Will Smith

On the November 2026 ballot

Running for State Senator · District 20 · Democratic

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753 roll-call votes on record - 677 yes, 15 no; these state roll calls carry no party-by-party tally. state roll calls
Latest coverage: “Trump campaigns in Mississippi, highlighting Republicans' challenges” (KPBS Public Media, Oct 27, 2026) - one of 992 stories across the spectrum (Left 18 · Center 18 · Right 18). coverage, lean labeled ↗
8 personal financial disclosures on file (Form 1 + Form 6) covering 2021–2024 - the originals are one click away. state disclosure filings

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The record

official roll calls · every vote links to the bill

753

Roll-call votes on record.

753 votes · 677 yes · 55 absent · 15 not voting · 6 no. 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 · Apr 2, 2026

LATEST: YESHousing and Community Development - Affordable Housing - Educator Workforce Housing and Municipal CorporationsHB 168 · Apr 2, 2026

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Personal finances

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Reported net worth · from annual disclosures

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$2.6M reported for year-end 2024 · +$87K since 2023

Florida Form 6 figures are the sworn dollar amount each filing states.

Original filings:2022 filing ↗2023 filing ↗2024 filing ↗

Annual financial disclosures · official filings

8 filings on record

Form 1 + Form 6 · 2021–2024

Form 1 is Florida’s shorter disclosure - income sources, property, and business interests, without a net-worth figure. Form 6 is Florida’s full financial disclosure - officials report their net worth, assets, and income sources each year.

Form 12024 ↗2024 ↗2023 ↗2023 ↗

Form 62024 ↗2023 ↗2022 ↗2021 ↗

Filed as William Robert Smith III - Historic Environmental Preservation Board · William A Smith - Employees · William Bruce Smith - Elected Constitutional Officer - matched to Will Smith by name; the original names the filer.

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Political placement

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Left–right estimates (academic)

Shor-McCarty · votesVery Liberal

More liberal than 94% of Maryland Senate members

Details

Score−1.54 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.49 more liberal than the Democratic median in this group (−1.05)

Compared with140 members of Maryland Senate members (1996–2022)

Covers2015–2022

● This person Democrats (94) Republicans (46)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 78% of 2022 Maryland Senate candidates

Details

Score−0.76 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median0.03 more liberal than the Democratic median in this group (−0.73)

Compared with103 members of 2022 Maryland Senate candidates

Covers2014–2022

● This person Democrats (58) Republicans (45)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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