Steve Toth
Republican
Steve Toth
Republican
Candidate for U.S. House, TX Dist. 2
About
Texas House of Representatives (District 15, 2013-2026). Consistently ranked as one of the most conservative legislators in the Texas House. Served as a teaching elder at WoodsEdge Community Church and has been involved for 14 years with Mighty Oaks Foundation, helping veterans with post traumatic stress through the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Owns two pool services businesses in The Woodlands.
Conservative Endorsements
Survey Responses
Notable Quotes
“Stop the advancement of Sharia and Islam in America. Islam is not a religion, it is a military organization bent on world domination.”
“Close the border and remove people from the country who are here illegally. Do away with machine voting. Go back to paper ballots printed on currency-grade paper where it’s counted, reported in the same place it’s cast.”
“I led the charge in the Texas House to eliminate Critical Race Theory (CRT) and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) from public classrooms and universities.”
“Red-flag laws and other unlawful restrictions on our Second Amendment rights have no place in America.”
Positions on Texas Eagle Forum Legislative Priorities
Border Security & Immigration
- STRONG ADVOCATE FOR SECURING THE BORDER and halting illegal immigration. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
- SECURED BILLIONS IN STATE BORDER FUNDING as a Texas House Appropriations Committee member. [1, 2, 3, 4]
- CRITICIZED MASS IMMIGRATION, linking it to cultural and security risks, including from Islamic countries. [1, 2]
Secure Our Elections
- INTRODUCED THE TEXAS VOTER CONFIDENCE ACT (House Bill 241, 2021), calling for a forensic audit of the 2020 election results in Texas’s 13 largest counties. Stated, “We need a forensic audit to uncover all the voter fraud.” [1, 2, 3, 4]
- AUTHORED A BILL TO REQUIRE PAPER BALLOTS ON REQUEST at electronic voting sites (to be scanned optically), and prohibit ballot-marking devices and certain electronic signature/poll forms (House Bill 1001, 2025). [1, 2, 3]
- AUTHORED THE ELECTION ACCURACY, TRANSPARENCY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT (House Bill 1013, 2025), which included measures such as hand-counting procedures, video recording of counting, chain-of-custody rules, polling-place restrictions, and related changes. [1, 2]
Education Issues
Protect Childhood Innocence
- LED EFFORTS TO REGULATE SEXUALLY-ORIENTED PERFORMANCES for minors (amendment to SB 12, 2023). [1, 2]
- AUTHORED A BILL TO EXPAND THE DEFINITION OF CHILD ABUSE under the Family Code to include certain gender-transitioning or gender-reassignment procedures/treatments for minors (House Bill 68, 2021). [1, 2]
- AUTHORED THE VULNERABLE YOUTH PROTECTION ACT to impose a private civil liability on anyone who causes or contributes to the social transitioning of a minor (House Bill 2258, 2025). [1, 2]
Gender Issues
- AUTHORED AN AMENDMENT TO RAISE THE PENALTIES against municipalities that allow biological males in women’s bathrooms, locker rooms and showers in government buildings and schools (SB 8, Texas Women’s Privacy Act, 2025, 2nd session). [1, 2]
- AUTHORED AN AMENDMENT TO BAN SOCIAL TRANSITIONING of minors in public schools. [1, 2, 3, 4]
- SPONSORED A BILL PROHIBITING certain procedures and treatments for gender transitioning, gender reassignment, or gender dysphoria and on the use of public money or public assistance to provide those procedures and treatments (Senate Bill 14, 2023). [1, 2, 3]
Government-Sanctioned Addiction
- VOTED AGAINST AUTHORIZING the Legislature to legalize wagering on certain sporting events through a constitutional amendment (HJR 102, 2023). [1, 2, 3, 4]
- VOTED TO BAN the manufacture, distribution, sale, and possession of consumable hemp products containing any amount of a cannabinoid other than cannabidiol (CBD) or cannabigerol (CBG) (Senate Bill 3, 2025). [1, 2, 3, 4]
Protect Life
- VOTED FOR THE TEXAS HEARTBEAT ACT (Senate Bill 8, 2021) prohibiting abortions after detection of a fetal heartbeat, typically around 6 weeks, with limited exceptions for medical emergencies. [1, 2, 3, 4]
- 100% PRO-LIFE VOTING RECORD from Texas Right to Life, highlighting his support for laws protecting unborn children, opposition to tax-funded abortions, promotion of adoption/support for women, and work on accountability for providers. [1, 2, 3]
Islamification of Texas
National Security
- VOTED FOR THE FOREIGN ADVERSARIES LAND BILL to ensure adversarial nations including China and Iran can't purchase Texas land (Senate Bill 17, 2025). Strengthened the bill via amendment. [1, 2, 3]
- STATED THAT WE MUST NEVER DEPEND ON FOREIGN NATIONS for fuel and need to expand domestic production. [1, 2, 3]
Other Constitutional Issues
- VOTED TO DISPLAY THE TEN COMMANDMENTS in public elementary and secondary schools (Senate Bill 10, 2025). [1, 2]
- CO-AUTHORED A BILL TO PROTECT GUN OWNERS from over-burdensome insurance requirements by local municipalities. [1, 2]
- VOTED TO PROHIBIT COVID-19 VACCINE MANDATES by private employers (Senate Bill 7, 2023) and authored an amendment allowing companies to be fined $10,000 per violation if they take action against employees. [1, 2, 3, 4]