---
type: Person
title: "Carlos Smith"
description: "FL Senate District 17 — FL State Senate District 17"
role: "FL Senate District 17"
party: "D"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "FL"
district: "FL State Senate District 17"
represents: "us/states/fl/districts/senate/17"
tenure:
  start: "2024-11-05"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "fa9b54b0-580f-4187-8ca2-fb8d2765156d"
  office: "24aceb5f-231c-41fb-a826-190a18ad14c7"
  tenure: "72060e5c-fc7d-4854-aab3-9a197f98d7d6"
  jurisdiction: "7ea85aaf-ae04-4c50-8947-7270b14c33eb"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDU (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, fl]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Carlos Smith

Current FL Senate District 17 (FL State Senate District 17).

Represents [FL State Senate District 17](/us/states/fl/districts/senate/17.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: SLDU (Census 2025)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).