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Kay Smith
Kay Smith (Republican Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 148. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 148
Incumbent Penny Morales Shaw defeated Kay Smith in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 148 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Penny Morales Shaw (D) | 54.9 | 28,341 |
 | Kay Smith (R) | 45.1 | 23,246 | |
| Total votes: 51,587 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 148
Incumbent Penny Morales Shaw advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 148 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Penny Morales Shaw | 100.0 | 4,601 |
| Total votes: 4,601 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 148
Kay Smith advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 148 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kay Smith | 100.0 | 4,333 |
| Total votes: 4,333 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Smith in this election.
2022
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 148
Incumbent Penny Morales Shaw defeated Kay Smith and R. Grizzle Trojacek in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 148 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Penny Morales Shaw (D) | 55.5 | 20,456 |
| Kay Smith (R) | 42.6 | 15,691 | |
 | R. Grizzle Trojacek (L) | 1.9 | 697 | |
| Total votes: 36,844 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 148
Incumbent Penny Morales Shaw advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 148 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Penny Morales Shaw | 100.0 | 4,748 |
| Total votes: 4,748 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 148
Kay Smith advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 148 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kay Smith | 100.0 | 4,290 |
| Total votes: 4,290 | |||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 148
R. Grizzle Trojacek advanced from the Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 148 on March 12, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | R. Grizzle Trojacek (L) | 86.0 | 37 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 14.0 | 6 | ||
| Total votes: 43 | |||
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Campaign finance
2020
See also: Municipal elections in Harris County, Texas (2020)
General election
General election for Harris County Department of Education Board of Trustees Position 7, At-Large
David Brown defeated incumbent Don Sumners in the general election for Harris County Department of Education Board of Trustees Position 7, At-Large on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | David Brown (D) | 54.6 | 847,322 | |
| Don Sumners (R) | 45.4 | 703,223 | ||
| Total votes: 1,550,545 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Andrea Duhon (D)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Harris County Department of Education Board of Trustees Position 7, At-Large
Andrea Duhon (Unofficially withdrew) defeated David Brown, Obioha Nwabara, and W.R. Morris in the Democratic primary for Harris County Department of Education Board of Trustees Position 7, At-Large on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Andrea Duhon (Unofficially withdrew) | 51.0 | 119,432 |
| David Brown | 19.4 | 45,363 | ||
 | Obioha Nwabara | 14.9 | 34,935 | |
| W.R. Morris | 14.7 | 34,504 | ||
| Total votes: 234,234 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Harris County Department of Education Board of Trustees Position 7, At-Large
Incumbent Don Sumners defeated Kay Smith in the Republican primary for Harris County Department of Education Board of Trustees Position 7, At-Large on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Don Sumners | 75.2 | 119,271 | |
| Kay Smith | 24.8 | 39,305 | |
| Total votes: 158,576 | |||
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2016
Elections for the Texas House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on March 1, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was December 14, 2015.[1] Incumbent Allen Fletcher (R) did not seek re-election.
Tom Oliverson ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 130 general election.[2]
| Texas House of Representatives, District 130 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Tom Oliverson (unopposed) |
100.00% | 62,952 | |
| Total Votes | 62,952 | |||
| Source: Texas Secretary of State | ||||
Tom Oliverson defeated Kay Smith in the Texas House of Representatives District 130 Republican Primary.[3][4]
| Texas House of Representatives, District 130 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Tom Oliverson |
70.04% | 16,988 | |
| Republican | Kay Smith | 29.96% | 7,265 | |
| Total Votes | 24,253 | |||
Endorsements
In 2016, Smith's endorsements included the following:[5]
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Kay Smith did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Kay Smith did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Kay Smith did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2016
Smith's campaign website highlighted the following issues:
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Important 2016 Election Dates," accessed December 14, 2015
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2016 General Election," accessed December 2, 2016
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2016 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current Election History results," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ Committed2act, "Endorsements," accessed February 26, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Committed2act, "Are you committed," accessed February 26, 2016
