Kandie Smith

Kandie Diane Smith (born October 20, 1969) is a Democratic member of the North Carolina Senate, United States, representing the 5th district. She was previously a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives and interim mayor of Greenville, North Carolina.

Education and early life
Smith obtained a bachelor's degree from Charleston Southern University where she majored in sociology and minored in communications.

Greenville City Council
Before her election to mayor, Smith was on the Greenville City Council, representing District 1. When the former mayor, Allen Thomas, stepped down, Smith was elected mayor by the members of the council and held that office until the next election in November 2017, where she won re-election to the council, again serving District 1.

North Carolina House of Representatives
In 2016, Smith attempted to defeat the incumbent state representative Jean Farmer-Butterfield for the Democratic nomination for North Carolina's 24th House district. Farmer-Butterfield defeated Smith.

In December 2017, after the incumbent, Susan Martin, announced that she would not run for re-election, Smith announced she would run for the 8th House district. Smith defeated the Pitt County Board of Education chair, Mildred Council, and the retired U.S. Army captain, Ernest Reeves, receiving 50% of the vote.

Smith went on to face the businesswoman, Brenda Letchworth Smith. Smith defeated Letchworth Smith, with 64.6% against 35.4% percent. On January 1, Smith was formally sworn in.

2021-2022 session

 * Agriculture
 * Education - K-12
 * Education - Universities
 * Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform
 * Finance
 * Health

2019-2020 session

 * Agriculture
 * Education - K-12
 * Education - Universities
 * Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform
 * Finance
 * Health