Charles Smiley is an American politician who served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2010 to 2017.
For 18 years, Smiley worked at General Motors.
While he was publicly accused of bribery and extortion in connection with the federal trial of former public works director Charles Abbey, charges were never filed.
[3] In 2010, he ran for 50th District Michigan State Representative as a Democrat.
[1] He ran against Genesee Township Trustee Richard Burrus, U.S. Marine James Cowan, former Richfield Township Supervisor Jeffrey Houston, and Richfield Trustee Gerald Masters in the primary.