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Randy Smith

Republican · District 3 · Sep 1, 2018 – Aug 31, 2022

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Randy Smith has cast 1,304 published votes on the Knox County, TN Board of Commissioners, attending 99.6% of recorded roll calls, with 214 motions made and 2 dissents (a “no” on an adopted item).

On the issues

Attendance

1299 of 1304

recorded votes he or she was present for

present means neither absent nor recused

5

recorded votes marked absent or recused

Counted from roll calls, not a sign-in sheet — a member who was present but recorded no vote is indistinguishable here from one who was absent.

When the board disagrees

62 contested decisions · how these are counted

62

contested decisions he or she cast a yes or no on

a decision is contested when at least one member voted the other way

2

of those, voted no on something adopted anyway

214 / 231

motions moved / seconded

Recaps: First 100 days · 2022 in review · 2021 in review · 2020 in review

Patterns

How these are computed ↓

Deterministic breakdowns of Randy Smith’s published record — not a score or a rating. Raw counts are always shown; a percentage appears only once there are at least 10 votes. As of the meeting of August 31, 2026 — the newest published record.

Votes by topic

Topic Votes Aye No Abstain Body median
Zoning & land use 272 264 (97%) 8 (3%) 0 11–0 See votes →
Budget & taxes 63 59 (94%) 0 (0%) 1 10–0 See votes →
Contracts & purchasing 228 228 (100%) 0 (0%) 0 11–0 See votes →
Personnel & appointments 101 96 (95%) 2 (2%) 2 11–0 See votes →
Schools 176 176 (100%) 0 (0%) 0 11–0 See votes →
Public safety 72 69 (96%) 2 (3%) 1 11–0 See votes →
Roads & infrastructure 109 108 (99%) 0 (0%) 0 11–0 See votes →
Parks & community 32 31 (97%) 1 (3%) 0 11–0 See votes →
Intergovernmental & resolutions 121 120 (99%) 1 (1%) 0 11–0 See votes →
Surveillance & privacy technology 3 3 0 0 11–0 See votes →

Attendance & dissent over time

Attendance rate

Dissents (no on adopted)

Sep 2018 Dec 2022
Full term · Sep 2018–Dec 2022. Vertical lines mark election dates.
  • May 3, 2022 · County primary
  • Aug 4, 2022 · County general

Source: Knox County Election Commission.

Year Votes Present Attendance Dissents
2020 267 267 100% 1 See votes →
2021 664 659 99% 1 See votes →
2022 373 373 100% 0 See votes →

Agreement with other members

Computed over contested votes only — the 62 non-unanimous (split) votes Randy Smith cast, where the room recorded at least one Aye and at least one No. Unanimous votes are excluded because they carry no signal.

Member Voted the same Shared split votes
Kyle Ward 53 of 59 (90%) 59
Larsen Jay 50 of 62 (81%) 62
Charles Busler 43 of 54 (80%) 54
Justin Biggs 43 of 54 (80%) 54
Terry Hill 40 of 51 (78%) 51
Carson Dailey 42 of 61 (69%) 61
Richie Beeler 40 of 60 (67%) 60
John Schoonmaker 36 of 61 (59%) 61
Dasha Lundy 25 of 61 (41%) 61
Courtney Durrett 22 of 60 (37%) 60

See Randy Smith’s split votes →

Motions made & seconded, by topic

Topic Made Seconded
Zoning & land use 50 18 See votes →
Budget & taxes 3 28 See votes →
Contracts & purchasing 36 66 See votes →
Personnel & appointments 24 13 See votes →
Schools 26 37 See votes →
Public safety 6 21 See votes →
Roads & infrastructure 13 19 See votes →
Parks & community 8 3 See votes →
Intergovernmental & resolutions 32 23 See votes →
Surveillance & privacy technology 0 1 See votes →

How these breakdowns are computed

Every figure on this page is a deterministic computation over Randy Smith’s published roll-call votes on Knox County, TN Board of Commissioners — the same record set behind the vote table below. Nothing is a composite score, a grade, or a ranking. The general pipeline (sources, extraction, gates, review) is described on the methodology page.

  • Votes by topic. Each published motion is attributed to every distinct neutral topic its agenda items carry — the primary subject and any secondary tags alike, so an item counts under every topic it’s about (and a consent-calendar motion covering several items counts under each); procedural items are excluded, as in the default vote browser. Aye/No/Abstain are counts of Randy Smith’s own vote. A percentage is shown only when the topic has at least 10 votes. Body median is the median of the Aye and No tallies across the same motion set — the typical room split on that topic.
  • Attendance & dissent over time. Bucketed by the calendar year of each meeting. Attendance = votes where Randy Smith was recorded present (not absent or recused) ÷ total votes that year; the percentage is shown only when the year has at least 10 votes. Dissents = “No” votes on motions the body adopted anyway. The denominators for every year are in the table above.
  • Term timeline & election markers. The two trend strips plot the yearly attendance and dissent figures above on a single time axis spanning Randy Smith’s full term (Sep 1, 2018–Aug 31, 2022). The vertical lines mark public election-calendar dates — candidate-filing deadlines, primaries, and general elections — that fall within that span, each labeled with its date and type. Those dates are a matter of public record (source: Knox County Election Commission); the timeline itself makes no claim about them. It marks the dates and draws the line; any pattern near an election is the reader’s to notice, not ours to assert.
  • Agreement with other members. Computed over contested votes only — motions where the roll call recorded at least one Aye and at least one No. For each colleague, the record set is the split motions where both cast an Aye or No (their seated overlap); “voted the same” counts the motions they cast the identical value on. A percentage is shown only when that shared set reaches 10 votes. Unanimous votes are excluded on purpose: they would launder everyone into near-total agreement.
  • Motions made & seconded. Straight counts of published motions where Randy Smith is recorded as the mover or the seconder in the minutes, grouped by the motion’s neutral topic(s).

Campaign finance

Reproduced from Randy Smith’s own campaign-finance disclosures — a public record. Amounts are the totals stated on each filing, or the itemized schedule where the filing’s own totals are not machine-readable; each row links to the filed document. We add nothing the filing does not state.

Report Raised Spent Filed
Campaign Financial Disclosure County Commission, District 3 as of Jul 20, 2026 $0total as filed $848total as filed easyvote — Campaign Financial Disclosure →
Campaign Financial Disclosure County Commission, District 3 as of Feb 3, 2026 $0total as filed $911total as filed easyvote — Campaign Financial Disclosure →
Campaign Financial Disclosure County Commission, District 3 as of Jul 14, 2025 — — easyvote — Campaign Financial Disclosure →
2024 Year End Campaign Financial Disclosure County Commission, District 3 as of Jan 27, 2025 $0total as filed $696total as filed easyvote — 2024 Year End Campaign Financial Disclosure →
2024midyear County Commission, District 3 as of Aug 19, 2024 $00 itemized $5611 itemized easyvote — 2024midyear →
RSMITH2023YEAREND County Commission, District 3 as of Jan 30, 2024 — — easyvote — RSMITH2023YEAREND →

The county’s structured data does not carry the itemized schedule for the Campaign Financial Disclosure report, so individual contributors and payees are not listed here. The filing itself lists them — follow its source link above.

Totals are the sum of the itemized contribution and expenditure schedules as disclosed. Schedules are itemized only at or above the filing threshold; sub-threshold amounts and the filer’s stated cover-page totals are not part of this structured record, so they are not shown here rather than guessed.

Disclosed interests

Reprinted from Randy Smith’s annual Statement of Interests (Form SS-8005) — a public record filed with the Tennessee Ethics Commission. Entity names and categories exactly as filed, for the official and spouse; the form states no dollar amounts, and neither do we. Each filing links to its source.

We don’t have this. No Statement of Interests on file for Randy Smith. It does not mean none was filed — only that we hold no copy.

Appointments moved

Board and committee appointments Randy Smith moved or seconded, as recorded in the minutes. Each links to the full decision, where the complete roll call is shown.

Appointee Board Term Decision
Nancy Barger Board of Directors of The Development Corporation — – Aug 31, 2027 Aug 22, 2022 →
Brian Gard Knox County Emergency Communications District Board of Directors not stated Dec 20, 2021 →
Commissioner Richie Beeler Metro Drug Coalition Board of Directors not stated Dec 20, 2021 →
Linda Billman Visit Knoxville Board of Directors not stated Jun 28, 2021 →
Commissioner Durrett Employee Insurance Benefits Committee not stated Sep 1, 2020 →
Commissioner Richie Beeler Knox County Public Records Commission not stated Sep 1, 2020 →
Commissioner Justin Biggs Board of Directors of the Development Corporation not stated Sep 1, 2020 →

Voting record

Meeting Agenda item Vote Badges
Sep 1, 2020
Re-organization of the commission with election of Chair and Vice-Chair CONSIDERATION OF THE RE-ORGANIZATION OF THE KNOX COUNTY COMMISSION WITH THE ELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR:
Aye
Sep 1, 2020
Re-organization of the commission with election of Chair and Vice-Chair CONSIDERATION OF THE RE-ORGANIZATION OF THE KNOX COUNTY COMMISSION WITH THE ELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR:
Aye
Unanimous
Sep 1, 2020
Re-organization of the commission with election of Chair and Vice-Chair CONSIDERATION OF THE RE-ORGANIZATION OF THE KNOX COUNTY COMMISSION WITH THE ELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR:
No
Split
Sep 1, 2020
Re-organization of the commission with election of Chair and Vice-Chair CONSIDERATION OF THE RE-ORGANIZATION OF THE KNOX COUNTY COMMISSION WITH THE ELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR:
Aye
Unanimous
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