Kelly Smith (Florida State House District 30 candidate)
Kelly Smith (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Florida House of Representatives to represent District 30. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Smith completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Kelly Smith earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame, a graduate degree from the University of Central Florida, and a Ph.D. from Northcentral University. Her career experience includes working as a professor.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Florida House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Florida House of Representatives District 30
Incumbent Chase Tramont defeated Kelly Smith in the general election for Florida House of Representatives District 30 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Chase Tramont (R) | 65.6 | 70,142 |
 | Kelly Smith (D)  | 34.4 | 36,835 | |
| Total votes: 106,977 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Kelly Smith advanced from the Democratic primary for Florida House of Representatives District 30.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Justin Davis (D)
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Chase Tramont advanced from the Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 30.
Campaign finance
Endorsements
To view Smith's endorsements as published by their campaign, click here. Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Smith in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Kelly Smith completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. 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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- The affordability crisis around home insurance, lack of affordable housing, lack of higher paying jobs and lack of affordable and accessible healthcare. Reform home and auto insurance industry practices, fund public/private partnerships and grants to build more affordable housing, develop job training programs for higher paying industry jobs & incentivize business development, work to lower prescription prices & health service costs.
- Environmental land and water related issues must be addressed regarding flooding, shoreline erosion and sea level rise, wetland protection, Indian River Lagoon and Halifax River restoration and septic tank issues……. Implement low impact development standards for land development to manage storm water. Support projects that protect quality and quantity of water supply in aquifer. Support funding to address inland and coastal flood risks. Fund coastal shoreline protection programs. Balancing increased land and waterway conservation with growth and development and Fund land/water conservation programs like Florida Wildlife Corridor, Florida Forever and Rural and Family Lands Protection Program.
- Work to protect and expand basic human rights. Work for Equality for marginalized groups & ALL OF OUR HUMAN RIGHTS. Protect and Expand LGBTQIA+ rights Protect voter's rights and Support Proposed Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Voting Rights Act. Support the RIGHT to CLEAN WATER initiative and address the many funding, teacher pay and curriculum issues in K-12 Public schools and funding and freedom on the State University level.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 4, 2024
