Smith is a State Representative for Tennessee’s 26th District which covers Harrison, Hixson, Lakesite, Lupton City, Stuart Heights, Riverview and North Chattanooga. She was a candidate for Tennessee State House of Representatives, District 26 in 2018. She was also a candidate for Tennessee State House of Representatives, District 3 in 2010.

Smith is a Policy Advisor of Mark Green for the U.S. Congress since 2017. She is a columnist of The Patriot Post since 2014 and is also a columnist of Chattanooga Times Free Press since 2012. She is the Senior Project Manager of Rivers Edge Alliance, a consulting and project management company, in Chattanooga, TN since 2005. She is also a member of Hamilton County Republican Women’s Club of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and served as Chair from 1998 to 2002.

Smith graduated from Hixson High School. She attended the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga for critical care nursing. After that, she went on to receive her B.S. in critical care nursing at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. She later graduated from Stanford Center for Professional Development at Stanford University as a Certified Project Manager in 2008.

Smith was unanimously elected State Chair of the Republican Party on August 4, 2007. During her time as Chairman, she created two coalition groups in Tennessee, The Republican National Hispanic Assembly of Tennessee and the Republican Jewish Coalition of Tennessee and started a sustainable fund raising program. During this time as well, she was appointed to the Tennessee Human Rights Commission.

Robin Smith (born May 16, 1963) is an American politician serving as the Representative for Tennessee’s 26th state house district since 2018. She is a member of the Republican Party.