# David Smith

David Smith is a Republican member of the Oregon Senate for district 1.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Oregon Senate, district 1
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: OR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/26a734f0-51f9-4959-a213-bc345c1050ec

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/26a734f0-51f9-4959-a213-bc345c1050ec (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

9.8% of Smith’s statements contain a personal attack, 4.4 times the State Senate Republican average of 2.3%.

## What Smith says (OR 2025–26 session)

631 classified statements: 631 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Smith | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 9.8% | 2.3% | 19 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 14.4% | 9.5% | 87 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 42.5% | 37.3% | 150 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.2% | 2.3% | 91 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 11.4% | 15.4% | 197 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 1.7% | 1.3% | 79 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 32% (State Senate Republicans 17%); Economics and Public Finance 24% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Crime and Law Enforcement 11% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Taxation 11% (State Senate Republicans 7.1%); Labor and Employment 8.2% (State Senate Republicans 3.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.13 (standard error 0.01), from 94 donors and 1,281 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 18% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (OR 2025–26 session)

1,231 roll calls. Attendance 91.7% (Oregon Senate 94.2%). Party unity 82% (93.3%). 78 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-03-06 · voted nay · Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. · HB 4127 Relating to Medicaid payments to reproductive health care providers; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4127/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. · HB 4121 Relating to emergency management. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4121/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. · HB 4040 Relating to health care; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4040/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. · HB 4062 Relating to evaluating Business Oregon programs; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4062/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Pham. Passed. · HB 4007 Relating to transportation; and prescribing an effective date. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4007/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Lieber. Passed. · SB 1601 Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1601/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Thatcher. Passed. · HB 4130 Relating to farm use. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4130/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. · HB 4132 Relating to veterans; and prescribing an effective date. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4132/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Girod. Passed. · HB 4153 Relating to farm stores. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4153/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Starr. Passed. · HB 4178 Relating to rounding procedures in transactions; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4178/

## Legislation (OR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 255 bills: 255 reached committee, 34 passed one chamber, 30 passed both, 22 became law. Cosponsored 201. 23.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oregon Senate 50.2%; rank 26 of 30).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 4097: Relating to the Oregon Ocean Science Trust. (became law, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4097/
- SB 1593: Relating to recreation; declaring an emergency. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1593/
- SB 1554: Relating to infants born alive. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1554/
- HB 4075: Relating to hospital finance; and declaring an emergency. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4075/
- SB 1586: Relating to economic development; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1586/
- SB 1584: Relating to the creation of credits for the restoration of salmon habitat; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1584/
- HB 4046: Relating to nuclear energy; declaring an emergency. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4046/
- SCR 206: In memoriam: State Senator Aaron Lionel Woods. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SCR206/
- HB 4087: Relating to infants born alive. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4087/
- SB 1583: Relating to substance use. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1583/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $25.1K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/DavidBrockSmith/status/2114572613444043031
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/DavidBrockSmith/status/2114778294587645995
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/DavidBrockSmith/status/2113840710978027746
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/DavidBrockSmith/status/2114094974451229052
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/DavidBrockSmith/status/2114105236709425647
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/DavidBrockSmith/status/2113537327847162024
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/DavidBrockSmith/status/2113736020730794011
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/DavidBrockSmith/status/2113776444279328884
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/DavidBrockSmith/status/2113380254672998545
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/DavidBrockSmith/status/2113380523569791450

## Links

- Official site: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/smithd
- Campaign site: https://davidbrocksmith.com/
- X: https://x.com/DavidBrockSmith
- Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/StateSenatorDavidBrockSmith/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidbrocksmith01
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/DavidBrockSmith
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-brock-smith-793282ba

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/26a734f0-51f9-4959-a213-bc345c1050ec