Will Smith (Maryland state senator)

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Will Smith
Image of Will Smith

Democratic Party

Maryland State Senate District 20
Tenure

2016 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

7

Prior offices
Maryland House of Delegates District 20

Compensation

Base salary

$54,437/year

Per diem

$115/day for lodging. $63/day for meals

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 8, 2022

Appointed

December 13, 2016

Contact

Official website

Personal LinkedIn 

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Will Smith (Democratic Party) is a member of the Maryland State Senate, representing District 20. He assumed office on December 21, 2016. His current term ends on January 13, 2027.

Smith (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Maryland State Senate to represent District 20. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Smith served in the Maryland House of Delegates, representing District 20 from 2015 to 2016.

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Smith was assigned to the following committees:

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2021-2022

Smith was assigned to the following committees:

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2019-2020

Smith was assigned to the following committees:

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2020 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2020 legislative session, Smith served on the following committees:

Maryland committee assignments, 2020
• Judiciary, Chair

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Smith served on the following committees:

Maryland committee assignments, 2015
• Judiciary

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2022

See also: Maryland State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Maryland State Senate District 20

Incumbent Will Smith won election in the general election for Maryland State Senate District 20 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Will Smith
Will Smith (D)
 
98.8
 
34,113
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.2
 
422

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 34,535
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Maryland State Senate District 20

Incumbent Will Smith defeated Enoch Bevel in the Democratic primary for Maryland State Senate District 20 on July 19, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Will Smith
Will Smith
 
89.0
 
17,121
Image of Enoch Bevel
Enoch Bevel
 
11.0
 
2,124

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 19,245
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2018

See also: Maryland State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Maryland State Senate District 20

Incumbent Will Smith defeated Dwight Patel and Vardley St. Preux in the general election for Maryland State Senate District 20 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Will Smith
Will Smith (D)
 
90.8
 
42,069
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Dwight Patel (R)
 
9.1
 
4,236
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Vardley St. Preux (Unaffiliated)
 
0.0
 
5
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
35

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 46,345
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Maryland State Senate District 20

Incumbent Will Smith advanced from the Democratic primary for Maryland State Senate District 20 on June 26, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Will Smith
Will Smith
 
100.0
 
16,896

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.

Total votes: 16,896
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Maryland State Senate District 20

Dwight Patel advanced from the Republican primary for Maryland State Senate District 20 on June 26, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Dwight Patel
 
100.0
 
711

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.

Total votes: 711
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2014

See also: Maryland House of Delegates elections, 2014

Elections for the Maryland House of Delegates took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 24, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 25, 2014. Incumbent Sheila E. Hixson, David Moon, and Will Smith defeated Justin W. Chappell, D'Juan Hopewell, William Jawando, Jonathan Shurberg, Darian Unger and George Zokle in the Democratic primary. Daniel S. Robinson ran as a Green Party candidate. Hixson, Moon and Smith defeated Robinson for three seats in the general election.[1][2][3]

Maryland House of Delegates District 20, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngSheila Hixson Incumbent 31.8% 23,519
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngWill Smith 29.7% 21,989
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Moon 29.3% 21,646
     Green Daniel S. Robinson 9.2% 6,801
Total Votes 73,955


Maryland House of Delegates, District 20 Democratic Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngSheila Hixson Incumbent 24.5% 9,135
Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Moon 18.7% 6,959
Green check mark transparent.pngWill Smith 16.1% 6,006
William Jawando 15.1% 5,620
Darian Unger 11.5% 4,296
Jonathan Shurberg 8% 2,997
Justin W. Chappell 2.9% 1,076
D'Juan Hopewell 2.1% 778
George Zokle 1.1% 397
Total Votes 37,264

Campaign themes

2022

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Campaign finance summary

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Will Smith campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022Maryland State Senate District 20Won general$424,804 $355,131
2014Maryland House of Delegates, District 20Won $83,877 N/A**
Grand total$508,681 $355,131
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

See also: State legislative scorecards and State legislative scorecards in Maryland

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Officeholder

Maryland State Senate District 20

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Maryland Secretary of State, "Official primary election candidate list," accessed March 3, 2014
    2. ↑ Maryland State Board of Elections, "Official 2014 Gubernatorial Primary Election results for House of Delegates," accessed December 5, 2014
    3. ↑ Maryland State Board of Elections, "2014 Official General Election Results," accessed April 30, 2015

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    -     		Maryland State Senate District 20
    2016-Present    		 Succeeded by
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    Preceded by
    -     		Maryland House of Delegates District 20
    2015-2016    		 Succeeded by
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