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Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 3

Who is on the ballot for Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 3 in Tom Green County, Texas, on November 3, 2026? This guide lists 3 people running for Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 3: Mark Ash (Libertarian); Okey Anyiam (Democratic); and Thomas Smith (Republican).

People running in this race. Party is shown when the official list names one.

Shared source for names and parties: Texas Secretary of State ballot certification (https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/forms/2026-ballot-cert.pdf), signed August 28, 2026 by Deputy Secretary Dave Nelson. Names are from the Tom Green County section. Election day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.

The Texas Ethics Commission treasurer list is a campaign-finance filing, not the ballot. The commission says the office on that form is what the filer wrote and may be out of date.

This page does not endorse anyone.

Thomas Smith

Thomas Smith, Republican, is certified for judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 3. The Ethics Commission form says Thomas C. Smith, with a treasurer appointment dated June 16, 2025, for the Court of Criminal Appeals, and no office held. The place number is blank on that line. The State Bar of Texas directory lists Thomas C. Smith, the name on the Ethics Commission form, as eligible to practice, bar card 24010409, with a Texas license date of May 3, 1999. On that page the attorney reports the firm as the Texas Attorney General, the occupation as government lawyer, and the primary practice location as Dallas. The page does not state an office sought, and it does not mention the Court of Criminal Appeals.

Ballot certification

TEC treasurer list, filer 89792

State Bar directory

Okey Anyiam

Okey Anyiam, Democratic, is certified for judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 3. The Ethics Commission form says Iheanyi O. Anyiam, with a treasurer appointment dated October 20, 2025, for Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 3, and no office held. The State Bar of Texas directory lists Iheanyi Okechukwu 'Okey' Anyiam as eligible to practice, bar card 24001663, with a Texas license date of November 7, 1997, and Dallas as the primary practice location. The bar page is what ties the certified name Okey to Iheanyi Okechukwu. On that page the attorney reports the firm as Law Office of Okey Anyiam, the occupation as private law practice, and the practice area as criminal.

Ballot certification

TEC treasurer list, filer 90205

State Bar directory

Mark Ash

Mark Ash, Libertarian, is certified for judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 3. The Ethics Commission list shows Mark Ash with a treasurer appointment dated November 14, 2025, and the office-sought field blank. No official biography was found, so this note stops at the ballot and that filing.

Ballot certification

TEC treasurer list, filer 68347

What this job is

The Court of Criminal Appeals is the state's last court for criminal cases. After a trial, the state or the defendant may appeal. Death-penalty appeals go straight to this court. Other criminal appeals go first to a court of appeals, and this court may then review them. This court is also the only one that can grant habeas corpus to a person convicted of a felony.

The Office of Court Administration's October 2026 chart says the court has nine judges. This race is for Place 3.

Sources: Court of Criminal Appeals; Court structure of Texas, October 2026

The area

This office is elected by the whole state. The U.S. Census Bureau's 2024 population estimate for Texas is 31,290,831. The 2024 estimate for Tom Green County, Texas is 120,103. San Angelo is the county seat of Tom Green County, Texas, and the city's 2024 population estimate is 100,159.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 county population estimates; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 city and town population estimates; Texas Comptroller, Tom Green County rural snapshot; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 cartographic boundaries; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 TIGER/Line roads; U.S. Geological Survey, Global Map 1:1,000,000-scale rivers and lakes

Map of Texas inside a navy outline; this race covers the whole state. Tom Green County, Texas is outlined and hatched in red. Large cities, interstates, major rivers, and neighboring states are labeled.Open the map full size
This race covers all of Texas, the white area inside the navy outline. Tom Green County, Texas is outlined and hatched in red. Thin lines are counties. Dots are cities of 200,000 or more in the Census Bureau 2024 estimates, plus San Angelo, the square. Blue lines are major rivers from the U.S. Geological Survey 1:1,000,000-scale Global Map. Shields mark interstates, from Census Bureau 2024 road lines. This is not a survey map.

Main industries here

The Governor's Office of Economic Development and Tourism says Texas is the leading producer of oil, gas, wind, and utility-scale solar energy in the United States. That page names oil and gas extraction, production, and transportation, and renewables, as energy clusters. A separate sector on the same page is food and livestock products, from beef and poultry to tortillas and snack foods.

Source: Governor's Office, target industries

Who holds it now

Bert Richardson. The court's judges page lists him in Place 3. It says he was elected in 2014, began the term on January 1, 2015, and was re-elected in 2020. He is not on this ballot.

Source: Court of Criminal Appeals judges

Who held this seat

The court's judges page names Bert Richardson for Place 3 and dates his term from January 1, 2015. Wikipedia's page on the court names the current judges and does not give a place-by-place list of earlier judges. Earlier names are not posted.

Source: Court of Criminal Appeals judges

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  1. Bert Richardson

    January 1, 2015 – present

    Elected in 2014 and re-elected in 2020. Not on this ballot.

This is not the official ballot. https://www.tomgreencountytx.gov/page/ele.SampleBallots