# Vance Smith

Vance Smith is a Republican member of the Georgia House for district 138.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Georgia House, district 138
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: GA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9deeb60b-4d1e-42b8-8052-d2808a30ea9a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9deeb60b-4d1e-42b8-8052-d2808a30ea9a (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 $181.8K in the 2026 cycle, in the top quarter of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.40 (standard error 0.04), from 290 donors and 141 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 58% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (GA 2025–26 session)

245 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Georgia House 93.5%). Party unity 100% (97.2%). 0 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-23 · voted yea · 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 yea · PASSAGE · SB 3 Election Equipment Specifications and Standards Committee; establish · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SB3/
- 2026-06-23 · voted yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 93 bills: 70 reached committee, 64 passed one chamber, 14 passed both, 13 became law. Cosponsored 0. 68.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia House 65.7%; rank 76 of 177).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 89: West Point, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (introduced, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB89/
- HB 87: West Point, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (introduced, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB87/
- HB 88: Hogansville, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (introduced, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB88/
- HB 44: Harris County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (passed one chamber, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB44/
- HR 5: Holden, Benjamin A.; condolences (passed one chamber, 2026-06-17) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HR5/
- HB 51: Troup County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (passed one chamber, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB51/
- HR 2045: Muscogee County School District's 2026 Teachers of the Year; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2045/
- HR 1985: Hairston, Ruben; induction into the Fort Valley State Hall of Fame; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1985/
- HR 1960: Huff, Bruce; outstanding public service; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1960/
- HR 1969: America 250 Day at the state capitol; April 1, 2026; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1969/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $181.8K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 97% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.ga.gov/members/house/215?session=1031
- Campaign site: https://www.votevancesmith.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/votevancesmith/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vance-c-smith-jr-164a8444/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9deeb60b-4d1e-42b8-8052-d2808a30ea9a