Kent Smith
Senator · State senate · Ohio · District 21
Democratic
Biography
State Senator Kent Smith currently represents Ohio’s 21st Senate District, having been elected to the Ohio Senate in 2022. Prior to his service in the Senate, Smith served four terms in the Ohio House of Representatives from 2015-2022. He joined the Ohio General Assembly after serving Euclid, Ohio as a member of the Euclid Board of Education from 2002–2013. Prior to joining the Ohio General Assembly, Senator Smith worked for the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office, which included an assignment with the Ohio Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, and at four Northeast Ohio nonprofit organizations. Since 2006, he has served as the head of the Euclid Democratic Party.
On the record
- Education
- Miami University, 1988; Cleveland State University, Master of Science in Urban Studies, 2001
- Profession
- State Senator; State Representative; School Board Member; Roller derby announcer; Government employee
- Born
- 1966-09-04
Contact
- Capitol office
- Room 223, Statehouse, 1 Capitol Square Second Floor, Columbus, OH 43215 · 614-466-4857
- Phone
- 614-466-4857
- sd21@ohiosenate.gov