Jason T. Smith

Jason T. Smith

Jason T. Smith (born June 16, 1980 in St. Louis , Missouri ) is an American politician . Since 2013 he has represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Jason Smith, son of a farming family, attended Salem High School until 1998 and then studied at the University of Missouri in Columbia until 2001 . After completing a law degree at the School of Law at Oklahoma City University and his admission to the bar in 2004, he began working in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 2005 and 2013 he was an MP in the Missouri House of Representatives , where he served on four committees.

Following the resignation of MP Jo Ann Emerson , Smith was elected as their successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , with 67.1 percent of the vote against Democrat Steve Hodges for the eighth seat of Missouri in the by- election June 2013 took up his new mandate. After two re-elections so far in 2014 and 2016, he can continue to exercise his office today. His new legislative term runs until January 3, 2019 with the option of a further candidacy in 2018.

He is a member of the National Rifle Association and several chambers of commerce.

swell

• Re-election 2016 at Ballotpedia

Web links

• Web presence at the congress
• Jason T. Smith in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)