In 2011, recognized for his work in fighting global poverty, Smith became only the second member of Congress selected for the Borgen Project's board of directors. In the runoff, Smith defeated Sanchez by 11 votes. In the first round, Sanchez and Smith earned 64 votes with Reyes earning 53. On December 16, 2010, Smith defeated Silvestre Reyes and Loretta Sanchez to become the Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee after Chairman Ike Skelton was defeated for reelection. In 2008, Smith won a seventh term in the House, defeating James Postma, a 74-year-old retired engineer running on a pro-nuclear power platform, with 65% of the vote. He also voted for the 2001 Patriot Act and to extend the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program. Smith voted against the Protect America Act of 2007, which has been criticized for violating Americans' civil liberties by allowing wiretapping without issued warrants.
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The same year, he also appeared on The Colbert Report, in the show's 434-part series known as "Better Know A District". He also appeared on Hardball with Chris Matthews speaking for Obama. In April 2007, Smith supported Barack Obama in the 2008 U.S. In 2006, Smith won his sixth term in Congress against Republican Steve Cofchin, with 65.7% of the vote to Cofchin's 34.3%. troops had done "amazing work" in Afghanistan and that it was "time to bring the troops home". On October 10, 2002, Smith was among the 81 Democratic members of the House to vote to authorizing the invasion of Iraq.
He chairs the political action committee of the New Democrat Coalition. Smith has been a leader in moderate " New Democrats" organizations. For the 2012 election, Smith moved from his longtime home in Tacoma to Bellevue.Īdam Smith and Barack Obama at a campaign rally at Seattle's KeyArena, February 8, 2008. It is also the state's second-most Democratic district only the neighboring 7th district, which covers the rest of Seattle, is more Democratic. As a result, it became the state's first with a majority of residents who are racial or ethnic minorities. It absorbed much of southeast Seattle as well as most of the Eastside.
Smith's district was significantly redrawn after the 2010 census. Smith has been reelected 12 times since without serious opposition, as what was originally drawn as a "fair fight" district turned into a fairly safe Democratic seat.įor his first seven terms, Smith represented a district that straddled Interstate 5, from Renton through Tacoma to just outside of Olympia. House of Representatives in 1996 by defeating another incumbent Republican, Randy Tate. He was 25 years old at the time of his election in 1990, defeating a 13-year incumbent Republican, Eleanor Lee, to become the nation's youngest state senator.
Smith served in the Washington State Senate from 1991 to 1997.
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In 1996, he worked temporarily as a pro tem judge. From 1993 to 1995, he served as a prosecutor for the city of Seattle. He worked his way through college by loading trucks for United Parcel Service.Īfter law school, Smith worked as a private practice attorney with Cromwell, Mendoza & Belur. He completed a Juris Doctor from the University of Washington in 1990. Smith attended Western Washington University in Bellingham for a year before graduating from Fordham University in 1987 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science.