Dennis Smith (Minnesota)

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Dennis Smith
Image of Dennis Smith
Prior offices
Minnesota House of Representatives District 34B
Successor: Kristin Bahner
Predecessor: Kurt Zellers

Elections and appointments
Last election

August 9, 2022

Education

High school

White Bear Lake High School, 1985

Bachelor's

North Dakota State University, 1990

Law

William Mitchell College of Law, 2000

Personal
Profession
Attorney
Contact

Dennis Smith (Republican Party) was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, representing District 34B. He assumed office on January 6, 2015. He left office on January 8, 2019.

Smith (Republican Party) ran for election for Attorney General of Minnesota. He did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on August 9, 2022.

Committee assignments

2017 legislative session

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

Minnesota committee assignments, 2017
Civil Law and Data Practices, Vice chair
Commerce and Regulatory Reform
Education
Rules and Legislative Administration

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Smith served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Issues

2016 presidential endorsement

✓ Smith endorsed Marco Rubio for the Republican primary in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.[1]

See also: Endorsements for Marco Rubio

Elections

2022

See also: Minnesota Attorney General election, 2022

General election

General election for Attorney General of Minnesota

Incumbent Keith Ellison defeated Jim Schultz and Laurice Anderson in the general election for Attorney General of Minnesota on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Keith Ellison
Keith Ellison (D)
 
50.4
 
1,254,371
Image of Jim Schultz
Jim Schultz (R)
 
49.5
 
1,233,556
Laurice Anderson (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
12
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
2,362

Total votes: 2,490,301
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Attorney General of Minnesota

Incumbent Keith Ellison defeated Bill Dahn in the Democratic primary for Attorney General of Minnesota on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Keith Ellison
Keith Ellison
 
89.3
 
378,367
Bill Dahn
 
10.7
 
45,110

Total votes: 423,477
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Attorney General of Minnesota

Jim Schultz defeated Doug Wardlow and Sharon Anderson in the Republican primary for Attorney General of Minnesota on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jim Schultz
Jim Schultz
 
52.5
 
163,944
Image of Doug Wardlow
Doug Wardlow Candidate Connection
 
34.8
 
108,537
Image of Sharon Anderson
Sharon Anderson
 
12.7
 
39,723

Total votes: 312,204
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2018

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 34B

Kristin Bahner defeated incumbent Dennis Smith in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 34B on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kristin Bahner
Kristin Bahner (D)
 
52.8
 
12,194
Image of Dennis Smith
Dennis Smith (R)
 
47.1
 
10,873
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
33

Total votes: 23,100
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 34B

Kristin Bahner advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 34B on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
Image of Kristin Bahner
Kristin Bahner

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 34B

Incumbent Dennis Smith advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 34B on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
Image of Dennis Smith
Dennis Smith

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2016

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Minnesota House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 9, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was May 31, 2016.

Incumbent Dennis Smith defeated Kristin Bahner in the Minnesota House of Representatives District 34B general election.[2][3]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 34B General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Dennis Smith Incumbent 55.96% 13,773
     Democratic Kristin Bahner 44.04% 10,841
Total Votes 24,614
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State


Kristin Bahner ran unopposed in the Minnesota House of Representatives District 34B Democratic primary.[4][5]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 34B Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Kristin Bahner  (unopposed)


Incumbent Dennis Smith ran unopposed in the Minnesota House of Representatives District 34B Republican primary.[4][5]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 34B Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Dennis Smith Incumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Minnesota House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election was held on August 12, 2014, and a general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 3, 2014. David Hoden was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Dennis Smith was unopposed in the Republican primary. Smith defeated Hoden in the general election.[6][7][8]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 34B General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngDennis Smith 56.4% 9,016
     Democratic David Hoden 43.5% 6,965
     Write-in Write-in 0.1% 17
Total Votes 15,998

Campaign finance summary


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Dennis Smith campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2018Minnesota House of Representatives District 34BLost general$73,584 N/A**
2016Minnesota House of Representatives, District 34bWon $41,555 N/A**
2014Minnesota House of Representatives, District 34bWon $38,690 N/A**
Grand total$153,829 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2022

In 2022, the Minnesota State Legislature was in session from January 31 to May 23.

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to labor issues.
Legislators are scored on their support for the organization's principles, which it defines as "provid[ing] a basis for a constitutionally limited government established to sustain life, liberty, justice, property rights and free enterprise."
Legislators are scored on their votes on labor issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.


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2016


2015

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2014

Smith's website highlighted the following campaign themes:

Jobs Creation

I will be a strong advocate for promoting and advancing free market policies that enable our community’s small businesses, the bedrock of our state’s economy, the flexibility and freedom to grow and prosper.

Spending and Taxes
I strongly believe that more government spending and programs are not a solution to every issue we face in our community and state. I will champion proposals that reduce spending and lower taxes for individuals, so that they are allowed to spend more of their hard-earned dollars as they see fit.

Health Care
I believe the approach to providing affordable and accessible health care should be driven by the market and not by government. I will fight against top down approaches that allow Washington bureaucrats to make health care decisions for Minnesotans. Instead, I will promote policies that provide flexibility and competition in the marketplace to provide options, drive down costs, and empower individuals to make decisions that best fit their own needs.

Education Having a productive educational system is essential for our state’s future. I will work to ensure more accountability is placed in the classroom, teachers are rewarded for their student’s success, and parents and children have more options when it comes to their educational choices. I will fight for more local control of education and against educational fads such as Common Core and Standards Based Grading that do nothing to help students.[9][10]

See also


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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Kurt Zellers (R)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 34B
2015-2019
Succeeded by
Kristin Bahner (D)


Current members of the Minnesota House of Representatives
Leadership
Speaker of the House:Lisa Demuth
Majority Leader:Harry Niska
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Jim Joy (R)
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Kim Hicks (D)
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Max Rymer (R)
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Xp Lee (D)
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Ethan Cha (D)
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Liz Reyer (D)
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Liz Lee (D)
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