Valeria Smith
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| Senator from the Great Plains | ||||
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| In Office: 2004 - Present Served alongside: Long | ||||
| Preceded by | Unknown | |||
| Succeeded by | Incumbent | |||
| Born | 1 July 1966 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | |||
| Political Party | Republican Party | |||
| Spouse | Jonathan Smith | |||
| Religion | Unaffiliated Christian Protestant | |||
Valeria Smith (born July 1, 1966) is a Republican Senator from the Great Plains, serving since 2004. She had previously run for President in 2016.
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Childhood & Education
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Early Career
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Political Career
Oklahoma Politics
Being a child of politically active parents and showing of a quite brilliant intellect is wasn’t surprising that she joined the Republican Party while still in college. She worked as a campaign worker on several elections in her late teens and early twenties and as she got experience she become more and more part of the political policy discussions and got to know many members, high and low, of the party.
At 28 years of age she became part of the Oklahoma State Legislature, labelled by newspapers as the new wonder child of the Republican Party. She made a name for herself in both the legislature and in media as a “rising star” of the party and many tipped her for being a prominent member of the state leadership in the future. Those bets came true in 1999 when she assigned the role of Chairman of the Oklahoma Republican Party.
Representing GP in the House
But those who though she would be a long timer were proven wrong when she stated that she had other plans and goals in life. She wanted to do more for Oklahoma, Great Plains and for America as whole so she took her shot at the US House Election. Winning a sound victory over her democratic opponent made her the new representative of Oklahoma’s fifth congressional district in 2000. A seat she held on to in re-elections 2002 with a landslide win.
Senate Career
In 2004 it was yet again a time for move for Valeria Smith. Her appetite for work had been wet by the years in the house and she still felt she could do more. As such she run in the US Senator election of the Great Plains. While she did not win with such landslides as she had done in the US House Representative elections in Oklahoma – she did win and she did become senator of USA.
A seat she currently holds on to after two reelection. In 2010 she won it as easy as possible runing unopposed, and in 2016 she won it as far as easy as possible taking the seat with a 5 vote margin.
Currently Smith is the second most senior of all senators, and the most senior member of the republican caucus. Over the years she has held many prestegious positions. She has chaired the Senate DAC committe and served on all others. In face she has served on up to 3 of the 4 standing committes at the same time. Among other things during her time in the Senate Smith funded the Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues in 2008, and chaired it from 2008-2016.
2016 Presidential Race
Political Positions Held
- House Representative of Oklahoma State Legislature (1994-2000)
- Chairman of Oklahoma Republican Party (1999-2000)
- US House Representative (2000-2004)
- US Senator (2004-present)
Elections Results
| 2004 Senate election, Great Plains | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Valeria Smith | 1,900,000 | 55,88% | +0.0% | |
| Democrat | Brad Carson | 1,500,000 | 44.11% | +0.0% | |
| Majority | 400,000 | 11.76% | |||
| Turnout | 3,400,000 | ||||
| Republican hold | |||||
| 2010 Senate election, Great Plains | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Valeria Smith (I) | - | - | - | |
| - | Vacant | - | - | - | |
| Majority | - | - | |||
| Turnout | - | ||||
| Republican hold | |||||
Note: Seat won unopposed.
| 2016 Senate election, Great Plains | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Valeria Smith (I) | 1,701,590 | 49.83% | +0.0% | |
| Democrat | Damien Austin | 1,701,585 | 49.83% | +0.0% | |
| Majority | 5 | 0.000003% | |||
| Turnout | 3,414,821 | ||||
| Republican hold | |||||
External Links
- The Beer Mother's Daughter - the official autobiography by Valeria Smith
| Preceded by Unknown | Senator (Class 1) from the Great Plains 2005 - Present Served alongside: Long | Succeeded by Incumbent |
| United States presidential election, 2016 | |
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| General polls · Fundraising · Debates · Endorsements | |
| Democratic Party | Primary polls · Primaries · Convention · Debates |
| Candidates | Whitney Mason (Presidential nominee)/Andrew Brockmeier (Vice Presidential nominee) · Justin Casanova-Davis |
| Withdrawn | Bryant Carter · Emmett Honeycutt · Tom Potier · Lilliam Vanleer |
| Republican Party | Primary polls · Primaries · Convention · Debates |
| Candidates | David Gamble (Presidential nominee)/John Dunn (Vice Presidential nominee) · John Dunn · Vincent Halfhyde · Andrew Merrilin · Valeria Smith |
| Withdrawn | AA Alvera · Francisco Cojuanco · Joseph Salazar-Portela |
| Other 2016 elections: House · Senate · Gubernatorial · Presidential | |
