@KentKSmith

Minority Whip & Dem Senator for Ohio 21; In 2022, I beat the Koch Brothers; Burning River Roller Derby Voice; Art & Music Fan; Cat Dad; Pro-Choice; Apple Farmer

 Columbus and Euclid, Ohio
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Joined February 2009
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Thank you Ohio Senate District 21 Democratic voters. When all ballots were counted I finished up with 68% of the vote. I will be our Party's nominee facing GOP opposition in November where we will #SendKentBackToColumbus for another 4 years. I am back to work today.
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The 10th District Court of Appeals declared that the GOP school voucher scam is unconstitutional. In this week's ICYMI, we explain the decision and read directly from the Ohio Constitution.
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Last week I got to see Tim Myrick's Immersed In Nature watercolor show at the Cleveland Botanical Garden. It is up till November 8th. For more information myrickcreative.com
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Kent Smith retweeted
CNN Politics
@CNNPoliticsOct 23
A mysterious group that has spent at least $2 million boosting a little-known socialist candidate in Ohio’s competitive Senate race is being funded by Republicans, according to a new campaign finance filing. cnn.it/3VOFSqp
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Kent Smith retweeted
TIME
@TIMEOct 21
“We now deserve to lose this race.” Old-guard Republicans were baffled that Vivek Ramaswamy would dare to deploy Democratic nominee Amy Acton’s own mother in his latest ad time-magazine.visitlink.me/7…

'We Now Deserve to Lose': Ramaswamy Ad Deepens GOP Panic in Ohio

J.D. Vance defended Ramaswamy, as GOP strategists privately told TIME the divisive ad had already backfired badly.

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Acyn
@AcynOct 22
Jennings on Vance/Ramaswamy/Ad: This is not whining. From what I've heard from my people in Ohio, it's warning that this.. is going to blow up in their face.
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More from today's #NoKings rallies in NE Ohio.
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Some scenes from two of today's NE Ohio #NoKings rallies.
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Two No Kings rallies and two times on Euclid doors for Amy, Allison, Sherrod and all the endorsed Euclid Democratic candidates.
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Two things continue to increase across Ohio: Early Voting totals and gasoline prices. We provide the latest updates on both in this week's ICYMI Statehouse Edition.
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Vivek Ramaswamy wants to abolish the state income tax, something no one is asking for An incredibly detailed take on why the Ohio GOP's push to cut income taxes is helping to increase your property taxes, by ex-Dispatch editor Mike Curtin share.google/AYt76WUyAU13B9V…

Gov. DeWine says income taxes aren't keeping businesses from investing in Ohio

Ohio's long march to reduce – and possibly eliminate – state income taxation has produced substantial tax-burden shifts to local property levies, creating anxieties echoing those of early statehood,...

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Some highlights from our Monday night with the Oberlin Democrats. I saw a ton of Joe Miller signs all over the town.
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At Sunview Elementary to read to some politically active 2nd graders.
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Kent Smith retweeted
David DeWitt@DC_DeWittOct 13
"Campaign mailers urging Ohio voters to support a socialist U.S. Senate candidate over Democratic nominee Sherrod Brown are being underwritten by a newly incorporated PAC with ties to President Donald Trump's MAGA Inc., public filings show." pbs.org/newshour/politics/ma…

Mailers promoting a socialist candidate in Ohio Senate race have links to MAGA super PAC vendor

The mailers are sponsored by Enough Promises Ohio PAC and began arriving in voters' mailboxes in recent days.

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Yesterday, the Kent Smith World Tour had the privilege of joining the Washington County Democrats and their candidates John Rauch,Dr. Brian Whalin, Wenda Sheard and Marietta College students Dylan and Palmer (pictured here).
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cleveland.com/news/2026/10/a… – at Ohio, USA
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The Kent Smith World Tour has two October stops this weekend. Tomorrow afternoon I will be in Marietta and Monday evening I will be in Oberlin.
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On the doors for @amyactonoh @SherrodBrown @Russo4Ohio and the rest of the @EuclidDemClub endorsed candidates.
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Do you think your monthly utility payments should be used to finance candidates that you don't support? I don't. So I have introduced legislation to stop it but Statehouse Republicans have blocked it. But in Michigan, citizens have put that issue on their November ballot. This week we discuss #mopupmichigan
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Vivek Ramaswamy has repeatedly distanced himself from Strive Enterprises’ decision to leave Ohio for Texas, saying he was “just a shareholder” and portraying the move as one of the experiences that motivated him to run for governor. Strive’s own regulatory filings tell a much fuller story: Ramaswamy was the company’s majority shareholder when the move was announced. Read more: s.tiffinohio.net/n7FVYPu
Fact check: Ramaswamy’s company left Ohio for Texas while he was its majority shareholder

ALT Fact check: Ramaswamy’s company left Ohio for Texas while he was its majority shareholder

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Tonight I was proud to be able to join Congresswoman @RepShontelBrown and many members of the statewide ticket at her annual Legacy Celebration.
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