Mike Smith (Louisiana politician)
| Kenneth Michael "Mike" Smith, Sr. | |
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| Member of the Louisiana Senate from the 31st district |
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In office 1996–2008 |
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| Preceded by | Donald G. Kelly |
| Succeeded by | Gerald Long |
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| Born |
June 1, 1948 Winnfield, Winn Parish, Louisiana, USA |
| Political party | Democrat-turned-Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Linda Ann Clardy Smith |
| Children |
Lori E. Smith |
| Residence | Winnfield, Louisiana |
| Alma mater |
Winnfield Senior High School |
| Occupation | Businessman; former educator |
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(1) In 1974, Smith joined his father and brother in the establishment of P.K. Smith Motors in Winnfield. A decade earlier, P.K. Smith had completed a single term of service in the Louisiana House of Representatives. (2) An extended member of the Long family, Smith is Democrat, but his state Senate successor is his Republican cousin, Gerald Long, a Winnfield native residing in . (3) Smith considers the pending new campus of the Louisiana Technical College - Huey P. Long Campus in Winnfield to be his prime achievement as a state senator. |
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Lori E. Smith
Winnfield Senior High School
(1) In 1974, Smith joined his father and brother in the establishment of P.K. Smith Motors in Winnfield. A decade earlier, P.K. Smith had completed a single term of service in the Louisiana House of Representatives.
(2) An extended member of the Long family, Smith is Democrat, but his state Senate successor is his Republican cousin, Gerald Long, a Winnfield native residing in .
Kenneth Michael Smith, Sr., known as Mike Smith (born June 1, 1948), is a businessman in Winnfield, Louisiana, who served as a Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate from 1996 to 2008.
Smith was term-limited in District 31, which encompasses all or parts of De Soto, Grant, , Red River, Sabine, and Winn parishes. In the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 20, 2007, Smith was succeeded by his Republican cousin, Gerald Long, a Winnfield native residing in . Long defeated outgoing State Representative Taylor Townsend, an attorney also from Natchitoches. Townsend in 1999, had defeated Long’s brother, Jimmy D. Long of Natchitoches, for the state House seat.
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