Smitty for Assembly

A Regular Guy with a Big Job. 

Thurston “Smitty” Smith is a constitutional conservative who believes in our forefathers' vision to protect liberties and uphold the Constitution. For the past two decades, Smitty has been a small businessman and currently serves as a Republican in the California State Assembly.

A devout family man and Christian, Smitty has been married to Margaret for over 35 years, and they have raised two children together in Hesperia. In 2007, their youngest son, Brandon, tragically lost his life in an off-road motorcycle accident in the California desert. This tragedy led Smitty and his wife to establish the “Brandon E. Smith Memorial Scholarship” with the Victor Valley College Foundation to help local students achieve their educational ambitions.

After two decades pumping concrete in the Southern California desert and watching middle-class families struggle under the radical left’s job-killing agenda, Smitty decided it was time to make a difference. In 2006, Smitty’s neighbors elected him to serve as Hesperia’s Mayor, where he served two terms.

In November 2020, Smitty was elected to the California State Assembly. During his tenure in the Assembly, Smitty took on the special interests by fighting government waste, fraud, and abuse. He also fought against the defund the police movement and advocated to increase resources available to our law enforcement officers. In addition to backing our police, Smitty is fighting industrial-grade illegal cannabis grow operations, often cartel-run, to keep rural communities like ours safe.

As a small businessman and concrete contractor, Smitty has spent decades creating jobs. He knows that cutting government spending and taxes will drive down our ever-increasing inflation and grow our economy.

Thurston “Smitty” Smith and his wife Margaret have been residents of the San Bernardino County High Desert for three decades. He understands the challenges and opportunities for our region. Smitty is well-positioned to be our common-sense voice in the California State Assembly as our conservative leader.