign finance
2020
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 15
Incumbent Steve Toth defeated Lorena Perez McGill in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 15 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Steve Toth (R) | 66.5 | 71,586 |
 | Lorena Perez McGill (D) | 33.5 | 36,111 | |
| Total votes: 107,697 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 15
Lorena Perez McGill advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 15 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lorena Perez McGill | 100.0 | 10,289 |
| Total votes: 10,289 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 15
Incumbent Steve Toth advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 15 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Steve Toth | 100.0 | 17,575 |
| Total votes: 17,575 | |||
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Campaign finance
2018
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 15
Steve Toth defeated Lorena Perez McGill in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 15 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Steve Toth (R) | 67.2 | 52,975 |
| Lorena Perez McGill (D) | 32.8 | 25,915 | |
| Total votes: 78,890 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 15
Lorena Perez McGill advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 15 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lorena Perez McGill | 100.0 | 4,873 |
| Total votes: 4,873 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 15
Steve Toth defeated Jackie Waters in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 15 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Steve Toth | 78.4 | 13,044 |
| Jackie Waters | 21.6 | 3,602 | |
| Total votes: 16,646 | |||
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Overview of 2018 Republican primaries
The 2018 Texas state legislative Republican primaries featured conflict between two factions. One group was opposed to House Speaker Joe Straus (R) and his preferred policies on issues like education financing and property taxes. The anti-Straus wing included members of the Texas Freedom Caucus and organizations such as Empower Texans and Texas Right to Life. The other group was supportive of Straus and his policy priorities. The pro-Straus wing included incumbent legislators allied with Straus and organizations such as the Associated Republicans of Texas and the Texas Association of Business. To learn more about these factions and the conflict between them, visit our page on factional conflict among Texas Republicans.
The primaries occurred on March 6, 2018, with runoffs on May 22, 2018. There were 48 contested state legislative Republican primaries, outnumbering contested primaries in 2016 (43) and 2014 (44). To see our full coverage of the state legislative Republican primaries, including who key influencers were backing and what the primaries meant for the 2019 House speaker's race, visit our primary coverage page.
The charts below outline the March 6 primary races for the state Senate and the state House. They show how the factions performed on election night.
| Texas Senate Republicans | |||
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| Party | Before March 6 primaries | After March 6 primaries | |
| Pro-Straus | 2 | 1 | |
| Anti-Straus | 1 | 3 | |
| Unknown | 3 | 3 | |
| Open seats | 1 | - | |
| Runoffs | - | - | |
| Too close to call | - | - | |
| Total | 7 | 7 | |
| Texas House Republicans | |||
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| Party | Before March 6 primaries | After March 6 primaries | |
| Pro-Straus | 20 | 20 | |
| Anti-Straus | 4 | 9 | |
| Unknown | 2 | 5 | |
| Open seats | 15 | - | |
| Runoffs | - | 7 | |
| Too close to call | - | - | |
| Total | 41 | 41 | |
Primary we watched
This primary was one of 48 we tracked for the March 6 elections.
Did the incumbent file to run for re-election?
| No. |
What made this a race to watch?
| Two Republicans filed to run in the election to replace state Rep. Mark Keough (R): Steve Toth and Jackie Waters. All candidates in this race signed the form committing to vote for the Republican caucus' choice for speaker on the House floor. Toth said he might join the Texas Freedom Caucus if elected.[2] Endorsements for Toth
Endorsements for Waters
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Campaign finance
2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Kevin Brady (R) faced no opposition in the general election on November 8, 2016. Brady defeated Steve Toth, Andre Dean and Craig McMichael in the Republican primary on March 1, 2016. No Democratic candidates filed to run in the race.[6][7]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican |  Kevin Brady Incumbent |
100% | 236,379 | |
| Total Votes | 236,379 | |||
| Source: Texas Secretary of State | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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Kevin Brady Incumbent |
53.4% | 65,059 | ||
| Steve Toth | 37.3% | 45,436 | ||
| Craig McMichael | 5% | 6,050 | ||
| Andre Dean | 4.3% | 5,233 | ||
| Total Votes | 121,778 | |||
| Source: Texas Secretary of State |
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2014
Gordy Bunch (R), Brandon Creighton (R), Michael Galloway (R) and Steve Toth (R) faced off in the special election, which took place on May 10.[8][9] Because no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters - Creighton and Toth - advanced to a runoff election on August 5, which Creighton won.[10][11]
The seat was vacant following Tommy Williams's (R) retirement on October 26, 2013.
A special election for the position of Texas State Senate District 4 was called for May 10. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 10, 2014.[12]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | Brandon Creighton |
67.4% | 15,232 | |
| Republican | Steve Toth | 32.6% | 7,373 | |
| Total Votes | 22,605 | |||
2012
Toth won election in the 2012 election for Texas House of Representatives, District 15. Toth defeated incumbent Rob Eissler in the May 29 Republican primary election and defeated Sterling Russell (L) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[13]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | Steve Toth |
86.6% | 57,520 | |
| Libertarian | Sterling Russell | 13.4% | 8,872 | |
| Total Votes | 66,392 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
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Steve Toth |
56.5% | 9,630 |
| Rob Eissler Incumbent | 43.5% | 7,420 |
| Total Votes | 17,050 | |
Campaign themes
2024
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2022
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2020
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2016
The following issues were listed on Toth's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.
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| —Steve Toth's campaign website[15] | ||
Campaign finance summary
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2023
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2022
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2021
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In 2021, the Texas State Legislature was in session from January 12 to May 31.
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2020
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2019
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In 2019, the Texas State Legislature was in its 86th legislative session from January 8 through May 27.
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2014
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2013
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In 2013, the Texas State Legislature was in its 83rd legislative session from January 8 through May 27. Thirty minutes after the regular session ended, Governor Rick Perry called legislators back for a special session starting that evening.[16] Two additional called sessions were held from July 1 through July 30 and July 30 through August 5.[17]
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2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
| Steve Toth | |
| Republican National Convention, 2016 | |
| Status: | District-level delegate |
| Congressional district: | 8 |
| State: | Texas |
| Bound to: | Ted Cruz |
| Delegates to the RNC 2016 | |
| Calendar and delegate rules overview • Types of delegates • Delegate rules by state • State election law and delegates • Delegates by state | |
Toth was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Texas. Toth was one of 104 delegates from Texas bound by state party rules to support Ted Cruz at the convention.[18] Cruz suspended his campaign on May 3, 2016. At the time, he had approximately 546 bound delegates. For more on what happened to his delegates, see this page.
Delegate rules
At-large delegates from Texas to the national convention were selected by a state nominations committee and approved by the Texas State GOP Convention in May 2016. District-level delegates were elected by congressional districts at the state convention and then approved by the convention as a whole. At the national convention, all delegates were bound on the first ballot unless their candidate withdrew from the race or released his or her delegates. A delegate remained bound on the second ballot if his or her candidate received at least 20 percent of the total vote on the first ballot. On the third and subsequent ballots, all delegates were to become unbound.
Texas primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Texas, 2016
| Texas Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
| Jeb Bush | 1.2% | 35,420 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 4.2% | 117,969 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.1% | 3,448 | 0 | |
| Ted Cruz |
43.8% | 1,241,118 | 104 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 3,247 | 0 | |
| Lindsey Graham | 0.1% | 1,706 | 0 | |
| Elizabeth Gray | 0.2% | 5,449 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.2% | 6,226 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 4.2% | 120,473 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.3% | 8,000 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 17.7% | 503,055 | 3 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 2,006 | 0 | |
| Donald Trump | 26.8% | 758,762 | 48 | |
| Other | 1% | 29,609 | 0 | |
| Totals | 2,836,488 | 155 | ||
| Source: Texas Secretary of State and CNN | ||||
Delegate allocation
Texas had 155 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 108 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 36 congressional districts). District-level delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the primary vote in a district in order to be eligible to receive any of that district's delegates. If only one candidate met the 20 percent threshold in a district, he or she won all of the district's delegates. If two candidates met this threshold, the first place finisher received two of the district's delegates; the second place finisher received the remaining delegate. If no candidate won 20 percent of the vote, the top three finishers in a district each received one of the district's delegates. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the vote in a district, he or she received all of the district's delegates.[19][20]
Of the remaining 47 delegates, 44 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the statewide primary vote in order to be eligible to receive any of the state's at-large delegates. If only one candidate broke the 20 percent threshold, the second place finisher still received a portion of the state's at-large delegates. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the statewide vote, he or she received all of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.[19][20]
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Toth for State House, "About," accessed February 13, 2018
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- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2016 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County," accessed December 15, 2015
- ↑ The New York Times, "Texas Primary Results," March 1, 2016
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed March 14, 2014
- ↑ yourhoustonnews.com, "ELECTION 2014: Senate District 4 race headed for runoff," May 10, 2014
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Runoff Election Declaration," accessed June 2, 2014
- ↑ Texas Tribune, "Creighton Easily Wins Special State Senate Race," August 5, 2014
- ↑ kxan.com, "Special state Senate election date set," November 7, 2013 (dead link)
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current Election History," accessed February 17, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ http://www.tothforcongress.com/issues Toth for Congress, "Issues," February 11, 2016]
- ↑ kten.com, "Texas Lawmakers To Tackle Redistricting In Special Session," May 29, 2013
- ↑ Legislative reference Library of Texas, "Texas Legislative Sessions and Years," accessed June 13, 2014
- ↑ Texas GOP, "National Convention," May 19, 2016
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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| Preceded by Mark Keough (R) |
Texas House of Representatives District 15 2019-Present |
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Texas House of Representatives District 15 2013-2015 |
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