Lincoln Davis

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Davis did not make an endorsement of the candidate in advance of the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Hillary Clinton won the primary in his district by a significant margin, [13] and John McCain outran Barack Obama there by 29 percentage points. [14]

In the November 2008 general election, Davis defeated Republican candidate Monty Lankford, a hospital equipment company owner. [14] Afterwards Davis was appointed to the House Appropriations Committee and the Energy & Water Subcommittee. [15]

2010

Davis was considered a possible candidate for Governor of Tennessee in 2010. [16] However, he announced that he had decided not to seek that office in January 2009, and instead ran for reelection to his House seat. [17]

In the 2010 congressional race, Davis was challenged by Republican Scott DesJarlais. Also on the ballot were independents Paul H. Curtis, James Gray, Richard S. Johnson, and Gerald York. DesJarlais won 57.1% of the vote to Davis's 38.6%--the third-largest margin of defeat for a Democratic incumbent in the 2010 cycle, the first time an incumbent had been unseated since the district's creation in 1983, and the first time since 1974 that an incumbent congressman in Tennessee lost a general election.

Voting incident

In the wake of Tennessee passing a strict voter identification law in 2011, Davis was denied the right to vote in Fentress County on Super Tuesday in March 2012. Davis had voted in the county for about fifteen years but was purged from the roll of registered voters. [18]

References

  1. ↑ "Tennessee 91st General Assembly".
  2. ↑ "Tennessee House Member, 94th General Assembly".
  3. ↑ "Our Campaigns - TN Senate 12 Race - Nov 05, 1996".
  4. ↑ "Our Campaigns - TN State Senate 12 Race - Nov 07, 2000".
  5. ↑ "Issue One – ReFormers Caucus" . Retrieved 2019-11-07.
  6. ↑ "Tennessee House Member, 93rd General Assembly".
  7. ↑ "Our Campaigns - Candidate - Lincoln Davis".
  8. ↑ Bai, Matt. Nascar-Lovin. New York Times Magazine, 2002-09-15.
  9. ↑ clerk.house.gov http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll223.xml . Retrieved February 21, 2014.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)[ title missing ]
  10. ↑ "Marcum Endorses Lincoln Davis". 15 August 2002.
  11. ↑ Christian, Nichole M.; Cushman, John H. Jr; Day, Sherri; Dillon, Sam; Lewis, Neil A.; Pear, Robert; Pristin, Terry; Shenon, Philip; Steinberg, Jacques (6 November 2002). "The 2002 Elections South Tennessee". The New York Times.
  12. ↑ Collins, Michael (December 19, 2009). "Experts say Tennessee is key for Republican efforts nationwide". Knoxville News Sentinel.
  13. ↑ "Davis honored by anti-abortion Democrats at convention". Chattanooga Times Free Press. August 29, 2008. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
  14. 1 2 McArdle, John (Dec 22, 2009). "Rating Change Signifies Challenge to Tenn.'s Davis". CQPolitics.com. Archived from the original on 2009-12-26.
  15. ↑ Munger, Frank (January 7, 2009). "Lincoln Davis takes Energy & Water Subcommittee seat". Knoxville News Sentinel. Archived from the original on January 9, 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-08.
  16. ↑ "Davis, of 4th District, will run for governor". The Commercial Appeal . October 8, 2007. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
  17. ↑ Wang, Herman (2009-01-29). "Lincoln Davis declines gubernatorial bid". Chattanooga Times Free Press. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
  18. ↑ Young, Nicole (Mar 6, 2012). "Former U.S. Rep. Lincoln Davis says he was denied right to vote". The Tennessean . Retrieved March 7, 2012.
Lincoln Davis
Lincoln Davis, official Congressional photo portrait.jpg
Member of the U.S.HouseofRepresentatives
from Tennessee's 4th district
In office
January 3, 2003 –January 3, 2011
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Tennessee's 4th congressional district
2003–2011		Succeeded by
U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded byas Former U.S. Representative Order of precedence of the United States
as Former U.S. Representative		Succeeded byas Former U.S. Representative
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