No lobbyist money
Kenny will reject every dime from lobbyists and lobbyist PACs, so he can represent the people who live here.
Oklahoma Senate District 4
Kenny Smith
A builder, not a politician.
Kenny Smith is a pastor, retired builder, husband, father, and grandfather who will reject lobbyist money and return conservative representation to the State Senate.
The difference matters. Kenny Smith is running to restore conservative representation to Senate District 4. He believes voters should see specific examples of how our current employee in this job has betrayed our conservative values. Review the research and become truly informed before you make your hiring decision on June 16.
Read the record
Meet Kenny Smith
A servant's heart with real-world experience.
Kenny and his wife, Gayle, have been married for 49 years and live in Gore, where Kenny serves as a pastor. They are proud parents of two and grandparents of five.
Before running for office, Kenny built a 25-year career in construction as a contractor, pipefitter, CDL driver, and HVAC technician. He has also pastored for more than 26 years. He knows what it means to work, build, listen, and serve.
Your vote for Kenny Smith is a vote for a builder who will answer to Senate District 4, not lobbyists, dark money, Tulsa, Oklahoma City, or out-of-state interests.
Family. Faith. Work ethic.
Representation rooted in the people of District 4.
The Difference
A builder vs. a politician. The choice is binary.
Kenny Smith treated this campaign like an employment application. He traveled the district, knocked doors, met voters, listened to families, and earned trust face to face.
Real-world experience
When major projects needed someone accountable, Kenny was called to build and deliver, not posture.
Full-time voice
District 4 deserves consistent representation from someone focused on this job and this district.
Conservative values
Faith, family, freedom, property rights, the unborn, the Second Amendment, and rural Oklahoma come first.
No Lobbyist Money
A new wave is rising. Will District 4 join it?
Across Oklahoma, a new class of conservative candidates is rejecting the old Capitol bargain: no lobbyist checks, no lobbyist PAC money, no free meals, no gifts, and no favors owed. Kenny Smith is part of that rising wave.
That is special because most politicians enter office already surrounded by the people who financed their climb. Kenny is doing the opposite. He is asking voters to hire him without a lobbyist tab following him into the Senate.
Kenny wants to move the Oklahoma Legislature into the 21st century on ethics. It is wrong for legislators to accept items of value from people whose livelihood depends on that legislator's decisions.
Common-Sense Ethics
Other professions already understand this.
Regular Oklahomans are expected to avoid conflicts of interest at work. The State Legislature should not be the last place where gifts, meals, and favors from interested parties are treated as business as usual.
Judges and lawyers
A judge should not take gifts from attorneys who appear in that courtroom. The public would see the conflict immediately.
Purchasing officers
A public purchasing officer cannot accept favors from contractors competing for government work.
Teachers and vendors
School decision-makers should not take items of value from curriculum companies seeking taxpayer contracts.
Inspectors and builders
An inspector should not accept gifts from the builder whose project is waiting on approval.
Why it matters
Lobbyist money is how the insiders buy access before ordinary voters even get a meeting. Kenny's campaign draws a bright line between public service and legalized influence.
The district's choice
The question now is whether Senate District 4 will join the districts leading this reform wave, or keep sending the same old system back to Oklahoma City.
An elite district
District 4 can become one of Oklahoma's elite conservative districts: independent, informed, and unwilling to let lobbyists decide who gets heard.
Local Endorsement
Endorsed by Hoguen Apperson.
A local leader. Shared values. Stronger together.
"I'm proud to support Kenny Smith for State Senate! As a lifelong resident and father of three, I believe it is critical that we have a State Senator who will represent the interests of our area and not the interests of Tulsa, Oklahoma City, and the out-of-state lobbyists."
"Kenny Smith will bring his work ethic to the State Capitol. His decisions will be based on the Bible, the Constitution, and improving the lives of the people of District Four. Join me June 16th in voting for Kenny Smith for State Senate District 4."
Read the endorsement mailer
See the full campaign piece featuring Hoguen Apperson's endorsement.
Photo Gallery
Family, work, and the moments that keep a campaign grounded.
Kenny's campaign is rooted in the ordinary places where trust is built: family gatherings, workbenches, churches, and conversations with the next generation.
Kenny's Platform
Fighting for Oklahoma values.
Kenny Smith will help rebuild Oklahoma government from the ground up with conservative principles and practical experience. Click any issue to read Kenny's full position.
Campaign Materials
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Kenny Smith Pushcard
The campaign overview: builder, pastor, no lobbyist money, and the conservative platform.
No Lobbyist Money
Kenny Smith is doing something exceptional by rejecting lobbyist and lobbyist PAC money.
Hoguen Apperson Endorsement
A local ranching leader shares why he is backing Kenny Smith for Senate District 4.
Tom Woods' Liberal Votes
Four years is long enough.
Incumbent Tom Woods has been in office for four long years. In that time, he has consistently cast votes that do not align with our values. Now Woods seeks four more years in office; if re-elected in June, he will be free to follow his liberal instincts without needing to answer to local voters again for years.
We cannot give him that chance. Senate District 4 needs a senator who shows our values through his actions and votes. The dedicated volunteers at OKGrassroots.com, led by the Vice Chairman of the Oklahoma Republican Party, carefully graded Woods' 2025 votes and found that he voted against Oklahoma Republican principles more than 50% of the time. If Woods wants to vote against Republican principles, he should do the right thing: change parties and be honest with voters about his opposition to the principles we believe in.
Letting cities foreclose on private property
Woods voted to override the governor's veto on HB 2147, a bill warned to expand condemnation and public takings without adequate due-process protections for landowners.
HB 2147 sourceCorporate welfare for powerful interests
Woods supported large corporate giveaways, including subsidies connected to the Oklahoma City Thunder and green-energy projects, while families face higher costs.
SB 13X sourceBacking Enel corporate welfare
Woods voted for SB 1177 and SB 1179, late-session Perform Act bills tied to a corporate-welfare package for Enel North America, a DEI-promoting green-energy company backed by an Italy-based parent corporation.
Missing the $255M giveaway vote
After taking a second job, Woods missed HB 2767, the financing vehicle for a $255 million corporate-welfare package tied to a foreign-owned corporation. District 4 needed a vote against taxpayer-funded giveaways, not an empty chair.
HB 2767 sourceVoting for record state spending
Woods voted for SB 1177, the largest appropriations bill in state history. The vote pushed the base state budget to $12,328,584,746, up from $9,700,483,993 when he took office.
SB 1177 vote sourceSending $10M to the Arts Council
Woods voted for HB 2941, which appropriated $10 million to the Oklahoma Arts Council from recovery funds to address claimed pandemic economic impacts. Conservative taxpayers deserved restraint, not another carveout.
HB 2941 sourceVoting for higher-ed pay raises
Woods voted for SB 28X, authorizing more than $48 million for higher-ed faculty pay raises while Oklahoma families and local budgets were being squeezed.
SB 28X sourceShielding higher ed from savings
Woods voted for SB 316, exempting higher-ed institutions from the state asset-reduction and cost-savings program. Instead of demanding discipline, he protected a favored bureaucracy.
SB 316 sourceAuthorizing another county sales tax
Woods voted for HB 1967, authorizing counties to ask voters for up to a 1% sales tax for emergency medical services. Sales taxes keep climbing, and Woods helped open another door to higher local taxes.
HB 1967 sourceMissing the income tax cut vote
After taking a second job, Woods was excused on HB 2764, one of Oklahoma's most important recent tax-policy votes. The bill set the state on a path toward eliminating the income tax, but Woods was not there to represent District 4.
HB 2764 sourceKeeping off-the-top spending alive
Woods voted for HB 1571, removing the sunset from a program tied to wasteful projects and funding that bypasses normal appropriation scrutiny. The same Route 66 program was exposed for pork-barrel spending, including a nearly $500,000 proposal tied to the now-infamous cow food vending machine project.
Weakening open meeting protections
Woods voted for a loophole allowing county commissioners to gather at special events outside ordinary local public scrutiny.
HB 1664 sourceMaking ratepayers prepay utility projects
Woods voted for SB 998, shifting construction risk onto ratepayers before families see a watt of electricity from the projects they are forced to finance.
SB 998 sourceGet Involved
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