Toth Continues Assaults on First Amendment, Human Rights, Common Sense
3/2/26 – In one of the most hotly contested primaries in recent memory, State Rep. Steve Toth is running against Congressman Dan Crenshaw in the newly redrawn Congressional District 2. I urge you to vote for Crenshaw who has consistently delivered flood-mitigation dollars for the Lake Houston Area. But that’s not the only reason.
Speech Suppression, Refusal to Debate, Lies, Black Money
Toth’s supporters have:
- Relentlessly destroyed Crenshaw signs
- Rudely interfered with Crenshaw campaign workers at polling places
- Loudly disrupted Crenshaw meetings
Toth himself has:
- Deployed an army of bots, trolls and “engagement farms” to flood social media with unsubstantiated, negative comments about Crenshaw
- Boycotted two scheduled debates with Crenshaw in the Woodlands and with the Chronicle
- Repeatedly and knowingly lied about Crenshaw’s assets while concealing his own
- Used a half million dollars from a Colony Ridge banker to attack Crenshaw, who demanded an investigation into Colony Ridge and its financing practices.
Negative Voting Record, Negative Campaigning
Mr. Toth tears down his opponent because he has virtually nothing positive to say about himself. Toth has one of the most negative voting records in the Texas Legislature.
Understanding what Toth voted NO on gives you deeper insight into the man and his values.
In 2025, Toth voted against flood mitigation, flood-warning systems, free speech, food banks, cybersecurity, conservation, grid reliability, open meetings, transparency, ethics, border security, fraud protections, and disclosure of campaign finance information.
Toth also voted against groups, such as law enforcement, first responders, consumers, patients, motorists, veterans, educators, CPAs, dentists, dental hygienists, farmers, restauranteurs, insurers, aviators, heath-care providers, seniors, schoolchildren, whistleblowers, correctional officers, manufacturers, attorneys, college students, utility employees, people who work from home, flood victims, crime victims, and rural Texans.
In the previous two legislatures, Toth voted AGAINST:
- Handicapped parking at polling places
- Allowing people to affiliate with the political party of their choice
- The Texas Ethics Commission
- Sexual harassment prevention
- Gulf Coast hurricane protection
- Online consumer protections
- Property tax relief
- Combatting human trafficking
- Workplace violence prevention policies
- Whistleblower protection
- Training programs for child-abuse investigators
- Prohibiting construction of assisted-living facilities in Harris County 100-year floodplains
- Reporting cybersecurity breaches
Toth voted against a majority of Republicans on every single one of these measures and hundreds more. On many of them, more than 90% of Republicans voted FOR the bills.
How Extremists Like Toth Can Hijack an Election
Voting NO so often helps Toth boost his conservative rating among some far right-leaning groups. But it also means, he has accomplished virtually nothing. He has nothing positive he can say about himself. He has NO record to run on. So, he tears down his opponent. That’s all he can do. And all he has done.
As of the end of two weeks of early voting, 8.1% of registered voters had voted. If half of those are Democrats, that means 4% of voters will determine the Republican candidate in CD-2 – unless YOU vote Tuesday, March 3rd.
Extremists like Toth represent a huge percentage of that 4%. The nut cases ALL vote.
Don’t let them determine your choices in November.
Please vote for Crenshaw if you want to continue seeing flood-mitigation improvements. He has brought hundreds of millions of flood-mitigation dollars to the Lake Houston Area.
Posted by Bob Rehak on 3/2/26
3107 Days since Hurricane Harvey
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