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American politician Not to be confused with Mark M. Smith.
Mark Smith
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
from the 99th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 9, 2020
Preceded byNancy Mace
Personal details
BornMarvin Smith
(1970-06-18) June 18, 1970 (age 54)
Bamberg, South Carolina
Political partyRepublican
Spouse Elayne Forastiere ​(m. 1993)
Children3 sons
ResidenceDaniel Island, South Carolina
EducationFayetteville Technical Community College (AS)
OccupationPolitician, small business owner

Marvin M. "Mark" Smith is an American businessman and politician who is a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 99th District (parts of Berkley County). He has served since 2020.

Early life and education

Smith is a native of Bamberg, South Carolina. He earned an associate degree from Fayetteville Technical Community College.

Career

A businessman, he is the owner and president of McAlister-Smith Funeral Homes, the Avinger Funeral Home, and the Palmetto Cremation Society. He has also served as a member of the South Carolina Advisory Council on Aging. In 2017, Smith was a Republican candidate for the 99th district South Carolina House of Representatives, losing to Nancy Mace. In October 2019, Smith again announced his candidacy for the 99th district after Mace opted to run for the United States House of Representatives. Smith defeated David Herndon in the Republican primary and Democratic nominee Jen Gibson in the November general election.

Personal life

Smith and his wife, Elayne (née Forastiere), have three children.

References

  1. ^ "Marvin M. Smith (Mark) - Biography from LegiStorm". www.legistorm.com. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  2. By, Caitlin Byrd (24 November 2017). "Republicans to choose between Nancy Mace and Mark Smith in special runoff Tuesday for S.C. House District 99". Post and Courier. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  3. "Mark Smith announces bid for House District 99". Post and Courier. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  4. "Mark Smith (South Carolina)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
Members of the South Carolina House of Representatives
Speaker of the House
Jay Lucas (R)
Speaker pro tempore
Tommy Pope (R)
Majority Leader
Gary Simrill (R)
Minority Leader
Todd Rutherford (D)
  1. Bill Whitmire (R)
  2. Adam Lewis Duncan (R)
  3. Phillip Bowers (R)
  4. Davey Hiott (R)
  5. Neal Collins (R)
  6. April Cromer (R)
  7. Lee Gilreath (R)
  8. Don Chapman (R)
  9. Blake Sanders (R)
  10. Thomas Beach (R)
  11. Craig A. Gagnon (R)
  12. Daniel Gibson (R)
  13. John R. McCravy III (R)
  14. Luke Samuel Rankin (R)
  15. JA Moore (D)
  16. Mark N. Willis (R)
  17. Mike Burns (R)
  18. Alan Morgan (R)
  19. Patrick Haddon (R)
  20. Stephen Frank (R)
  21. Bobby Cox (R)
  22. Paul Wickensimer (R)
  23. Chandra Dillard (D)
  24. Bruce W. Bannister (R)
  25. Wendell K. Jones (D)
  26. David Martin (R)
  27. David Vaughan (R)
  28. Chris Huff (R)
  29. Dennis Moss (R)
  30. Brian Lawson (R)
  31. Rosalyn Henderson-Myers (D)
  32. Scott Montgomery (R)
  33. Travis Moore (R)
  34. Sarita Edgerton (R)
  35. Bill Chumley (R)
  36. Rob Harris (R)
  37. Steven Wayne Long (R)
  38. Josiah Magnuson (R)
  39. Cal Forrest (R)
  40. Joseph S. White (R)
  41. Annie McDaniel (D)
  42. Doug Gilliam (R)
  43. Randy Ligon (R)
  44. Mike Neese (R)
  45. Brandon Michael Newton (R)
  46. Heath Sessions (R)
  47. Tommy Pope (R)
  48. Brandon Guffey (R)
  49. John Richard C. King (D)
  50. Vacant
  51. J. David Weeks (D)
  52. Jermaine Johnson (D)
  53. Richie Yow (R)
  54. Jason S. Luck (D)
  55. Jackie E. Hayes (D)
  56. Tim McGinnis (R)
  57. Lucas Atkinson (D)
  58. Jeff Johnson (R)
  59. Terry Alexander (D)
  60. Phillip Lowe (R)
  61. Carla Schuessler (R)
  62. Robert Q. Williams (D)
  63. Jay Jordan (R)
  64. Fawn Pedalino (R)
  65. Cody Mitchell (R)
  66. Jackie Terribile (R)
  67. G. Murrell Smith Jr. (R)
  68. Heather Ammons Crawford (R)
  69. Chris Wooten (R)
  70. Robert Reese (D)
  71. Nathan Ballentine (R)
  72. Seth Rose (D)
  73. Chris R. Hart (D)
  74. Todd Rutherford (D)
  75. Heather Bauer (D)
  76. Leon Howard (D)
  77. Kambrell Garvin (D)
  78. Beth Bernstein (D)
  79. Hamilton R. Grant (D)
  80. Katherine D. Landing (R)
  81. Charles Hartz (R)
  82. Bill Clyburn (D)
  83. Bill Hixon (R)
  84. Melissa Lackey Oremus (R)
  85. Jay Kilmartin (R)
  86. Bill Taylor (R)
  87. Paula Rawl Calhoon (R)
  88. RJ May (R)
  89. Micah Caskey (R)
  90. Justin Bamberg (D)
  91. Lonnie Hosey (D)
  92. Brandon Cox (R)
  93. Jerry Govan Jr. (D)
  94. Gil Gatch (R)
  95. Gilda Cobb-Hunter (D)
  96. Ryan McCabe (R)
  97. Robby Robbins (R)
  98. Chris Murphy (R)
  99. Mark Smith (R)
  100. Sylleste Davis (R)
  101. Roger K. Kirby (D)
  102. Harriet Holman (R)
  103. Carl Anderson (D)
  104. William Bailey (R)
  105. Kevin Hardee (R)
  106. Val Guest (R)
  107. Case Brittain (R)
  108. Lee Hewitt (R)
  109. Tiffany Spann-Wilder (D)
  110. Tom Hartnett (R)
  111. Wendell Gilliard (D)
  112. Joe Bustos (R)
  113. Vacant
  114. Gary Brewer (R)
  115. Spencer Wetmore (D)
  116. James Teeple (R)
  117. Jordan Pace (R)
  118. Bill Herbkersman (R)
  119. Leon Stavrinakis (D)
  120. Weston J. Newton (R)
  121. Michael F. Rivers Sr. (D)
  122. Bill Hager (R)
  123. Jeff Bradley (R)
  124. Shannon Erickson (R)


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