Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Paaiva mudzidzisi, akanyengetedzwa nevamwe vaiva muDemocratic Party kuti azokwikwidza musarudzo yokuva seneta weUnited States achirwisana naJesse Helms. Akaramba. Asi pamudyandigere, akapfuurira kutaura pamusoro penhau dzakadai sehondo muIraq, chirango chorufu uye kodzero dzevane mitezo mimwe chete. Kunyange zvazvo aiva muDemocrat akasimba, Smith akatsigira mumwe wevaimbova vatambi vake, Richard Vinroot, muRepublican akamirira kuva gavhuna weNorth Carolina muna 2000. Muna 2006, Smith akava mutauriri weDevot Democrats, sangano revanhu vezvitendero zvakasiyana-siyana rakagadzirirwa kunyengetedza vanhu veAmerica vezvitendero kuti vavhotere maDemocrat. Smith akanga ari muchirongwa chakanga chiri mumapepanhau muNorth Carolina uye akanga ari munyaya yeAssociated Press. Musi waOctober 13, 2008, akatsigira kukwikwidza kwaSenator Barack Obama
nokuda kweMutungamiriri weUnited States.