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Don Davis | |
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Member of the U.S.HouseofRepresentatives from North Carolina's 1st district | |
Assumed office January 3, 2023 | |
Preceded by | G. K. Butterfield |
Member of the North Carolina Senate from the 5th district | |
In office January 1,2013 –January 1,2023 | |
Preceded by | Louis Pate |
Succeeded by | Kandie Smith |
In office January 1,2009 –January 1,2011 | |
Preceded by | John Kerr |
Succeeded by | Louis Pate |
Personal details | |
Born | Snow Hill,North Carolina,U.S. | August 29,1971
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Yuvonka Batts |
Education | United States Air Force Academy (BS) Central Michigan University (MS) East Carolina University (MA,EdD) |
Website | House website |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Branch/service | United States Air Force |
Donald Gene Davis (born August 29,1971) [1] is an American educator and politician,serving as the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 1st congressional district since 2023. [2]
He represented the 5th senate district in the North Carolina Senate from 2013 to 2023. Davis was first elected to the post in 2008,representing Pitt,Wayne,and Greene counties. He was defeated for re-election in 2010,but ran and won a Senate seat for the newly redrawn 5th District in the 2012 election. [3] [ needs update ]
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Davis was born in the town of Snow Hill. In 1989,Davis graduated from McArthur High School in Irving,Texas. He earned a Bachelor of Science in social sciences from the United States Air Force Academy. Davis earned a Master of Science in Administration degree with a concentration in general administration from Central Michigan University and a Master of Arts in sociology degree with a concentration in social issues in regional development from East Carolina University. He also earned a Doctor of Education in educational leadership with a concentration in higher education administration from East Carolina University. Davis has completed courses in the Commissioned Lay Minister Program through the New Hope Presbytery,Presbyterian Church United States of America.
Elected mayor of Snow Hill in 2001,Davis also served as chairman of the North Carolina's 1st congressional district Democratic Party. He filed to run for the U.S. House of Representatives in the 1st district in 2004,but dropped out before the primary election. [4]
In 2005,Davis was reelected as mayor. On October 1,2007,Davis announced plans to file for the North Carolina Senate District 5 seat. Davis was one of six Democratic candidates who filed for the seat held by retiring North Carolina Senator John Kerr III. He was the leading vote-getter with 36 percent of the vote in the May 6,2008,primary election.
Short of the 40% margin required to avoid a second primary election,Kathy Taft of Pitt County called for a runoff. On June 24,2008,Davis won the Democratic nomination after obtaining 63% of the votes in the second primary election. Davis faced North Carolina Representative Louis Pate,a Wayne County Republican,in the general election.
On November 4,2008,Davis was elected to serve as the next senator for the Fifth Senatorial District of North Carolina,with 53% of the votes. His term officially began January 1,2009. [5]
In a rematch of the 2008 election,Davis was defeated for re-election by Louis Pate in November 2010. [6]
Davis ran unopposed in 2016. He faced Pitt County District Attorney Kimberly Robb in November 2018,and defeated her,gaining re-election. [7]
Committee assignments
Davis announced his candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives to succeed retiring Democrat G. K. Butterfield. [8] He won the Democratic primary for the 2022 election for North Carolina's 1st congressional district,defeating former state senator Erica D. Smith. [2] In November 2022,Davis won the general election,defeating Republican Sandy Smith.
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