Michael Smith

On the November 2026 ballot

Running for State Representative · District 41 · Democratic

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773 roll-call votes on record - 558 yes, 75 no; these state roll calls carry no party-by-party tally. state roll calls
Latest coverage: “AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Delaware’s state primary” (WPLG Local 10 – Main Feed, Sep 14, 2026) - one of 9 stories across the spectrum (Left 3 · Center 5 · Right 1). coverage, lean labeled ↗
2 personal financial disclosures on file (Form 1) covering 2023–2024 - the originals are one click away. state disclosure filings

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The record

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773

Roll-call votes on record.

773 votes · 558 yes · 108 excused · 75 no · 32 not voting. These roll calls don’t record a party-by-party tally, so there’s no party-alignment rate to show - the votes themselves are below. official roll calls · Jun 22, 2026

Votes by topic: top topics first, the rest behind filters

State Government36 votes · yes on 26, no on 0, 10 other

Local Government27 votes · yes on 17, no on 4, 6 other

Public Safety25 votes · yes on 18, no on 1, 6 other

Taxation23 votes · yes on 20, no on 2, 1 other

Education21 votes · yes on 17, no on 1, 3 other

One vote can touch several topics.

LATEST: NODublin, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemptionHB 1EX · Jun 22, 2026

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Personal finances

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2 filings on record

Form 1 · 2023–2024

Form 1 is Florida’s shorter disclosure - income sources, property, and business interests, without a net-worth figure.

Form 12024 ↗2023 ↗

Filed as Michael J Smith - Employees - matched to Michael Smith by name; the original names the filer.

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Political placement

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Left–right estimates (academic)

Shor-McCarty · votesLiberal

More liberal than 92% of Georgia House members

Details

Score−0.92 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.37 more liberal than the Democratic median in this group (−0.55)

Compared with648 members of Georgia House members (1993–2022)

Covers2013–2022

● This person Democrats (288) Republicans (359)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Shor, Boris. 2025. "Individual State Legislator Shor-McCarty Ideology Data, January 2025 Update." Harvard Dataverse, V1. Method: Shor, Boris, and Nolan McCarty. 2011. "The Ideological Mapping of American Legislatures." American Political Science Review 105(3). Shor-McCarty ↗

DIME CFscore · donorsLiberal

More liberal than 88% of 2022 Georgia House candidates

Details

Score−0.95 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median0.09 more liberal than the Democratic median in this group (−0.86)

Compared with232 members of 2022 Georgia House candidates

Covers2012–2022

● This person Democrats (99) Republicans (131)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0. Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime DIME CFscore ↗

About these scores

These are third-party academic estimates of one left–right dimension, computed by researchers from roll-call votes or campaign donors. They are not Poliscope’s judgment. Each source uses its own scale, so compare people within a source rather than across sources.

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Coverage

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Left · 2

A pending federal hemp ban is already hurting Florida businessesCreative Loafing Tampa Bay — News · Jul 16, 2026

Pending federal hemp ban already hurting Florida businessesFlorida Phoenix · Jul 15, 2026

Center · 5

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Delaware’s state primaryWPLG Local 10 – Main Feed · Sep 14, 2026

Pending federal hemp ban already hurting Florida businessesWUSF — Tampa Bay NPR (Politics) · Jul 16, 2026

Timeline- The July 7, 2016 Dallas ambush that killed 5 officersBig News Network (Fort Lauderdale) · Jul 8, 2026

Honoring one of their ownOcala Gazette · Jun 26, 2026

Valdosta domestic violence shelter among programs impacted by Gov. Kemp’s spending cutsWCTV (CBS Tallahassee) · Jun 24, 2026

Right · 1

Pending federal hemp ban already hurting Florida businessesFlorida Politics — Federal · Jul 16, 2026

Showing 8 of 9 stories on file - 1 duplicate listing of a story already shown was folded in.

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