Erica D. Smith

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Smith began mapping out her path to the United States Senate at a Congressional Black Caucus "boot camp" Political Training Institute in 2005. She briefly put her plans on hold in 2012 following the death of her 5-year-old son. [14]

Entering the race

In January 2019, Smith announced her candidacy for the United States Senate seat held by Thom Tillis. Smith, who currently works as a math instructional specialist, has likened her platform to a six-point lesson plan. [11] During her primary contest, a Republican group, created just a few weeks earlier in 2020 and funded entirely by a Mitch McConnell-created conduit called "Faith and Power", spent $2.95 million to run ads supporting Smith, [15] the content of which she found objectionable. Her campaign said it, "....disavows and disassociates ourselves from the interference of Republicans in the Democratic Senate Primary". "This entity is not authorized to represent our views and positions." [16] Cal Cunningham, her major opponent, to whom she eventually finished second said, "Washington Republicans know Senator Tillis is weak, and apparently they don't like his chances against me in November. Now they're resorting to shady tactics to meddle in our election and it's disrespectful to North Carolina voters." The Tillis campaign denied foreknowledge of the ad buy, claiming it, "...couldn't be the least bit concerned with which radical liberal emerges from the chaos that is the Democratic primary". [16] Cunningham lost a very close general election race to Tillis who received 48.7% of the vote to Cunningham's 46.9%. [17]

2022 United States Senate race

Smith was a candidate in the Democratic primary for the 2022 U.S. Senate election in North Carolina. [18] She says her campaign will not accept donations from the fossil fuel industry or large corporate PACs. [13]

2022 United States House of Representatives race

On November 23, 2021, Smith withdrew from the Senate race and announced her campaign for the redrawn North Carolina's 1st congressional district, aiming to replace retiring U.S. Representative G. K. Butterfield. [19] On May 17, 2022, Don Davis won the Democratic primary, defeating Smith, who came in second, and two other candidates.

Other work

Smith is a curriculum and instructional specialist for Haliwa-Saponi Tribal School in Hollister, North Carolina. [13] She was formerly associate pastor at a Missionary Baptist Church. [13]

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Erica D. Smith
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Member of the North Carolina Senate
from the 3rd district
In office
January 1, 2015 –January 1, 2021
North Carolina Senate
Preceded by Member of the North Carolina Senate
from the 3rd district
2015–2021		Succeeded by
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