Candidate · U.S. House, District 8
Jason T. Smith
What this job does: Your district's one vote in the U.S. House. House members write and vote on federal laws, taxes and spending, and every bill to raise taxes has to start in the House. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- U.S. Representative, Missouri's 8th District (since June 2013); Chair, House Ways and Means Committee (since 2023)
- Occupation
- U.S. Representative
Background
- Won a June 2013 special election to the U.S. House. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee since January 2023. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Missouri State Representative, 2005-2013. source: en.wikipedia.org
- B.S. degrees in agricultural economics and business administration, University of Missouri; J.D., Oklahoma City University School of Law (2004). source: en.wikipedia.org
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