residence predecessor party birth_date order term_start article_title name
euclid , ohio , u.s. armond budish democrat 04 september 1966 member 8th district of the ohio house of representatives from the january 3 , 2015 kent smith -lrb- politician -rrb-
 kent smith
kent smith -lrb- politician -rrb-

kent smith -lrb- born september 4 , 1966 -rrb- is the representative of the 8th district of the ohio house of representatives .
smith is a resident of euclid , ohio , and served on the euclid school board for 12 years .
he also served as head of the democratic party for euclid , and has a degree from cleveland state university .
in 2014 , smith opted to run for the ohio house of representatives to replace armond budish , who was term-limited and sought election instead as cuyahoga county executive .
he faced republican mikhail alterman and independent jocelyn conwell , but won easily with 71.47 % of the vote .
in his career , smith has been accused of radical language , and also diverting funds from the euclid democrat club , and has faced considerable criticism from republicans .
