# Michael Smith

Michael Smith is a Democratic member of the Georgia House for district 41.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Georgia House, district 41
- Serving since: 2013-01-14
- Current term: GA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/68185f1d-fa54-4571-b305-fcd6c7dc024e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/68185f1d-fa54-4571-b305-fcd6c7dc024e (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

Smith reported $1,601 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom tenth of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

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

1 classified statements: 1 post on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Smith | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 765 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.4% | 717 of 765 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 39.2% | 757 of 765 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 765 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 14.4% | 729 of 765 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 544 of 765 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.62 (standard error 0.12), from 4 donors and 141 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 51% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (GA 2025–26 session)

245 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Georgia House 93.5%). Party unity 100% (97.2%). 1 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-23 · voted nay · Local Calendar · HB 78 Tifton, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB78/
- 2026-06-23 · voted nay · PASSAGE · SB 3 Election Equipment Specifications and Standards Committee; establish · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SB3/
- 2026-06-23 · voted nay · Local Calendar · HB 78 Tifton, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB78/
- 2026-06-23 · voted nay · Local Calendar · HB 78 Tifton, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB78/
- 2026-06-22 · voted nay · Local Calendar · HB 61 Twiggs County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB61/
- 2026-06-22 · voted nay · Local Calendar · HB 30 Early County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB30/
- 2026-06-22 · voted nay · Local Calendar · HB 30 Early County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB30/
- 2026-06-20 · voted nay · Local Calendar · HB 30 Early County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB30/
- 2026-06-20 · voted nay · Local Calendar · HB 61 Twiggs County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB61/

## Legislation (GA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 20 bills: 15 reached committee, 13 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 0. 65.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia House 65.7%; rank 107 of 177).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1588: Cobb County; salaries of chief deputy sheriff, assistant chief deputy sheriff, and executive assistant to the sheriff shall be determined by the sheriff;… (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1588/
- HR 1632: Clarke County School District; preserving the historic and significant West Broad Street School Campus; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-06) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1632/
- HB 1366: Georgia Teacher Retention Scholarship Act; enact (introduced, 2026-02-20) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1366/
- HR 1397: Bryant, Dr. Karen Leigh; honoring the life and memory; condolences (passed one chamber, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1397/
- HB 1213: Mableton, City of; Redevelopment Powers Law; provide for a referendum (became law, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1213/
- HR 1209: Reignite the Flame - A Couples Experience; sponsored and hosted by Professor Michael Uadiale and Dr. Enojare Tina (Noja) Uvwo-Uadiale; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1209/
- HB 908: Education; prohibit a public school, private school, or home school program from requiring a child who has completed all requirements for a high school… (introduced, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB908/
- HB 912: Quality Basic Education Act; $500,000.00 in matching grants for purpose of providing home reading programs for students in kindergarten through fourth grade;… (introduced, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB912/
- HB 906: Health; require long-term care facilities to post a link on their websites to the official website of the office of the long-term care ombudsman (in committee, 2026-02-20) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB906/
- HB 863: Georgia Small Business Set-Aside Act; enact (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB863/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $1,601 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

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

- 2026-03-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/repmichaelsmith/status/2029562832023421327

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.ga.gov/members/house/832?session=1031
- Campaign site: https://www.votemichaelsmith.org/
- X: https://x.com/repmichaelsmith
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/repmichaelandresmith
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCklRdxfdvb18iD9QrvwWVSw
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-smith-65849463/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/68185f1d-fa54-4571-b305-fcd6c7dc024e