{"id":33,"date":"2026-08-28T18:40:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T18:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ellensmith.org\/new\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2026-08-29T21:19:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T21:19:50","slug":"ellen-smith-for-oak-ridge-city-council","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ellensmith.org\/new\/","title":{"rendered":"Ellen Smith for Oak Ridge City Council"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ellen is seeking re-election to Oak Ridge City Council in November 2026. She has been serving Oak Ridge as a Council member since November 2014, when she won election to a four-year term, and she was re-elected in 2018 and 2022. She previously served as a City Council member from June 2007 to November 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Early voting<\/strong> is October 14 to October 29, 2026. <strong>Election day<\/strong> is November 3, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ellensmith.org\/new\/2026\/08\/24\/who-is-ellen-smith\/\"><strong>About Ellen<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; short biography<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"\/new\/about-city-council\/\"><strong>About City Council<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Coming soon:<\/strong> Read Ellen&#8217;s thoughts on local issues and other topics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Contact:<\/strong> Email Ellen at <strong>ellen@ellensmith.org<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ellensmith.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/smith_ellen_campaignbling-1-1024x519.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ellensmith.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/smith_ellen_campaignbling-1-1024x519.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ellensmith.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/smith_ellen_campaignbling-1-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ellensmith.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/smith_ellen_campaignbling-1-768x389.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ellensmith.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/smith_ellen_campaignbling-1-1536x778.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ellensmith.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/smith_ellen_campaignbling-1-2048x1038.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This website is paid for and maintained by Ellen Smith on an ongoing basis. It is currently provided as an in-kind donation to the Ellen Smith for City Council election campaign 2026.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ellen is seeking re-election to Oak Ridge City Council in November 2026. She has been serving Oak Ridge as a Council member since November 2014, when she won election to a four-year term, and she was re-elected in 2018 and 2022. She previously served as a City Council member from June 2007 to November 2012. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-33","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ellensmith.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ellensmith.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ellensmith.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellensmith.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellensmith.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellensmith.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellensmith.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions\/68"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ellensmith.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}