The election for 2025-2026 State Bar of Texas president-elect, Texas Young Lawyers Association president-elect, and State Bar and TYLA district directors will be held April 1-30, 2025.
State Bar President-elect Race
The State Bar of Texas Board of Directors voted to approve Deborah L. Cordova and G. David Smith as candidates for 2025-2026 president-elect at its quarterly meeting in Austin on January 24, 2025. Read the press release.
Cordova and Smith will appear on the ballot in April 2025 along with any certified petition candidates. Presently there are no additional president-elect candidates, although members have until March 3 to submit their nominating petitions to the State Bar for certification.
Potential petition candidates could begin collecting signatures on September 1, 2024, and have until March 3, 2025, to submit their nominating petitions to the State Bar for certification. For information on how to run for president-elect, go here.
This year, the subcommittee considered candidates from non-metropolitan counties (all counties except Bexar, Dallas, Harris, Tarrant, and Travis), in compliance with State Bar rules. Click the names below to read the nominees’ interest letters and resumes as submitted to the Nominations and Elections Subcommittee.
DEBORAH L. CORDOVA
Edinburg
G. DAVID SMITH
Rockwall
Nominations and Elections is a subcommittee of the State Bar board co-chaired by Immediate Past President Cindy V. Tisdale and Immediate Past Board Chair Kennon Lily Wooten.
State Bar District Director Races
Nine State Bar districts will vote for a district director position in 2025. To view the open seats, refer to this chart. For information on how to run as a district director, go here.
List
of Certified Candidates and Vacancies
For a list of attorneys certified to run in a district, click the
link above. Note: The list is updated as attorneys are certified
as candidates.
