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Rick Smith
Prior offices:
Plano City Council Place 8
Years in office: 2017 - 2025
Successor: Vidal Quintanilla (Nonpartisan)

Elections and appointments
Last election
May 1, 2021
Personal
Profession
President, Advanced Home Theater Systems, Inc.
Contact

Rick Smith was a member of the Plano City Council in Texas, representing Place 8. He assumed office in 2017. He left office in 2025.

Smith ran for re-election to the Plano City Council to represent Place 8 in Texas. He won in the general election on May 1, 2021.

Biography

Smith's professional experience includes founding Advanced Home Theater Systems, Inc. in 1995.[1]

Elections

2021

See also: City elections in Plano, Texas (2021)

General election

General election for Plano City Council Place 8

Incumbent Rick Smith defeated Elisa Klein in the general election for Plano City Council Place 8 on May 1, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rick Smith
Rick Smith (Nonpartisan)
 
53.0
 
17,084
Image of Elisa Klein
Elisa Klein (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
47.0
 
15,180

Total votes: 32,264
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2017

See also: Municipal elections in Plano, Texas (2017)

Rick Smith defeated incumbent David Downs in the runoff election for Place 8 on the Plano City Council.[2]

Plano City Council, Place 8 Runoff Election, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Rick Smith 53.20% 9,417
David Downs Incumbent 46.80% 8,285
Total Votes 17,702
Source: Plano, Texas, "Elections," accessed June 10, 2017

Rick Smith and incumbent David Downs defeated Stirling Morris in the general election for Place 8 on the Plano City Council.[2]

Plano City Council, Place 8 General Election, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Rick Smith 49.00% 11,660
Green check mark transparent.png David Downs Incumbent 36.02% 8,572
Stirling Morris 14.98% 3,566
Total Votes 23,798
Source: Plano, Texas, "Elections," accessed May 6, 2017

Campaign themes

2021

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2017

Smith's campaign website included the following themes:

  • Be responsive to the TAXPAYERS of Plano – you are the boss
  • Modify Plano Tomorrow Plan to ensure neighborhood friendly developments – not massive high density apartment projects that increase traffic congestion and response times for our public safety providers
  • Unwavering support for our Police, Fire and First Responders
  • Ensure financial transparency to make it easy for taxpayers to know where their tax dollars are being spent
  • Reduce our Effective Tax Rate to provide property tax relief to the citizens of Plano, especially our Senior Citizens[1][3]
—Rick Smith (2017)

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External links

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Rick Smith for Plano City Council - Place 8, "Home," accessed February 21, 2017
  2. 2.0 2.1 Plano, Texas, "Elections," February 16, 2017
  3. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

Political offices
Preceded by
-
Plano City Council Place 8
2017-2025
Succeeded by
Vidal Quintanilla