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Thomas Joel "Tom" Smith
(October 20, 1947 ? October 17, 2015) was an
American
Republican
politician, farmer and businessman.
He was first a
Democrat
for four years before becoming a politician. Smith switched parties in 2011 and ran for the
United States Senate
in 2012 as a
Republican
,
[1]
losing to the current Democratic Senator
Bob Casey, Jr.
.
Smith died at his home in
Shelocta
,
Pennsylvania
, aged 67.
[2]