Rhett Smith

Rhett Smith a Security Officer from San Antonio, Texas. He is currently the Libertarian Party of Texas' Senatorial District 26 Representative. In 2016, Smith ran as the Libertarian nominee for Texas' 35th District in the US House of Representatives. That same year, Smith also ran for President of the United States, seeking the Libertarian Party nomination (he had previously campaigned for the Green Party nomination in 2012, and the Republican nomination in 2008).

Rhett Smith
Senatorial District 26 Representative Libertarian Party of Texas
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Successor:	Incumbent
Personal Details
Education:	University of Texas at Austin
Military:	United States Navy (1979-1983)
Occupation:	Security Officer
Residence:	San Antonio, Texas
Party:	Libertarian (current), Green (prior to 2012), Republican (prior to 2008) Democrat (prior to 2004)

Smith has run numerous campaigns for political office, under various political affiliations. In his most recent effort, he ran in the San Antonio general election for Mayor on May 26, 2017.

Campaigns

2017 San Antonio Mayor

Endorsements

• Liberty and Freedom United

Elections

2017

2017 San Antonio Mayoral General Election

Party	Candidate Name	Percent	Number of Votes
Non-Partisan	Ivy R. Taylor (Incumbent)	42.01%	41,794
Non-Partisan	Ron Nirenberg	37.08%	36,890
Non-Partisan	Juan Manuel Medina	15.13%	15,049
Non-Partisan	Keven Roles	1.57%	1,557
Non-Partisan	Antonio Diaz	0.97%	966
Non-Partisan	Will McLeod	0.55%	545
Non-Partisan	Felicio Hernandez Flores II	0.43%	429
Non-Partisan	John Velasquez	0.39%	383
Non-Partisan	Gerard Ponce	0.37%	366
Non-Partisan	Michael Idrogo	0.37%	366
Non-Partisan	Rhett Smith	0.32%	321
Non-Partisan	Stephen Lucke	0.32%	315
Non-Partisan	Julie Iris Oldham	0.27%	270
Non-Partisan	Napoleon Madrid	0.23%	225