Republicans won at least 11 of the state's 19 House districts.
The publisher took all but 5 of the state's 41 state House districts.
House districts must be wholly contained within a single county.
He has been elected for House District 19 four times since 2005.
He also represented a House District between 1993 and 2000.
After redistricting, he decided to run in Oregon's 1st house district.
House districts are formed by dividing each Senate district in half.
He was the first person from his House district ever to be Speaker.
The average House district contains about 500,000 people, two-fifths of whom vote.
Smith decided to run in the open Arkansas' 54th House district.