the halfway house and is no longer in federal custody. Missouri Senate 2006 election A year after his unsuccessful congressional campaign, Smith announced his intention to seek the Missouri Senate seat being vacated by Pat Dougherty. The race was heavily contested and other candidates included State Representatives Yaphett El-Amin, and Amber Boykins, former State Representative Derio Gambaro, and former St. Louis Alderman Kenny Jones. Smith won the primary election on August 8, 2006, and was unopposed in the general election. Tenure On December 22, 2008, Smith introduced Paternity Reform legislation in the Missouri State Senate. Sen. Smith's SB 140 created "fathering courts" throughout the state, while SB 141 is generally like the model legislation. Governor Jay Nixon signed both bills into law shortly after the 2009 legislative session. Smith also emerged in 2009 as the Legislature's leading advocate for historic preservation tax credits, and he sponsored and passed legislation creating a state Green Sales Tax Holiday eliminating sales tax on energy efficient appliances during the week of Earth Day each year. Personal life In spring 2011, Smith was married; in September of the same year, he and his wife Teresa had their first child, Charlie Wallace Smith. Smith accepted a professorship in urban policy at the New School's Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy in New York City. He began writing for the website The Recovering Politician and contributing to Politico - The Arena. His writing has been published in Inc. magazine and praised in New York Magazine's Approval Matrix. In 2012, Smith gave a TED talk in New York titled "Lessons in business ... from prison". In 2015, Smith published a book, Mr. Smith Goes to Prison, which details his time in politics and federal prison. See also Campaign finance in the United States References External links Missouri Senate - Jeff Smith official government website Jeff Smith for Missouri Senate official campaign website, as of October 13, 2006 Follow the Money - Jeff Smith 2006 campaign contributions CAN MR. SMITH GET TO WASHINGTON ANYMORE? site for Independent Lens on PBS Mo Senator Jeff Smith submits SB141 in Missouri MakeTheRealDadPay.org Paternity Fraud Reform Introduced in the Missouri Senate AllVoices.com Ex-Senator Jeff Smith: campaign lie landed me in jail Radio Interview with The State We're In The Postcard Always Rings Twice segment from This American Life on the path that led to Jeff Smith's conviction 1973 births Living people