Tony Smith (Mississippi politician)

{{short description|American politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Tony Smith

|image =

|caption =

|state_senate = Mississippi State

|district = 47th

|term_start = January 3, 2012

|term_end = January 5, 2016

|predecessor = Ezell Lee

|successor = Mike Seymour

|birth_name =

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|12|14}}

|birth_place = Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.

|party = Republican

|education = University of Southern Mississippi

|spouse = Angie

|children = 3

|residence = Picayune, Mississippi

}}

Tony L. Smith (born December 14, 1962) is an American politician who served in the Mississippi State Senate from the 47th district from 2012 to 2016. A Republican, he defeated longtime incumbent Ezell Lee in the district's 2011 party primary, just months after Lee left the Democratic Party to run as a Republican. Smith previously won the Republican nomination to challenge Lee in 1999.{{cite news|first=David A.|last=Farrell|title=Tony Smith unseats veteran incumbent State Sen. Lee|newspaper=Picayune Item|date=August 3, 2011|url=http://picayuneitem.com/local/x1533017560/Tony-Smith-unseats-veteran-incumbent-State-Sen-Lee|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120133947/http://picayuneitem.com/local/x1533017560/Tony-Smith-unseats-veteran-incumbent-State-Sen-Lee|archive-date=January 20, 2012|accessdate=December 30, 2024}}