Governor Mark Dayton Name Tina Smith Children Sam
Mason | Spouse(s) Archie Smith | |
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Born March 4, 1958 (age 66)
Albuquerque, New Mexico,
U.S. ( 1958-03-04 ) Political party Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Alma mater Stanford University
Dartmouth College | ||
Preceded by Yvonne Prettner Solon | ||
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Tina Flint Smith (born March 4, 1958 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is a Minnesota politician, a former Chief of Staff to Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton, and the 48th and current Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota, since 2015. As Lt. Governor, Smith has been a high-profile member of Gov. Dayton’s administration and a key participant in legislative negotiations.
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Biography
Prior to going to college, Smith worked on the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. She graduated from Stanford University with a degree in political science, and later earned a master's degree in business administration from Dartmouth College.
Smith moved to Minnesota in the 1980s for a job at General Mills in marketing. She later started her own marketing firm, and served as a Vice President of Planned Parenthood of Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. From 2006 through 2010, Smith served as Chief of Staff for Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak.
In 2010, she managed Rybak's bid for governor until he lost the DFL endorsement to Margaret Anderson Kelliher. Smith later joined Mark Dayton's campaign for governor as senior advisor and transition co-chair for Dayton's 2010 gubernatorial campaign. Dayton appointed Smith as chief of staff when he took office in 2011.
Since taking office as Lt. Governor in January 2015, Smith has spent time traveling around Minnesota to highlight priorities of Gov. Dayton's Administration, including funding for optional preschool for all four-year-olds, transportation infrastructure, and rural broadband internet access. She also chairs the Destination Medical Center Corporation Board in the city of Rochester, Minnesota.
In 2016, CQ Roll Call named Smith one of America's Top 25 Most Influential Women in State Politics, citing her high-profile role in the Dayton Administration. Minnesota political observers speculated that she would run for governor of Minnesota in 2018. However, Smith announced on March 17, 2017 that she wouldn't be running.
Campaign
When Dayton's running mate from 2010, Lt. Gov. Yvonne Prettner Solon, announced she would not seek re-election, Dayton passed over better-known political officeholders, citing Smith's work on shepherding the new Minnesota Vikings Stadium through the legislature, as well as her work on supporting the Destination Medical Center Project with the Mayo Clinic and the city of Rochester, MN.
Smith stepped down as chief of staff to campaign for Lt. Governor. She was nominated by acclamation at the DFL state convention, and she and Dayton faced only token opposition in the gubernatorial primary.
Dayton led in the polls throughout the campaign, and won re-election, defeating Republican Jeff Johnson by six percentage points.