Tootie Smith

Smith was born in 1957 in Oregon City. She attended Mount Hood Community College and graduated from Concordia University. Smith was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives in 2000, and reelected in 2002. In 2012, she was elected to the Clackamas County Board of Commissioners. Smith unsuccessfully ran for the United States House of Representatives in 2014, but lost to incumbent Democrat Kurt Schrader, receiving 39% of the vote. Smith ran for reelection to the county commission in 2016, but lost to Ken Humberston. Smith ran for Clackamas County Chair in 2020 and won. Her term began in January 2021. In a comment generating controversy, Smith in 2020 said that following her state's COVID restrictions was like being a "second-rate slave". Smith likely violated open meeting laws in March 2023 by calling for an emergency meeting without notifying citizens or the media. ==Personal life==

Smith and her husband, Nate, have one child. ==Electoral history==

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