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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Curtis Brandt Smith, Jr.
| image=Brandt Smith of AR.jpg
| birth_place=[[Albuquerque]]<br>[[New Mexico]], USA
| birth_date=April 19, 1959
| residence=Jonesboro, Craighead County<br>Arkansas
| death_date=
| death_place=
| death_cause=
| resting_place=
| office=[[Arkansas]] State Representative for District 58
| term_start=January 2015
| term_end=
| preceded=
| succeeded=
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| alma_mater=National Louis University ([[Chicago]])<br>
Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary<br>
Capella University
| occupation=[[Southern Baptist]] missionary<br>
On-line associate professor of Security and Global Studies
| spouse=Gailia Marie Smith (married 1981)
| children=Justyn, Nathan, Whitney, and Amber<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
Curtis, Sr., and Deloris Jean Williams Smith, later Deloris Graham}}
'''Curtis Brandt Smith, Jr.''', known as '''Brandt Smith''' or as '''C. Brandt Smith, Jr.''' (born April 18, 1959),<ref name=pvs/> is an associate [[professor]] from Jonesboro, [[Arkansas]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 58 in a portion of Craighead County in the northeastern portion of his state.<ref name=bsmithjr>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansashouse.org/member/381/Brandt-Smith|title=Brandt Smith, Jr.|publisher=arkansashouse.org|accessdate=April 7, 2015}}</ref>
==Background==
A native of [[Albuquerque]], [[New Mexico]], Smith is the son of Curtis Smith, Sr. (c. 1935-2002), a [[Southern Baptist]] pastor for forty years who earlier served in the [[United States Navy]] Reserve, the [[United States Army]], and the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] in [[Washington, D. C.]] Mrs. Smith, the former Deloris Jean Williams, was a homemaker who was also employed by [[Wal-Mart]]. After her first husband's death, she married a man named Graham.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=
http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/150285/brandt-smith-jr#.VSRjbvnF-S8|title=Brand Smith, Jr.'s Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=January 8, 2021}}</ref>
Smith's boyhood home, high school, and information prior to 1986 are not available, but his father, and presumably Smith as well, lived in a number of locations ranging from Panama City, [[Florida]], to [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]], [[Alabama]]; [[Memphis]], [[Tennessee]], and Paragould, Arkansas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Curtis&qmi=B&qn=Smith&qcs=Jonesboro%2C+AR&focusfirst=1|title=Curtis B. Smith in Jonesboro, Arkansas|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=April 8, 2015}}</ref>
In 1990, Smith received a Bachelor of Arts from the National Louis University in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. In 1997, he obtained a master's degree in Religious Education from Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary in South Germantown, [[Tennessee]], since relocated to Cordova, near [[Memphis]], Tennessee. In 2011, he received a [[Ph.D.]] in Management Leadership from the [[on-line]] Capella University in [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]].<ref name=pvs/>
Smith and his wife, Gailia Marie, who married in 1981, have four children.<ref name=pvs/><ref name=bsmithjr/>
==Career==
From 1992 to 2010, Smith was a Southern Baptist missionary. He was a social scientist for the [[United States Army]] from 2008 to 2012. In 2010, he received the [[Bronze Star]]; in 2011, the Global War On Terrorism Award . Since 2012, Smith has been an associate professor of Security and Global Studies at the on-line American Military University, with administrative headquarters in Manassas, [[Virginia]].<ref name=pvs/>
Dismayed over [[liberal]] political advances,<ref name=pvs/> the [[conservative]] Smith ran for the District 58 seat in the Arkansas House in 2014. He was unopposed in the Republican [[primary]] held on May 20. He then unseated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Harold Copenhaver, 4,396 votes to 3,960 votes, in the November 4 [[general election]] in which his party swept most of the offices in Arkansas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2014|title=District 58|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=January 8, 2021}}</ref> Smith is assigned to the House committees on: (1) Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs, (2) Public Transportation, and (3) Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology.<ref name=bsmithjr/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Brandt}}
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[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:New Mexico]]
[[Category:Educators]]
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[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:United States Army]]
[[Category:Southern Baptists]]
| name=Curtis Brandt Smith, Jr.
| image=Brandt Smith of AR.jpg
| birth_place=[[Albuquerque]]<br>[[New Mexico]], USA
| birth_date=April 19, 1959
| residence=Jonesboro, Craighead County<br>Arkansas
| death_date=
| death_place=
| death_cause=
| resting_place=
| office=[[Arkansas]] State Representative for District 58
| term_start=January 2015
| term_end=
| preceded=
| succeeded=
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| alma_mater=National Louis University ([[Chicago]])<br>
Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary<br>
Capella University
| occupation=[[Southern Baptist]] missionary<br>
On-line associate professor of Security and Global Studies
| spouse=Gailia Marie Smith (married 1981)
| children=Justyn, Nathan, Whitney, and Amber<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
Curtis, Sr., and Deloris Jean Williams Smith, later Deloris Graham}}
'''Curtis Brandt Smith, Jr.''', known as '''Brandt Smith''' or as '''C. Brandt Smith, Jr.''' (born April 18, 1959),<ref name=pvs/> is an associate [[professor]] from Jonesboro, [[Arkansas]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 58 in a portion of Craighead County in the northeastern portion of his state.<ref name=bsmithjr>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansashouse.org/member/381/Brandt-Smith|title=Brandt Smith, Jr.|publisher=arkansashouse.org|accessdate=April 7, 2015}}</ref>
==Background==
A native of [[Albuquerque]], [[New Mexico]], Smith is the son of Curtis Smith, Sr. (c. 1935-2002), a [[Southern Baptist]] pastor for forty years who earlier served in the [[United States Navy]] Reserve, the [[United States Army]], and the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] in [[Washington, D. C.]] Mrs. Smith, the former Deloris Jean Williams, was a homemaker who was also employed by [[Wal-Mart]]. After her first husband's death, she married a man named Graham.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=
http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/150285/brandt-smith-jr#.VSRjbvnF-S8|title=Brand Smith, Jr.'s Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=January 8, 2021}}</ref>
Smith's boyhood home, high school, and information prior to 1986 are not available, but his father, and presumably Smith as well, lived in a number of locations ranging from Panama City, [[Florida]], to [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]], [[Alabama]]; [[Memphis]], [[Tennessee]], and Paragould, Arkansas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Curtis&qmi=B&qn=Smith&qcs=Jonesboro%2C+AR&focusfirst=1|title=Curtis B. Smith in Jonesboro, Arkansas|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=April 8, 2015}}</ref>
In 1990, Smith received a Bachelor of Arts from the National Louis University in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. In 1997, he obtained a master's degree in Religious Education from Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary in South Germantown, [[Tennessee]], since relocated to Cordova, near [[Memphis]], Tennessee. In 2011, he received a [[Ph.D.]] in Management Leadership from the [[on-line]] Capella University in [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]].<ref name=pvs/>
Smith and his wife, Gailia Marie, who married in 1981, have four children.<ref name=pvs/><ref name=bsmithjr/>
==Career==
From 1992 to 2010, Smith was a Southern Baptist missionary. He was a social scientist for the [[United States Army]] from 2008 to 2012. In 2010, he received the [[Bronze Star]]; in 2011, the Global War On Terrorism Award . Since 2012, Smith has been an associate professor of Security and Global Studies at the on-line American Military University, with administrative headquarters in Manassas, [[Virginia]].<ref name=pvs/>
Dismayed over [[liberal]] political advances,<ref name=pvs/> the [[conservative]] Smith ran for the District 58 seat in the Arkansas House in 2014. He was unopposed in the Republican [[primary]] held on May 20. He then unseated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Harold Copenhaver, 4,396 votes to 3,960 votes, in the November 4 [[general election]] in which his party swept most of the offices in Arkansas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2014|title=District 58|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=January 8, 2021}}</ref> Smith is assigned to the House committees on: (1) Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs, (2) Public Transportation, and (3) Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology.<ref name=bsmithjr/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Brandt}}
[[Category:Arkansas]]
[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:New Mexico]]
[[Category:Educators]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:United States Army]]
[[Category:Southern Baptists]]