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Emijah Smith
Emijah Smith (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Washington House of Representatives to represent District 37-Position 2. Smith lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Smith completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2022
See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Washington House of Representatives District 37-Position 2
Chipalo Street defeated Emijah Smith in the general election for Washington House of Representatives District 37-Position 2 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Chipalo Street (D)  | 54.6 | 30,275 |
 | Emijah Smith (D) | 44.5 | 24,679 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.9 | 478 | ||
| Total votes: 55,432 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Washington House of Representatives District 37-Position 2
Chipalo Street and Emijah Smith defeated Nimco Bulale and Andrew Ashiofu in the primary for Washington House of Representatives District 37-Position 2 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chipalo Street (D) | 41.5 | 14,273 |
| ✔ | | Emijah Smith (D) | 35.4 | 12,159 |
 | Nimco Bulale (D) | 12.0 | 4,111 | |
 | Andrew Ashiofu (D) | 10.0 | 3,427 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.2 | 396 | ||
| Total votes: 34,366 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Emijah Smith completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Smith's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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My name is Emijah Smith--I'm a mother, community advocate, public school champion and daughter of our district. I raise up the voices of communities of color, working families, and everyday people who want stable and affordable housing, equitable healthcare, and a public education system that values all students. I'm not running because I want to do this work in the future--I'm running because I have been doing this work and want to continue it as a legislator powered by the people in this district.
I am proudly the only candidate in this race endorsed by Pro-Choice Washington, the Washington State Labor Council, the Alliance for Gun Responsibility, Washington Conservation Voters, 37 LD State Senator Rebecca Saldaña, King County Councilmember Girmay Zahilay, and Seattle City Councilmember Tammy Morales.
I have over a decade of experience in legislative advocacy, a lifetime of community organizing, a Masters of Public Administration, Mercer Middle School PTSA President, and I’m grateful to wake up every day in our home in South Seattle, technically Beacon Hill, a few miles South of where I grew up in the Central District. I have gained invaluable experience in roles at King County Equity Now, the Children's Alliance, Solid Ground, and Odessa Brown Children's Clinic and the Harriet Tubman Center for Health and Freedom.
- What sets me apart is my depth of experience as a lifelong community advocate and resident of the 37th District. My work is and will be powered by people in this district. I've spent my life connecting communities here to the decision-making spaces where we belong, and for too long have been kept out.
- The status quo is not working to create healthy families and healthy communities for all in the 37th district. We need to greatly increase stable an affordable housing, creating public education that values every child, achieving universal child care, making health care accessible and affordable for all, and fixing our broken tax system
- With life getting more expensive every day--post pandemic and now with rising inflation--we need a leader in Olympia who will provide relief for working families. My resume demonstrates that I've done this work to help create better health care coverage, to bring community development investments into the district that focus on getting resources to those most in need and slowing the displacement of low-income and BIPOC communities who are getting priced out of our district.
• STABLE + AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Legalize rent stabilization. Roll back gentrification. Lower property taxes. Increase housing options. Welcome new neighbors. Make home ownership attainable for all.
• WORLD CLASS PUBLIC EDUCATION. Close the achievement gap for BIPOC students. Invest in educators and staff with fair contracts. Robust services and inclusion for special education and multilingual students. Enrichment classes in every school.
• UNIVERSAL CHILD CARE. Raise child care workers' wages. Increase available spaces. Cap costs for families. Expand care hours. Safer COVID protections for workers and children.
• FIX THE BROKEN TAX SYSTEM. Raise progressive revenue. Cut taxes for working class people. No more harmful regressive taxes.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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