# Kandie Smith

Kandie Diane Smith (born October 20, 1969) is a Democratic member of the North Carolina Senate, United States, representing the 5th district. She was previously a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives and interim mayor of Greenville, North Carolina.

## Education and early life

Smith obtained a bachelor's degree from Charleston Southern University where she majored in sociology and minored in communications.

## Greenville City Council

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.

## North Carolina House of Representatives

In 2016, Smith attempted to defeat the incumbent state representative Jean Farmer-Butterfield for the Democratic nomination for North Carolina's 24th House district. Farmer-Butterfield defeated Smith.
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.
Smith went on to face the businesswoman, Brenda Letchworth Smith. Smith defeated Letchworth Smith, with 64.6% against 35.4% percent. On January 1, Smith was formally sworn in.
In the 2024 United States presidential election, she endorsed the Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign alongside the rest of the senate caucus.

### Committee assignments

Source:

#### 2021-2022 session

* Agriculture
* Education - K-12
* Education - Universities
* Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform
* Finance
* Health

#### 2019-2020 session

* Agriculture
* Education - K-12
* Education - Universities
* Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform
* Finance
* Health

## Electoral history
### 2009

Greenville City Council 1st district general election, 2009 :
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Kandie Smith | Kandie Smith | 509 | 50.25% |
| Mildred Atkinson Council (incumbent) | Mildred Atkinson Council (incumbent) | 497 | 49.06% |
| Write-in | Write-in | 7 | 0.69% |
| Total votes | Total votes | 1,013 | 100% |

### 2011

Greenville City Council 1st district general election, 2011 :
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Kandie Smith (incumbent) | Kandie Smith (incumbent) | 963 | 92.24% |
| Write-in | Write-in | 45 | 4.31% |
| Rose Glover (write-in) | Rose Glover (write-in) | 25 | 2.39% |
| Mildred Council (write-in | Mildred Council (write-in | 11 | 1.05% |
| Total votes | Total votes | 1,044 | 100% |

### 2013

Greenville City Council 1st district general election, 2013 :
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Kandie Smith (incumbent) | Kandie Smith (incumbent) | 1,000 | 69.59% |
| Clinton Ray Anderson Jr. | Clinton Ray Anderson Jr. | 423 | 29.44% |
| Katherine Wetherington (write-in | Katherine Wetherington (write-in | 10 | 0.70% |
| Write-in | Write-in | 4 | 0.28% |
| Total votes | Total votes | 1,437 | 100% |

### 2015

Greenville City Council 1st district general election, 2015 :
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Kandie Smith (incumbent) | Kandie Smith (incumbent) | 970 | 77.85% |
| Patrice Barrow | Patrice Barrow | 260 | 20.87% |
| Write-in | Write-in | 16 | 1.28% |
| Total votes | Total votes | 1,246 | 100% |

### 2016

North Carolina House of Representatives 24th district Democratic primary election, 2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Jean Farmer-Butterfield (incumbent) | 6,570 | 61.52% |
| | Democratic | Kandie Smith | 4,110 | 38.48% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 10,680 | 100% |

### 2017

Greenville City Council 1st district general election, 2017 :
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Kandie Smith | Kandie Smith | 984 | 82.55% |
| Micah Lockhart | Micah Lockhart | 195 | 16.36% |
| Write-in | Write-in | 13 | 1.09% |
| Total votes | Total votes | 1,192 | 100% |

### 2018

North Carolina House of Representatives 8th district Democratic primary election, 2018 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Kandie Smith | 2,791 | 50.04% |
| | Democratic | Mildred Atkinson Council | 1,988 | 35.64% |
| | Democratic | Ernest T. Reeves | 799 | 14.32% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,578 | 100% |
North Carolina House of Representatives 8th district general election, 2018 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Kandie Smith | 15,570 | 64.65% |
| | Republican | Brenda Letchworth Smith | 8,515 | 35.35% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 24,085 | 100% |
| | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican |

### 2020

North Carolina House of Representatives 8th district general election, 2020 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Kandie Smith (incumbent) | 23,739 | 60.21% |
| | Republican | Tony Moore | 15,685 | 39.79% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 39,424 | 100% |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2022

North Carolina Senate 5th district Democratic primary election, 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Kandie Smith | 13,604 | 86.58% |
| | Democratic | Lenton Brown | 2,109 | 13.42% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 15,713 | 100% |
North Carolina Senate 5th district general election, 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Kandie Smith | 36,557 | 52.23% |
| | Republican | Karen Kozel | 33,432 | 47.77% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 69,989 | 100% |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |