Cody Smith (Missouri)

Cody Smith (Republican Party) was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives, representing District 163. He assumed office in 2017. He left office on January 8, 2025.

Smith (Republican Party) ran for election for Missouri Treasurer. He lost in the Republican primary on August 6, 2024.

Biography

Cody Smith is from Carthage, Missouri. He graduated Carthage High School and attended Missouri Southern State University where he studied business. Smith's career experience includes owning a small business, serving as the president of the Carthage Tree Board, and serving on the Carthage Planning and Zoning Variance Committee.^[1]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Smith was assigned to the following committees:

Budget Committee, Chair
Joint Committee on Legislative Research, Vice Chair
Joint Committee on Public Assistance

2021-2022

Smith was assigned to the following committees:

Joint Committee on Legislative Research, Chairman
Joint Committee on Public Assistance
Budget Committee, Chair

2019-2020

Smith was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Missouri committee assignments, 2017
• Budget
• Fiscal Review
• Health and Mental Health Policy
• Joint Committee on Legislative Research

Elections

2024

General election

General election for Missouri Treasurer

Incumbent Vivek Malek defeated Mark Osmack, John Hartwig, and Reagn Haase in the general election for Missouri Treasurer on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Vivek Malek (R)	57.9	1,684,714
		Mark Osmack (D)	38.0	1,106,236
		John Hartwig (L)	2.8	81,443
	Submit photo	Reagn Haase (G)	1.2	35,745

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,908,138
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Missouri Treasurer

Mark Osmack advanced from the Democratic primary for Missouri Treasurer on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Osmack	100.0	344,166

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 344,166
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Lucas Johnson (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Missouri Treasurer

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Missouri Treasurer on August 6, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Vivek Malek	41.5	273,930
	Andrew Koenig	20.6	135,828
	Lori Rook	19.4	127,970
	Cody Smith	14.7	97,029
	Tina Goodrick	2.9	19,115
	Karan Pujji	0.9	6,124

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 659,996
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for Missouri Treasurer

John Hartwig advanced from the Libertarian primary for Missouri Treasurer on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Hartwig	100.0	2,423

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,423
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Smith in this election.

State House

See also: Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2024

Cody Smith was not able to file for re-election due to term limits.