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Whitney Smith
Whitney Smith was a nonpartisan candidate for representative on the Columbus City Council in Ohio. Smith was defeated in the primary election on May 2, 2017.
Smith was a 2016 Republican candidate for District 18 of the Ohio House of Representatives.[1] Smith was replaced on the general election ballot by David Todd (R). After leaving the state House race in 2016, Smith ran as a Republican candidate for Franklin County commissioner. She was defeated in the general election by John O'Grady (D).[2]
Elections
2017
The city of Columbus, Ohio, held elections on November 7, 2017. A primary election occurred on May 2, 2017. Three of the seven seats on the city council were up for election. The positions of city attorney and city auditor were also on the ballot. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 1, 2017.[3]
The following candidates ran in the Columbus City Council primary election.[4]
| Columbus City Council, Nonpartisan Primary Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Priscilla Tyson Incumbent |
19.30% | 20,621 |
| Shannon Hardin Incumbent |
17.47% | 18,663 |
| Mitchell Brown Incumbent |
16.72% | 17,864 |
| Jasmine Ayres |
8.65% | 9,245 |
| Will Petrik |
8.13% | 8,691 |
| Kieran Cartharn |
7.52% | 8,035 |
| Sarah Ries | 7.37% | 7,873 |
| Josh Jaffe | 7.09% | 7,574 |
| Whitney Smith | 5.23% | 5,592 |
| Kathryn Hille (Withdrawn) | 2.37% | 2,528 |
| Write-in votes | 0.15% | 158 |
| Total Votes | 106,844 | |
| Source: Franklin County Board of Elections, "2017 Primary Election Results," accessed May 19, 2017 | ||
2016
Elections for the Ohio House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on March 15, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was December 16, 2015.
Incumbent Kristin Boggs defeated David Todd and Constance Gadell Newton in the Ohio House of Representatives District 18 general election.[5]
| Ohio House of Representatives, District 18 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Kristin Boggs Incumbent |
65.30% | 36,519 | |
| Republican | David Todd | 27.81% | 15,551 | |
| Green | Constance Gadell Newton | 6.90% | 3,857 | |
| Total Votes | 55,927 | |||
| Source: Ohio Secretary of State | ||||
Incumbent Kristin Boggs defeated Joshua Clark and Adhanet Kifle in the Ohio House of Representatives District 18 Democratic primary.[6][7]
| Ohio House of Representatives District 18, Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Kristin Boggs Incumbent |
67.32% | 9,672 | |
| Democratic | Joshua Clark | 19.52% | 2,805 | |
| Democratic | Adhanet Kifle | 13.16% | 1,890 | |
| Total Votes | 14,367 | |||
Whitney Smith ran unopposed in the Ohio House of Representatives District 18 Republican primary.[6][7]
| Ohio House of Representatives District 18, Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Whitney Smith (unopposed) |
100.00% | 5,012 | |
| Total Votes | 5,012 | |||
Campaign themes
2017
The following quote is from Smith's campaign website:
| “ | Whitney is fighting the culture of corruption in Columbus. Whitney is self made and understands the importance of hard work and honesty. She will combat career politicians and special interests control and bring back integrity and transparency to Columbus City Council.[8] | ” |
| —Whitney Smith[9] | ||
See also
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Ohio Secretary of State, "Candidate Listing By Office," accessed February 8, 2016
- ↑ Franklin County, "2016-General-Official-Results-Group-Detail," accessed July 23, 2020
- ↑ Franklin County Board of Elections, "2017 Primary Election Schedule," accessed February 2, 2017
- ↑ Franklin County Board of Elections, "2017 Candidate List," accessed February 2, 2017
- ↑ Ohio Secretary of State, "Official election results," accessed December 21, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Ohio Secretary of State, "Candidate Listing By Office," accessed February 8, 2016
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Ohio Secretary of State, "2016 Official Elections Results," accessed August 29, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Whitney Smith campaign website, accessed April 19, 2017
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