| Honorific-Prefix: | Senator |
| Kandie Smith | |
| State Senate: | North Carolina |
| State: | North Carolina |
| District: | 5th |
| Term Start: | January 1, 2023 |
| Predecessor: | Donald Davis |
| State House1: | North Carolina |
| State1: | North Carolina |
| District1: | 8th |
| Term Start1: | January 1, 2019 |
| Term End1: | January 1, 2023 |
| Predecessor1: | Susan Martin |
| Successor1: | Gloristine Brown |
| Office2: | 18th Mayor of Greenville |
| Term Start2: | July 7, 2017 |
| Term End2: | December 12, 2017 |
| Predecessor2: | Allen Thomas |
| Successor2: | P.J. Connelly |
| Office3: | Member of the Greenville City Council from the 1st district |
| Term Start3: | December 12, 2017 |
| Term End3: | December 13, 2018 |
| Predecessor3: | Shawan Barr |
| Successor3: | Monica Daniels |
| Term Start4: | December 7, 2009 |
| Term End4: | July 7, 2017 |
| Predecessor4: | Mildred Atkinson Council |
| Successor4: | Shawan Barr |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Birth Date: | 20 October 1969 |
| Birth Place: | Spartanburg, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | Charleston Southern University (BA) |
| Residence: | Greenville, North Carolina, U.S. |
Kandie Diane Smith (born October 20, 1969) is a Democratic member of the North Carolina Senate, United States, representing the 5th district.[1] She was previously a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives and interim mayor of Greenville, North Carolina.
Smith obtained a bachelor's degree from Charleston Southern University where she majored in sociology and minored in communications.
Before her election to mayor, Smith was on the Greenville City Council, representing District 1. When the former mayor, Allen Thomas, stepped down, Smith was elected mayor by the members of the council and held that office until the next election in November 2017, where she won re-election to the council, again serving District 1.
In 2016, Smith attempted to defeat the incumbent state representative Jean Farmer-Butterfield for the Democratic nomination for North Carolina's 24th House district.[2] Farmer-Butterfield defeated Smith.[3]
In December 2017, after the incumbent, Susan Martin, announced that she would not run for re-election, Smith announced she would run for the 8th House district. Smith defeated the Pitt County Board of Education chair, Mildred Council, and the retired U.S. Army captain, Ernest Reeves, receiving 50% of the vote.[4]
Smith went on to face the businesswoman, Brenda Letchworth Smith. Smith defeated Letchworth Smith, with 64.6% against 35.4% percent.[5] On January 1, Smith was formally sworn in.[6]
In the 2024 United States presidential election, she endorsed the Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign alongside the rest of the senate caucus.[7]
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