Skip to content
Portland Civic Lab
Support
DBPortrait to come

U.S. Senate candidate · U.S. Congress · November 3, 2026

David Brock Smith

Oregon state senator with business and local-government experience.

Campaign website (opens in a new tab)

Reach the campaign

As published in their pamphlet statement and campaign site.

In their words

Said: As a third-generation resident and small businessman from Southwest Oregon, David has spent his life serving his community and standing up for the people who live and work here.

Voters’ pamphlet

Candidate statement · Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; extracted September 21, 2026

Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 1 ↗

Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the state does not verify the claims. Skipped before it: the slogans “Working For You! Serving Oregon First!” (no predicate).

The verbatim opening of their voters’ pamphlet statement, the same rule for every candidate. We chose nothing.

What they say they would do

Our summary of their platform, in our words

Emphasizes lower spending and taxes, support for police and rural industries, and treatment paired with accountability for public disorder.

  • Oppose new taxes and reduce wasteful spending.
  • Support active forest management, timber employment and wildfire-risk reduction.
  • Expand treatment and recovery while opposing street camping.

Our reading

Our interpretation, not their words
  • Spending restraint
  • Enforcement with treatment

No new taxes plus more treatment capacity and forest work means paying through cuts or growth the reviewed materials do not itemize; camping enforcement is mostly local and state authority, not the Senate's.

Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 1 ↗David Brock Smith · issues ↗

Where they stand

Housing and homelessness

Not foundNot found in the sources we reviewed. That is a research gap, not a position.

Public safety and immigration

End permanent camping
What
Said: Wants drug and mental-health treatment paired with accountability, an end to permanent street camping, and support for law enforcement with consequences for repeat offenders.
How
Not in their sources
Measured by
Not in their sources

Taxes, spending and your bills

No new taxes
What
Said: Wants no new taxes, more support for local businesses, elimination of fraud and less unnecessary government spending; cites fighting the state gas tax and stopping tax hikes.
How
Not in their sources
Measured by
Not in their sources

Transportation, energy and climate

Data centers pay costs
What
Said: Would hold data centers accountable for water, farmland and energy costs so those costs are not shifted onto households, and push active forest management, fuel reduction and landowner partnerships to cut wildfire risk.
How
Said: Active forest management, fuel reduction and work with landowners to protect homes, with federal regulations shaped to local needs; the tool for holding data centers accountable is not specified.
Measured by
Not in their sources

The choices this office faces

Every candidate in this race is asked the same 8 questions. David Brock Smith is on record on 2, with 6 still open. A question without an answer is a research gap, not a position.

No answer we could find

  • Keep H.R. 1’s Medicaid work rules, six-month renewals and SNAP cuts, or repeal them?

    Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.

  • Restore the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits that expired December 31, 2025?

    Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.

  • End the tariffs and take tariff power back from the president?

    Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.

  • Fund the $70 billion expansion of ICE and Border Patrol through 2029 (the Secure America Act)?

    Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.

  • Direct the president to end U.S. military involvement in the war with Iran?

    Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.

  • Expand the federal role in housing, from the new ROAD to Housing law to more vouchers and tax credits?

    Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.

On record

  • Pass the Fix Our Forests Act: faster thinning and logging on federal forests with shorter windows to sue?

    Said: Says he has led and will keep leading on active forest management, fuel reduction and landowner partnerships; he does not say whether he would vote for the Fix Our Forests Act.

    On the topic; the exact choice is unsaid.

  • Should federal policy rein in data centers’ power, water and cost impacts, or keep fast-tracking them?

    Said: Would ensure data centers are accountable, protect natural resources and prevent their costs from being shifted onto Oregon households, citing strain on water, farmland and energy costs.

Compare every candidate

A question the evidence leaves open

Which federal programs would you reduce, and what would your forest and treatment proposals cost?

Sources (3)

  1. David Brock Smith · issuesCandidate statement · Undated page; reviewed September 18, 2026
  2. 2026 qualified filing · RepublicanElection authority · Checked September 18, 2026
  3. Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 1Candidate statement · Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified.