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2 candidates are tracked for Harris County Attorney, Unexpired Term on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Abbie Kamin and Jacqueline Lucci Smith. Candidate information follows official Harris County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
A special contest for the unexpired term after Christian Menefee's election to Congress.
Abbie Kamin is the sitting Harris County Attorney, sworn in after her appointment to the vacancy in 2026, and the first woman to hold the office, per the county attorney's official site. A former Houston City Council member and civil rights litigator, she won the Democratic nomination outright in March, per the county's official primary results.
2026 priorities
- Voting rights protection, per her campaign site
- Environmental and flood-control enforcement, per her campaign site
- Consumer protection and a new Civil Rights Division, per her campaign site
Source: candidate campaign site, roster verified 2026-09-04.
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Jacqueline Lucci Smith is a former judge of Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 2 and a former assistant county attorney who narrowly lost the 2024 county attorney race, per the Houston Chronicle. She was unopposed on her side of the March primary, per the county's official results. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 3, 2026; the official roster and election filing is the only verifiable source for Jacqueline Lucci Smith.
