He went on to serve four terms as a Republican from Ada County in the Idaho House of Representatives, became executive director of the Republican State Committee, and ran for Governor in 1978 but did not get the party nomination.
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In the early 1990s, Smith served as Chairman of the Idaho Republican Party and helped manage the campaign of former Idaho governor Phil Batt.