Biography
District: Texas - 21st District
Political Highlights: Texas House, 1981-82; Bexar County Commissioners Court, 1983-85
Born: November 19, 1947; San Antonio, Texas
Residence: San Antonio
Religion: Christian Scientist
Family: Wife, Beth Schafer; two children
Education: Yale U., B.A. 1969; Southern Methodist U., J.D. 1975
Elected: 1986
Committee Assignments: Homeland Security (Border & Maritime Security); Judiciary (Courts, Intellectual Property & the Internet; Immigration & Border Security); Science, Space & Technology
Social Media:
Roll Call Vitals
District Rating: Safe Republican
House Seniority: 6th ranked House Republican
Twitter: 25,522 followers
Election History
Margin of Victory (% pts.)
1986 Election Results
Candidate
Lamar Smith (R)
Pete Snelson (D)
Votes
100,346
63,779
%
61.0%
39.0%
1988 Election Results
Candidate
Lamar Smith (R)
Votes
203,989
%
93.0%
1990 Election Results
Candidate
Lamar Smith (R)
Kirby Roberts (D)
Votes
144,570
48,585
%
75.0%
25.0%
1992 Election Results
Candidate
Lamar Smith (R)
James Gaddy (D)
William Grisham (LIBERT)
Votes
190,979
62,827
10,847
%
72.2%
23.7%
4.1%
1994 Election Results
Candidate
Lamar Smith (R)
Kerry Lowry (I)
Votes
165,595
18,480
%
90.0%
10.0%
1996 Election Results
Candidate
Lamar Smith (R)
Gordon Wharton (D)
Randy Rutenbeck (NL)
Votes
205,830
60,338
3,139
%
76.4%
22.4%
1.2%
1998 Election Results
Candidate
Lamar Smith (R)
Jeffrey Blunt (LIBERT)
Votes
165,047
15,561
%
91.4%
8.6%
2000 Election Results
Candidate
Lamar Smith (R)
Jim Green (D)
C. Steinbrecher (LIBERT)
Votes
251,049
73,326
6,503
%
75.9%
22.2%
2.0%
2002 Election Results
Candidate
Lamar Smith (R)
John Courage (D)
DG Roberts (LIBERT)
Votes
161,836
56,206
4,051
%
72.9%
25.3%
1.8%
2004 Election Results
Candidate
Lamar Smith (R)
Rhett Smith (D)
Jason Pratt (LIBERT)
Votes
209,774
121,129
10,216
%
61.5%
35.5%
3.0%
2006 Election Results
Candidate
Lamar Smith (R)
John Courage (D)
Gene Kelly (D)
Tommy Calvert (I)
James Strohm (LIBERT)
James Peterson (I)
Mark Rossano (I)
Votes
122,486
49,957
18,355
5,280
4,076
2,189
1,439
%
60.1%
24.5%
9.0%
2.6%
2.0%
1.1%
0.7%
2008 Election Results
Candidate
Lamar Smith (R)
James Stohm (LIBERT)
Votes
243,471
60,879
%
80.0%
20.0%
2010 Election Results
Candidate
Lamar Smith (R)
Lainey Melnick (D)
James Strohm (LIBERT)
Votes
162,924
65,927
7,694
%
68.9%
27.9%
3.3%
2012 Election Results
Candidate
Lamar Smith (R)
Candace Duval (D)
John-Henry Liberty (LIBERT)
Votes
187,015
109,326
12,524
%
60.5%
35.4%
4.1%
2014 Election Results
Candidate
Lamar Smith (R)
Antonio Diaz (GREEN)
Ryan Shields (LIBERT)
Votes
135,660
27,831
25,505
%
71.8%
14.7%
13.5%
