Smith Leads Anyiam in Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 3 Race
ActiVote’s October 19, 2026 Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 3 poll finds that Republican Thomas Smith leads Democrat Okey Anyiam by 13.6%. The poll was in the field between October 1 and October 19 (median field date of October 10). The poll was among 400 likely midterm voters and has an average expected error of 4.9%.
Smith leads among rural and suburban voters, voters aged 30 and older, both men and women, White voters, voters on middle and high incomes and voters at every level of education. Anyiam leads among urban voters, voters under 30, Black voters and voters on low incomes. Latino voters are evenly split. These group figures rest on subsamples for which the expected error is considerably larger than the 4.9% for the poll as a whole. Texas does not register voters by party, so we do not report a breakdown by party affiliation.
Political Spectrum
The following graph shows the support for Smith and Anyiam among left, moderate left, center, moderate right, and right voters. These groups are defined by splitting the Texas electorate in 5 equal sized groups of 20% each.
Smith holds his own side more firmly. Both candidates take 99% of their own wing, but Smith takes 92% of the moderate right while Anyiam takes 71% of the moderate left. Smith also wins the center, by 64% to 36%.
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 | 400 LV | Unweighted | Weighted | Thomas Smith | Okey Anyiam |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | ±4.9% MoE | 100% | 100% | 56.8% | 43.2% |
| Political Spectrum | Left | 48% | 20% | 1% | 99% |
| Moderate Left | 24% | 20% | 29% | 71% | |
| Center | 8% | 20% | 64% | 36% | |
| Moderate Right | 8% | 20% | 92% | 8% | |
| Right | 12% | 20% | 99% | 1% | |
| Region | rural | 30% | 30% | 67% | 33% |
| suburban | 28% | 27% | 59% | 41% | |
| urban | 42% | 42% | 48% | 52% | |
| Age | 18-29 | 26% | 17% | 42% | 58% |
| 30-49 | 37% | 29% | 60% | 40% | |
| 50-64 | 25% | 23% | 60% | 40% | |
| 65+ | 11% | 30% | 59% | 41% | |
| Gender | F | 45% | 53% | 51% | 49% |
| M | 55% | 47% | 64% | 36% | |
| Ethnicity | White | 66% | 60% | 65% | 35% |
| Black | 10% | 8% | 26% | 74% | |
| Latino | 22% | 27% | 50% | 50% | |
| Income | Low | 21% | 21% | 48% | 52% |
| Middle | 32% | 26% | 59% | 41% | |
| High | 47% | 53% | 59% | 41% | |
| Education | HS | 18% | 22% | 55% | 45% |
| College | 72% | 64% | 58% | 42% | |
| Grad | 10% | 14% | 55% | 45% |
Every poll in this race
| Published | Smith | Anyiam | Gap | Sample | MoE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 19, 2026 | 56.8% | 43.2% | R+13.6% | 400 | ±4.9% |