Ada Smith Politician
This page is about the modern-era politician. For the early 20th Century singer, see Ada "Bricktop" Smith.Ada L. Smith (born April 18, 1945, in Amherst County, Virginia) served as a New York State Senator from 1989 to 2006. She represented the 10th Senate District, centered in the Jamaica, Queens section of New York City.Smith, an African-American, was ranking Democrat on the state Corporations, Authorities and Commissions Committee, and gained notoriety for several brushes with the law. She lost the 2006 Democratic senate primary election to Shirley Huntley, who was elected state senator later that year.
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