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Smithee is the former chairman of the House Insurance Committee and serves on the State Affairs and Higher Education committees.<ref name=pvs/>

Smithee is the former chairman of the House Insurance Committee and serves on the State Affairs and Higher Education committees.<ref name=pvs/>

Smithee was first elected to the Texas House in 1984, when he was thirty-three. He was reelected to his twelfth two-year term in 2006 with 86.5 percent of the vote over a [[Libertarian Party|Libertarian opponent.<ref name=tlrl/> He holds the [[Juris Doctor]]ate from [[Texas Tech University]] in [[Lubbock]. He is married to Becky Lynn Smithee (born January 7, 1956).<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/5581/john-smithee|title=John Smithee|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=September 24, 2020}}</ref>

Smithee was first elected to the Texas House in 1984, when he was thirty-three. He was reelected to his twelfth two-year term in 2006 with 86.5 percent of the vote over a [[Libertarian Party|Libertarian opponent.<ref name=tlrl/> He holds the [[Juris Doctor]]ate from [[Texas Tech University]] in [[Lubbock]]. He is married to Becky Lynn Smithee (born January 7, 1956).<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/5581/john-smithee|title=John Smithee|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=September 24, 2020}}</ref>