MrSmiley

Luke J. Smiley more commonly known as MrSmiley (born September 6 2002) is an American politician who is currently serving as the Senior Senator from Tennessee. He unsuccessfully ran for Virginia Senate in 2030 losing to the incumbent Virginia Senator Corntal and Rhode Island Senate in 2032 losing to the candidate Yjhon12. He was elected in 2034 in the first runoff special election after Senator Dakota Concorde's removal from office.

Early Life
As the middle of three children, Smiley was born in Seattle, WA on September 6 2002 as the son of Daniel and Rose Smiley. Daniel Smiley worked as a systems engineer at the NOAA North West Station while Rose Smiley was the Executive Director of the Seattle Department of Transportation. When coming to his mother's work one day at the age of 10 he discovered his love for transportation. He then would normally only take alternative forms of transportation (such as a bike or the bus) around the city.

Smiley attending Duke University located in Durham where he received his BS in public policy and a MS in civil engineering graduating in 2026.

Early Career
After graduating college, Luke J. Smiley joined the Army Corps of Engineers and was a bridge inspection diver. After two years in the field he released his famous editorial on needed infrastructure investment. Soon after, he was hired to the be the new spokesperson for the American Society of Civil Engineers. Throughout his tenure in this position he heavily lobbied Senators and the President to fund more investment in infrastructure maintenance.

2030 Senate Election
In early 2029, Smiley announced his bid to be the next Virginia Senator. He would face off against the incumbent Virginia Senator Corntal. Throughout the campaign his focus was on infrastructure. His campaign focused on increasing the infrastructure maintenance budget, funded big new national infrastructure projects, and give funding to states to fund small infrastructure projects. Once polling had closed Smiley was winning by two votes in the most voted upon Senatorial race that election. Unfortunately, a banned candidate by the name of Obamanator had committed mass voter fraud in the election so it was redone. After the election was redone Corntal had won reelection for the Virginia with a vote of 45-35.

Nominee Secretary of Transportation
Following Smiley's unsuccessful 2030 Senate campaign the Arc campaign nominated Smiley to be MEUS's first Secretary of Transportation. Unfortunately congressional republicans did not approve and he was rejected. He also introduced a infrastructure bill to close the infrastructure spending gap that had grown. Unfortunately, the bill failed also.

2032 Senate Election
In 2031, Smiley announced he was running for the added Rhode Island Senate seat. Throughout his campaign he focused on Mock Government transparency initiatives. He hoped that they would inform the voters of Senator's voting records, reveal who the inactive Senators were, and encourage the inactive Senators to be more active. Additionally, he campaigned on investing in all different forms of infrastructure. On Election Day in what was one of the closest races that election cycle, Smiley lost to now Senator Yjhon12 by only two votes in a 33-31-14 race.

Secretary of the Senate
Following Smiley's 2032 election defeat he decided to complete his goal of formally recording all Senate votes with the creation of the Secretary of the Senate position. After lobbying Vice President Articlasilence he was personally invited into the Senate chamber to record the votes. Throughout his tenure as Secretary of the Senate, Smiley recorded and tallied what was the most active Congress which passed a current record of 27 bills. He also saw the impeachment of then Senator Dakota Concorde unfold in early 2034.

2034 Senate Special Election
Following the removal of Dakota Concorde from the Tennessee Senate, a special election was set to take place the following day to fill the seat. With pressure from party leaders, Smiley entered the race as the favorite by the Democrat establishment. In a landslide victory Smiley advanced to the run off election with a 8-4-4-3 lead. In the short campaign he campaigned solely on government transparency measures promising to make the Secretary of Senate position permeant and allowing all votes to be public. In the short campaign he beat theorigionalelmo

Tenure in the Senate
Senator Smiley introduced the first bill passed in the 2035-2036 Senate with the Senate Rules and Procedures bill formalizing the creation of the role Secretary of the Senate and formalizing other government procedures such as impeachment, powers of party leaders, and the step by step removal of inactive government officials. Additionally, he was introduced the Reformed Vehicle Emissions and Gas Tax Reform Act in attempts to raise more money for infrastructure maintenance. Each year, Senator Smiley and Senator TheStarTracker meet and craft a bipartisan bill on how to spend the gas tax revenue of the year.