Jessica Steinmann

According to her campaign website, Steinmann was born and went to high school in Harris County, just outside the district. She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin and a J.D. from Baylor University.[2][3] She says she previously served in the office of U.S. Senator Ted Cruz and helped draft Texas's election integrity law.[3] Steinmann served as Director of the Office for Victims of Crime in the U.S. Department of Justice from 2020 to 2021; she says she oversaw nearly $9 billion and awarded over $2.5 billion in 2020 funding to crime victims, including the largest federal funding to combat domestic human trafficking.[1][2][3]

After leaving the Trump administration, Steinmann worked as Executive General Counsel at the America First Policy Institute, where she says she led litigation including a lawsuit representing 36 U.S. Air Force members against the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine mandate and a lawsuit on behalf of high school track athletes over transgender participation in girls' sports.[1] She says she led Republican women's groups and served as a Texas Committeewoman on the RNC Platform Committee, and previously served as president of The Woodlands Republican Women and on the Montgomery County Child Welfare Board.[3] Steinmann won the March 3, 2026 Republican primary in a six-candidate field with 68.0% of the vote.[2]

Steinmann describes herself as a wife and mother of two sons. Her campaign website says she and her husband Brandon, the elected Montgomery County Clerk, live in Montgomery County, and that she is a member of the Conroe Noon Lions Club, The Woodlands Rotary and the Federalist Society.[1][3] Steinmann won the November 3, 2026 general election with 53.2% of the vote to Laura Jones's 46.8%, according to unofficial results reported by NBC News.[4]