Senator Kandie Smith | |
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Member of the North Carolina Senate from the 5th district | |
Assumed office January 1, 2023 | |
Preceded by | Donald Davis |
Member of the North CarolinaHouseofRepresentatives from the 8th district | |
In office January 1,2019 –January 1,2023 | |
Preceded by | Susan Martin |
Succeeded by | Gloristine Brown |
18th Mayor of Greenville | |
In office July 7,2017 –December 12,2017 | |
Preceded by | Allen Thomas |
Succeeded by | P.J. Connelly |
Member of the Greenville City Council from the 1st district | |
In office December 12,2017 –December 13,2018 | |
Preceded by | Shawan Barr |
Succeeded by | Monica Daniels |
In office December 7,2009 –July 7,2017 | |
Preceded by | Mildred Atkinson Council |
Succeeded by | Shawan Barr |
Personal details | |
Born | Spartanburg,South Carolina,U.S. | October 20,1969
Political party | Democratic |
Residence(s) | Greenville,North Carolina,U.S. |
Alma mater | Charleston Southern University (BA) |
Kandie Diane Smith (born October 20,1969) is a Democratic member of the North Carolina Senate,United States,representing the 5th district. [1] She was previously a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives and interim mayor of Greenville,North Carolina.
Smith obtained a bachelor's degree from Charleston Southern University where she majored in sociology and minored in communications.
Before her election to mayor,Smith was on the Greenville City Council,representing District 1. When the former mayor,Allen Thomas,stepped down,Smith was elected mayor by the members of the council and held that office until the next election in November 2017,where she won re-election to the council,again serving District 1.
In 2016,Smith attempted to defeat the incumbent state representative Jean Farmer-Butterfield for the Democratic nomination for North Carolina's 24th House district. [2] Farmer-Butterfield defeated Smith. [3]
In December 2017,after the incumbent,Susan Martin,announced that she would not run for re-election,Smith announced she would run for the 8th House district. Smith defeated the Pitt County Board of Education chair,Mildred Council,and the retired U.S. Army captain,Ernest Reeves,receiving 50% of the vote. [4]
Smith went on to face the businesswoman,Brenda Letchworth Smith. Smith defeated Letchworth Smith,with 64.6% against 35.4% percent. [5] On January 1,Smith was formally sworn in. [6]
In the 2024 United States presidential election,she endorsed the Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign alongside the rest of the senate caucus. [7]
Source: [8]
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Kandie Smith | 509 | 50.25% | |
Mildred Atkinson Council (incumbent) | 497 | 49.06% | |
Write-in | 7 | 0.69% | |
Total votes | 1,013 | 100% |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Kandie Smith (incumbent) | 963 | 92.24% | |
Write-in | 45 | 4.31% | |
Rose Glover (write-in) | 25 | 2.39% | |
Mildred Council (write-in | 11 | 1.05% | |
Total votes | 1,044 | 100% |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Kandie Smith (incumbent) | 1,000 | 69.59% | |
Clinton Ray Anderson Jr. | 423 | 29.44% | |
Katherine Wetherington (write-in | 10 | 0.70% | |
Write-in | 4 | 0.28% | |
Total votes | 1,437 | 100% |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Kandie Smith (incumbent) | 970 | 77.85% | |
Patrice Barrow | 260 | 20.87% | |
Write-in | 16 | 1.28% | |
Total votes | 1,246 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jean Farmer-Butterfield (incumbent) | 6,570 | 61.52% | |
Democratic | Kandie Smith | 4,110 | 38.48% | |
Total votes | 10,680 | 100% |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Kandie Smith | 984 | 82.55% | |
Micah Lockhart | 195 | 16.36% | |
Write-in | 13 | 1.09% | |
Total votes | 1,192 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kandie Smith | 2,791 | 50.04% | |
Democratic | Mildred Atkinson Council | 1,988 | 35.64% | |
Democratic | Ernest T. Reeves | 799 | 14.32% | |
Total votes | 5,578 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kandie Smith | 15,570 | 64.65% | |
Republican | Brenda Letchworth Smith | 8,515 | 35.35% | |
Total votes | 24,085 | 100% | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kandie Smith (incumbent) | 23,739 | 60.21% | |
Republican | Tony Moore | 15,685 | 39.79% | |
Total votes | 39,424 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kandie Smith | 13,604 | 86.58% | |
Democratic | Lenton Brown | 2,109 | 13.42% | |
Total votes | 15,713 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kandie Smith | 36,557 | 52.23% | |
Republican | Karen Kozel | 33,432 | 47.77% | |
Total votes | 69,989 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
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