Candidate · State Senate, District 30
Brandon D. Smith
What this job does: Your district's vote in the Kentucky Senate. Senators write and vote on state laws and the state budget, approve some of the governor's appointments, and with the House can override the governor's veto with a majority of each chamber. A term is four years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- State Senator, Senate District 30 (since 2008)
- Occupation
- Owner, Mohawk Energy
- Lives in
- Hazard
Background
- Smith has served in the Kentucky Senate, District 30, since 2008 and chairs the Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee. source: legislature.ky.gov
- Smith served in the Kentucky House from 2001 to 2008 and as a Hazard city commissioner from 1993 to 1998. source: ballotpedia.org
- Smith earned a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Kentucky. source: legislature.ky.gov
- Smith is a past president of the Hazard Lions Club. source: legislature.ky.gov
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