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Background for Vernon G. Smith

State representative for District 14 since 1990 and ranking Democrat on the House Education Committee; served on the Gary City Council from 1972. Retired in 2025 after 59 years as an educator, including 33 years as an Indiana University Northwest education professor and years as a Gary school principal.