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Jesse Smith (Alabama)

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Jesse Smith
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November 8, 2016

Military

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U.S. Army

Jesse Smith was a 2018 Democratic candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 3rd Congressional District of Alabama. He withdrew from the race in December 2017.[1]

Smith was a 2016 Democratic candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 3rd Congressional District of Alabama.[2]

Smith was a 2014 Democratic candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 3rd Congressional District of Alabama.[3] Jesse Smith (Alabama) lost the general election on November 4, 2014.

Biography

Smith is a 14-year U.S. Army combat veteran. He served during Operation Iraqi Freedom as a squad leader and platoon sergeant. While serving in the military, he earned induction into the Sergeant Audey Leon Murphy Leadership Club.[4]

Elections

2018

See also: Alabama's 3rd Congressional District election, 2018

Smith sought election to the 3rd Congressional District of Alabama in 2018.[1]

2016

See also: Alabama's 3rd Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Mike Rogers (R) defeated the only Democrat to file in the race, Jesse Smith, in the general election. Rogers defeated Larry DiChiara in the Republican primary on March 1, 2016.[5][6][7]

U.S. House, Alabama District 3 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngMike Rogers Incumbent 66.9% 192,164
     Democratic Jesse Smith 32.9% 94,549
     N/A Write-in 0.1% 391
Total Votes 287,104
Source: Alabama Secretary of State


U.S. House, Alabama District 3 Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngMike Rogers Incumbent 76% 77,432
Larry DiChiara 24% 24,474
Total Votes 101,906
Source: Alabama Secretary of State

2014

See also: Alabama's 3rd Congressional District elections, 2014

Smith ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Alabama's 3rd District. Smith won the Democratic nomination unopposed in the primary on June 3, 2014. Smith was defeated by incumbent Mike Rogers (R) in the general election on November 4, 2014.[8]

U.S. House, Alabama District 3 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngMike Rogers Incumbent 66.1% 103,558
     Democratic Jesse Smith 33.7% 52,816
     N/A Write-in 0.2% 246
Total Votes 156,620
Source: Alabama Secretary of State

Campaign themes

2016

The following issues were listed on Smith's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

“
  • Economy: Income inequality is one of the biggest problems facing the people of our country. The top one tenth of one percent of earners controls almost as much wealth as the bottom 90% combined! On top of that, we allow for 20% of our children to hungry in America! This is unacceptable. I will push for progressive answers to this problem. I believe we should tax the wealthy that do no pay their fair share, such as hedge fund managers. I think that we should lower taxes on middle-income families and increase taxes on the top 1%. This problem will not be solved with taxes alone.
  • Citizens United: Citizens United must be repealed through an amendment to the constitution. There is no other way to state the fact. Citizens United was one of the most disastrous rulings by the Supreme Court in our history. Today, a billionaire can buy his or her own candidate for President, or, they can buy as many candidates for Congress as they wish. This is not how a democracy works. Money does not equal freedom of speech and corporations are not people.
  • Climate Change/Global Warming: There is no bigger pressing danger to our society than that created by man-made climate change. There is no more debate about whether this is happening. Science has made this point loud and clear. We don’t have to look to the retracting arctic sea ice to get a glimpse of what is happening. We can look in our own backyards. California is experiencing an unprecedented drought, Boston received more snow that it ever last winter. Places all around the country are experiencing extreme weather and it is only a matter of time before we are affected as well.

[9]

”
—Jesse Smith's campaign website, http://www.jt4congressal03.com/#!platform/c1flq

2014

Smith's campaign website listed the following issues:[10]

  • Veterans
Excerpt: "Any legislation that I introduce will prioritize support for wounded warriors, mental health, and the well being of our military families and veterans...I will advocate for additional funding for the VA."
  • Voting rights
Excerpt: "Voter indemnification laws can disproportionately burden young voters, people of color, low income families, people with disabilities, and the elderly."
  • Education
Excerpt: "Plan2020 is a great start but we need to follow through to ensure its success...I inten[d] to promote the raising of standards for preparatory programs for teachers as well as recognizing and rewarding good teaching, and retaining good teachers."

Campaign finance summary

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See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Facebook, "Jesse T. Smith," December 31, 2017
  2. ↑ Alabama Democrats, "Qualified Democratic Candidates as of November 6, 2015," accessed November 9, 2015
  3. ↑ Abc3340, "List of qualifying candidates for major and local Alabama offices," February 7, 2014
  4. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named about
  5. ↑ The New York Times, "Alabama Primary Results," accessed March 1, 2016
  6. ↑ Alabama Republican Party, "2016 Qualified Alabama Republican Candidates," accessed November 10, 2015
  7. ↑ Alabama Democrats, "Qualified Democratic Candidates as of November 6, 2015," accessed November 10, 2015
  8. ↑ The Huffington Post, "Election 2014," November 4, 2014
  9. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  10. ↑ JT Smith for Congress," accessed February 23, 2014


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