Elected 1996 Born: June 15, 1965, Washington, DC Home: Kent Education: Fordham U. B.A. 1987, U. of WA, J.D. 1990 Religion: Christian Marital Status: married (Sara)

Career:

• Elected Office: WA Senate, 1990-96.
• Professional: Practicing atty., 1991-92; Seattle Prosecutor, 1992-95.

DC Office: 116 CHOB 20515, 202-225-8901; Fax: 202-225-5893; Web site: www.house.gov/adamsmith

State Offices: Tacoma, 253-926-6683.

Committees:

• Armed Services (14th of 28 D): Military Procurement; Military Research & Development.
• Resources (12th of 25 D): Water & Power (RMM).

Group Ratings
	ADA	ACLU	AFS	LCV	CON	ITIC	NTU	COC	ACU	NTLC	CHC
2000	45	71	75	86	73	100	35	80	21	41	7
1999	85	--	83	88	98	--	24	56	20	--	--

National Journal Ratings
	1999 LIB	--	1999 CONS		2000 LIB	--	2000 CONS
Economic	55%	--	45%		66%	--	34%
Social	67%	--	33%		65%	--	34%
Foreign	58%	--	42%		73%	--	27%

Key Votes of the 106th Congress
1. Patient Bill of Rights Y 2. Accelerate Min. Wage * 3. Strike Ban on Ergo. Stnd. * 4. Ovrd. Estate Tax Veto Y 5. Bar RU-486 $ for FDA N 6. Display 10 Commandments N		7. Gun Show Bkgrnd. Checks N  8. Ban Part.-Birth Abortion N  9. NATO War in Serbia Y 10. Perm. Trade with China Y 11. Debt Relief for 3rd World * 12. Drop Cuba Econ. Embargo *

Election Results
2000 general	Adam Smith (D)	135,452	(62%)
	Christopher M. Vance (R)	76,766	(35%)
	Others	7,405	(3%)
2000 primary	Adam Smith (D)	70,901	(60%)
	Christopher M. Vance (R)	34,861	(29%)
	Gary Snell (R)	9,322	(8%)
	Others	3,569	(3%)
1998 general	Adam Smith (D)	111,948	(65%)
	Ron Taber (R)	61,108	(35%)

Campaign Finance
2000	Receipts	Receipts from PACs	Expenditures
Adam Smith (D)	$1,076,886	$518,222	$1,046,195
Christopher M. Vance (R)	$608,799	$150,499	$634,816