---
type: Person
title: "Kent Smith"
description: "OH Senate District 21 — OH State Senate District 21"
role: "OH Senate District 21"
party: "D"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "OH"
district: "OH State Senate District 21"
represents: "us/states/oh/districts/senate/21"
tenure:
  start: "2023-01-01"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "05a76d35-acd6-4c8b-ae6d-fd1a6a3dbe9a"
  office: "d0a420e3-c53e-423c-912b-0fef7f3c44e1"
  tenure: "12cbe4d9-f90d-48c9-a7e4-c597265e56c9"
  jurisdiction: "8a5c6883-0867-41e7-bc5d-b74727d4deea"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDU (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, oh]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Kent Smith

Current OH Senate District 21 (OH State Senate District 21).

Represents [OH State Senate District 21](/us/states/oh/districts/senate/21.md).

## Sources

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

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