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Mesa Mayor Scott Smith addresses the nearly 500 in attendance at the Hilton Phoenix East/Mesa for his January 2013 "state of the city" breakfast, sponsored by the Mesa Chamber of Commerce. [Ivan Martinez/IvanMartinezPhotography.com]

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Mesa mayor Scott Smith is sworn in to his new term on Tuesday, Jan. 8. [Ivan Martinez / IvanMartinezPhotography.com]

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Scott Smith, Mesa mayor

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Mesa Mayor Scott Smith speaks during a ground breaking ceremony for a light rail extension, Wednesday, May 30, 2012. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]

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Mesa Mayor Scott Smith addresses those in attendance for a ground breaking ceremony for the freeway expansion of State Route 24 in southeast Mesa, Tuesday, April 3, 2012. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]

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Mesa Mayor Scott Smith speaks during a press conference, Monday, September 26, 2011 in Mesa, announcing the expansion of the nearly $10 million expansion of the passenger terminal as well as an Allegiant Air flights to Las Vegas starting in November at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]

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Scott Smith is mayor of Mesa

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Scott Smith is mayor of Mesa

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Scott Smith is mayor of Mesa

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Mesa Mayor Scott Smith speaks during a press conference, Monday, September 26, 2011 in Mesa, announcing the expansion of the nearly $10 million expansion of the passenger terminal as well as an Allegiant Air flights to Las Vegas starting in November at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]

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Mesa Mayor Scott Smith, right, speaks as Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, left, listens at a news conference at the start of the annual meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, of which Villaraigosa is president, in Los Angeles Friday, July 22, 2011.

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Mesa Mayor Scott Smith speaks at an announcement of a First Solar expansion in Mesa that will bring more than 600 jobs, Thursday, March 17, 2011.

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Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, Mesa Mayor Scott Smith and Chicago Cub team owners Tom Ricketts made it official Wednesday morning that the Cubs are they're staying in Mesa during a press conference at the State Capitol in downtown Phoenix.

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Mesa Mayor Scott Smith speaks with supporters in attendance of the Proposition 420 election party Tuesday, November 2, 2010 at the Hilton Phoenix East Mesa Hotel. In the background is Chicago Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts.

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Mesa Mayor Scott Smith speaks at the Mesa Arts Center, Monday, September 27, 2010, announcing that Mesa is one of four cities to be awarded a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant of $3 million that allows the city to work with the Mesa Unified School District and MCC to figure out how to get more kids in college until they get a degree. The other cities awared grants were New York, San Francisco and Riverside.

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Mesa Mayor Scott Smith speaks during a press conference on new plans the City of Mesa is going forward with to keep the Cubs here in Mesa for Spring Training, Thursday, June 3, 2010 in Mesa.

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From the concourse of Hohokam Park, Mesa mayor Scott Smith holds a press conference on where the city stands in negotiations with the new Chicago Cubs ownership. Nov. 4, 2009.

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From the concourse of Hohokam Park, Mesa Mayor Scott Smith holds a press conference to discuss the city's negotiations with the Chicago Cubs. Nov. 4, 2009.

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Congressman from Arizona's Fifth District Matt Salmon,left, and Mesa Mayor Scott Smith take questions during a Town Hall at Sunland Springs Village Wednesday, May 29, 2013 where nearly 250 citizens attended. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]

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Mesa Mayor Scott Smith prepares to sort clothes inside Helen's Hope Chest in Mesa, Tuesday, April 9, 2013 as part of Mayor's Day of Recognition for National Service. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]

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Mesa Mayor Scott Smith sorts clothes inside Helen's Hope Chest in Mesa, Tuesday, April 9, 2013 as part of Mayor's Day of Recognition for National Service. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]

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Mesa Mayor Scott Smith speaks out in front of Helen's Hope Chest in Mesa, Tuesday, April 9, 2013 as part of Mayor's Day of Recognition for National Service. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]

Mayor Scott Smith Announcement

Tuesday, July 31, 2012 1:50 pm

At his annual State of the City Breakfast, Mayor Scott Smith concluded a presentation that laid out his 2012 initiatives with "just one more thing..." Smith announced his plans to run for re-election for Mayor of Mesa.

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This video capture shows Mesa Mayor Scott Smith, left, and Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton, right, having fun recreating the opening of the 1970s sitcom "Laverne and Shirley." The cleverly edited sketch, produced by the Arizona Capitol Times, was created after the was voted by Capitol Times readers as the top Republican and Democratic elected officials in the Valley.