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Don Davis

U.S. representative for North Carolina's 1st District since 2023, in his second term. Campaign affiliation: Democratic.

Voter guide

Background, stated goals, record, and money

Goals come from the campaign's own platform. Record lines are official actions.

How this guide is built

Background comes from official records, and from the campaign's own biography where the bullet says so; goals are summarized from the campaign's own platform and stay attributed; the record lines are official actions with the government source attached; money is shown as filed, with the filings it covers in the note under the table, and is not evidence of why any position was taken.

Don Davis

Background

  • U.S. representative for this district since January 2023. He beat Laurie Buckhout in 2024, 49.5% to 47.8%, under the old district lines.
  • State senator in 2009-10 and again from 2013 to 2022; mayor of Snow Hill from 2001 to 2008.
  • Air Force Academy graduate (1994) and Air Force officer from 1994 to 2001.
  • Taught at East Carolina University from 1998 to 2007 and holds a doctorate in education from it.
  • The legislature redrew the district in October 2025. Six days later he filed a bill to bar a second redraw between censuses unless a court orders one.

What they say they want to do

  • Lower prescription drug prices and housing costs.
  • More jobs and investment in rural eastern North Carolina, and more workforce training.
  • Stronger schools, more early childhood education, and cheaper college and job training.
  • Support for rural hospitals and family farms, and reliable high-speed internet.
  • Better veterans' health care and shorter waits for benefits.

What the official record shows

  • Voted Yea on the Social Security Fairness Act, which he had cosponsored. It passed 327-75 and became law in January 2025.
  • Voted Yea on the Laken Riley Act, one of 46 Democrats to do so. It passed 263-156.
  • Voted No on final House passage of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. It passed 218-214 with no Democratic votes.
  • His VERY Act, written with a Republican co-lead, passed the House by voice vote. It renames "employment handicap" to "employment barrier" in veterans law.
  • One of six Democrats who voted Yea on the bill that ended the fall 2025 shutdown. It passed 222-209.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

Transfers and contributions from joint fundraising committees 9 committees$542,094
Corporation PACs 139 committees$534,500
Trade Association PACs 73 committees$285,000
Leadership PACs 64 committees$248,500
Membership Organization PACs 29 committees$118,000
PAC - Qualified 36 committees$100,750
Labor Organization PACs 17 committees$91,000
Hybrid PAC (with Non-Contribution Account) - Qualified 11 committees$58,000
House 23 committees$53,500
Cooperative PACs 4 committees$12,500
Corporation w/o capital stock PACs 3 committees$8,500
PAC - Nonqualified 4 committees$7,250
Party committees 1 committee$5,543
Senate 1 committee$2,000
Committees the FEC records no type for 1 committee$69

Source: Federal Election Commission

Money from political committees in the 2025-26 cycle, through June 30, 2026 (FEC lines 11B, 11C and 12). The rows sum to $2,067,205.25. Donations from individuals, including through ActBlue or WinRed, are not counted here. The rows sum to 2,067,205.25 dollars.

Words and record

What they say, and what the record shows

Each card gets one label from a fixed list and states its own limit.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign calls him a six-term state senator.

What the record shows

His official biography lists him in the state Senate for one term starting in 2009 and five starting in 2013, with a gap in 2011 and 2012.

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What they say

His campaign calls him a six-term state senator.

“A U.S Air Force veteran, educator, former mayor, and six-term state senator”

What the record shows

The official congressional biography lists him in the North Carolina Senate for 2009-11 and 2013-22. That is one two-year term starting in 2009 and five starting in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2021. The legislature's records list his bills in each of those six sessions and none in 2011.

Limit: The terms were not back to back: he was out of the Senate in 2011 and 2012.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he passed 90 pieces of legislation as a state senator.

What the record shows

He is listed as a sponsor on 110 enacted bills and resolutions, and he was a primary sponsor of 47 of them.

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What they say

His campaign says he passed 90 pieces of legislation as a state senator.

“While serving in the North Carolina state senate, he passed 90 pieces of legislation to expand health care coverage, lower utility rates, fund rural schools, and expand broadband internet access.”

What the record shows

The legislature lists 565 Senate bills and resolutions with him as a sponsor across his six sessions. 110 of them were enacted or adopted: 97 session laws and 13 resolutions. He was a primary sponsor of 47 of the 110: 40 session laws and 7 resolutions.

Limit: The count of 90 or more holds when every bill listing him as a sponsor counts, as this site counts sponsors and cosponsors alike. Counting only bills he led, it is 47. The list includes a 2019 law letting electric co-ops offer rural broadband and a 2019 law he led on emergency operating funds for utilities; the other subjects were not checked bill by bill.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he has worked across the aisle to support veterans and protect Social Security.

What the record shows

He co-led veterans bills with Republicans, parts of one became law in 2025, and he cosponsored and voted for a Republican-led Social Security bill that became law.

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What they say

His campaign says he has worked across the aisle to support veterans and protect Social Security.

“He has worked across the aisle on efforts to support our veterans, protect Social Security, and expand access to health care, jobs, infrastructure, and schools.”

What the record shows

He wrote the CARE Act on the VA's family caregiver program with Republicans Jennifer Kiggans and Juan Ciscomani as co-leads. Three of its changes, on explaining eligibility, reassessments and a yearly report, became law in January 2025 as section 125 of the Elizabeth Dole veterans act, which he voted for. His VERY Act, also co-led by Ciscomani, passed the House by voice vote in 2024 and 2025. He cosponsored Republican Garret Graves's Social Security Fairness Act and voted for it; it became law in January 2025.

Limit: The CARE Act never got its own vote, its wording changed on the way into the larger law, and some of its parts were left out. The VERY Act has not passed the Senate. The Social Security bill had 330 cosponsors from both parties. The health care, jobs, infrastructure and schools part of the sentence was not tested.

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says he is fighting to lower prescription drug prices.

What the record shows

He introduced a Medicare Part D drug cost bill that has not moved, and cosponsored a drug middleman bill, most of which became law in the 2026 spending law he voted for.

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What they say

His campaign says he is fighting to lower prescription drug prices.

“Don Davis is fighting to lower prescription drug prices, make housing more affordable, and protect working families from price increases that hit their wallets the hardest.”

What the record shows

In February 2025 he introduced the Reducing Drug Prices for Seniors Act with Republican August Pfluger. It would base what Medicare Part D patients pay toward a drug on its actual cost, not its list price, and has not moved past committee. In December 2025 he cosponsored Republican Buddy Carter's PBM Reform Act, which sets rules for the middlemen who run drug benefits. Most of its text became law in February 2026 inside the 2026 spending law, which he voted for.

Limit: His own drug-price bill shows intent, not a result. The PBM rules target middlemen's fees and practices; the law's text does not show what they will do to prices. He joined the PBM bill five months after it was introduced.

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says he is working to support rural hospitals and strengthen family farms.

What the record shows

He introduced bills on rural emergency hospital pay and farm transitions; the hospital bill sits in committee and the farm text passed the House in the farm bill.

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What they say

His campaign says he is working to support rural hospitals and strengthen family farms.

“He's working to support rural hospitals, strengthen family farms, and expand reliable high-speed internet”

What the record shows

In July 2025 he introduced a bill, with Republican Jack Bergman, to have Medicaid pay rural emergency hospitals as outpatient hospitals; it has not left committee. In December 2025 he introduced the Farm Transitions Act, with Republican Zach Nunn, to restart a federal commission on passing farms to the next generation. That bill sits in subcommittee, but its text passed the House on April 30, 2026 as section 12401 of the farm bill, which he voted for. The farm bill awaits the Senate.

Limit: The hospital bill shows intent, not a result, and the farm bill is not law. The broadband part was not tested.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he has helped secure millions in infrastructure investments for eastern North Carolina.

What the record shows ·

Lists name him as requester of 14 fiscal 2026 projects, about $12.6 million, and 15 fiscal 2024 projects, about $13.1 million, including water/sewer work. Sole credit is not shown.

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What they say

His campaign says he has helped secure millions in infrastructure investments for eastern North Carolina.

“Don Davis has helped secure millions in infrastructure investments for eastern North Carolina”

What the record shows ·

The fiscal 2026 spending laws fund 14 local projects that name him as the requesting House member, $12.6 million in all. The House Appropriations Committee's tables for the final fiscal 2024 bills list 15 more, $13.1 million. There are none for 2025; that year's funding law said the 2024 earmark lists had no legal effect on its money. The projects include sewer, water and wastewater work in Nashville, Pasquotank County, Garysburg, Sharpsburg, Tarboro and Hertford County, street and road repairs in Grimesland and Williamston, and an emergency communications tower in Henderson.

Limit: Being the requesting member shows he asked for the money, not that he won it alone. Some of these projects, such as police equipment, fire trucks and community centers, are not roads or pipes.

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says he is fighting to make housing more affordable.

What the record shows ·

He backed the 2026 housing law's grants and easier rural repair loans, the latter also in his own stalled 2024 bill. The law's effect on housing costs is not shown.

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What they say

His campaign says he is fighting to make housing more affordable.

“Don Davis is fighting to lower prescription drug prices, make housing more affordable, and protect working families from price increases that hit their wallets the hardest.”

What the record shows ·

He voted for H.R. 6644, then called the Housing for the 21st Century Act, when the House passed it 390-9 on February 9, 2026. On June 23 he voted for the final version, renamed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which passed 358-32 and became law on July 11, 2026. The law sets up federal grants for local governments that have added housing. It also lets rural home-repair loans under $15,000, up from $7,500, be made on a promissory note alone. That change was also in his own 2024 Rural Housing Assistance Act, introduced with Republican Zach Nunn, which never left committee.

Limit: Both House votes were lopsided, 390-9 and 358-32, so his vote does not set him apart. The law's text does not show what it will do to housing costs.

Matches stated direction

What they say

In a January 2025 statement on his vote, he said the Laken Riley Act keeps dangerous criminals from slipping through the cracks of the immigration system.

What the record shows ·

He voted for it three times in 2024 and 2025; the law requires detention of certain immigrants without legal status charged with crimes such as theft or assaulting police.

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What they say

In a January 2025 statement on his vote, he said the Laken Riley Act keeps dangerous criminals from slipping through the cracks of the immigration system.

“We have a responsibility to keep our communities safe. The Laken Riley Act ensures our immigration system is not allowing dangerous criminals to slip through the cracks”

What the record shows ·

He voted for the Laken Riley Act three times: on March 7, 2024 (H.R. 7511), January 7, 2025 (H.R. 29) and January 22, 2025 (S. 5). The Senate's version became law on January 29, 2025. It requires immigration officers to detain certain immigrants without legal status who are charged with or arrested for crimes such as theft, burglary, shoplifting or assaulting a police officer.

Limit: This card covers one law. In May 2023 he voted against H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act, along with every other Democrat who voted.

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says he is fighting to strengthen schools, expand early childhood education and make college and workforce training more affordable.

What the record shows ·

He introduced a job-training bill and cosponsors special education, debt-free college and Head Start bills, none voted on, and voted against the 2025 law creating job-training Pell grants.

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What they say

His campaign says he is fighting to strengthen schools, expand early childhood education and make college and workforce training more affordable.

“In Congress, he's fighting to strengthen our schools, expand early childhood education, make college and workforce training more affordable”

What the record shows ·

In August 2026 he introduced the Lifelong Learning Act with Republican Brad Finstad. It would let local job-training boards spend up to 30 percent of their federal training money, up from 20, on training people who already have jobs. He cosponsors bills to fully fund the federal share of special education (IDEA Full Funding Act), to fund debt-free study at in-state public colleges (Debt-Free College Act of 2026), and to let college work-study students work in Head Start and other early learning programs (Head Start for Our Future Act).

Limit: None of these bills has had a vote. He voted against the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 budget reconciliation law, which among many other things created Pell grants for job-training courses of 8 to under 15 weeks.

Issues in this record

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Costs and taxesHealth careImmigration and the borderMilitary and veteransFarms, fishing and rural communitiesEducationGovernment and elections

Evidence timeline

Dated records, with sources attached.

  1. race event

    General election

    Davis, Buckhout and Bailey are on the ballot.

  2. finance

    FEC filing snapshot

    July Quarterly 2026, principal campaign committee DON DAVIS FOR NC.

  3. race event

    House passes the farm bill

    The farm bill passes 224-200 with Davis voting Yea. Its section 12401 is the text of his Farm Transitions Act. It awaits the Senate.

  4. race event

    PBM rules become law

    Davis votes for the 2026 spending law, which carries most of the PBM Reform Act he cosponsored. It passes 217-214 and is signed the same day.

  5. race event

    Ballot order drawn

    The State Board's drawing puts Davis first, Buckhout second and Bailey third.

  6. race event

    Davis votes to end the shutdown

    He is one of six Democrats voting Yea as the House passes the funding bill 222-209.

  7. race event

    Davis files a bill against mid-decade maps

    His RESET Act would bar a second congressional redraw between censuses unless a court requires one.

  8. race event

    Legislature redraws the district

    North Carolina enacts a new congressional map, Session Law 2025-95. This race is run on it.

  9. race event

    House passes Davis's VERY Act

    The veterans bill he wrote with a Republican co-lead passes by voice vote. It is still in the Senate.

  10. race event

    Davis votes against H.R. 1

    The House passes the One Big Beautiful Bill Act 218-214. Davis votes No, with every other Democrat.

  11. race event

    Davis votes for the Laken Riley Act

    He is one of 46 Democrats voting Yea. The bill passes the House 263-156.

  12. race event

    Davis votes for the Elizabeth Dole veterans act

    The House passes S. 141, 382-12. Section 125 carries three changes from his CARE Act to the VA's family caregiver program. It becomes law on January 2, 2025.

  13. race event

    Davis votes for the Social Security Fairness Act

    The bill he cosponsored passes the House 327-75. It becomes law on January 5, 2025.

  14. race event

    Davis beats Buckhout

    Davis wins the old 1st District with 49.5% to Buckhout's 47.8%. Bailey, the Libertarian, gets 2.6%.

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Sources77 source records

How we use sources

  1. Rep. Donald G. Davis, member recordhttps://www.congress.gov/member/donald-davis/D000230

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Bioguide ID D000230, found in Congress.gov's list of North Carolina members of the 119th Congress. Representative for District 1 since 2023, now in his second term.

    official office record

    For: Current role; Background, goals, record and campaign money

  2. November 5, 2024 general election results, statewide contests (document)

    North Carolina State Board of Elections · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The results feed behind er.ncsbe.gov. District 01: Davis 186,341 (49.52%), Buckhout 180,034 (47.84%), Bailey 9,949 (2.64%), all 281 precincts. Matches the precinct file results_pct_20241105.zip.

    official election record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Davis beats Buckhout

  3. Congressional Directory, 119th Congress, February 20, 2026: North Carolina, First Districthttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CDIR-2026-02-20

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Feb 20, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Official biography: Air Force Academy 1994; Air Force officer 1994-2001; East Carolina University faculty 1998-2007; Ed.D. 2007; mayor of Snow Hill 2001-08; North Carolina State Senate 2009-11 and 2013-22. Gives years, not months.

    official office record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Six terms in the state Senate

  4. Senate Bill 249 (2025), Realign Congressional Districts 2025https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S249

    North Carolina General Assembly · Published Oct 22, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Became Session Law 2025-95 on October 22, 2025. The new map this race is run on.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Legislature redraws the district

  5. H.R. 5837 (119th), RESET Act of 2025https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5837

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Introduced by Davis October 28, 2025, six days after the legislature redrew his district. No cosponsors; in committee.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Davis files a bill against mid-decade maps

  6. H.R. 5837, introducedhttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119hr5837ih

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Would bar a state from redrawing its congressional map a second time between censuses unless a court requires it.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Davis files a bill against mid-decade maps

  7. Eastern North Carolina Firsthttps://www.votedondavis.com/delivering-new-page

    Don Davis for NC · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    His six priority sections: cost of living, jobs, education, rural infrastructure, military and veterans, and a practical approach. The text sits in collapsed panels on the page.

    candidate statement

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Lowering prescription drug prices; Rural hospitals and family farms; Millions for eastern North Carolina infrastructure; Making housing more affordable; Schools, early learning, college and job training

  8. Roll Call 456, H.R. 82, November 12, 2024 (document)

    Clerk of the U.S. House · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Motion to suspend the rules and pass, 327-75. Davis: Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Working across the aisle on veterans and Social Security; Davis votes for the Social Security Fairness Act

  9. H.R. 82 (118th), Social Security Fairness Act of 2023https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/82

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsor Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA). Davis cosponsored on February 24, 2023. Became Public Law 118-273 on January 5, 2025.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Working across the aisle on veterans and Social Security; Davis votes for the Social Security Fairness Act

  10. Roll Call 23, S. 5, January 22, 2025 (document)

    Clerk of the U.S. House · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    On passage, 263-156. Davis: Yea, one of 46 Democrats voting Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; The Laken Riley Act; Davis votes for the Laken Riley Act

  11. S. 5 (119th), Laken Riley Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    House passage January 22, 2025, Roll Call 23.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; The Laken Riley Act; Davis votes for the Laken Riley Act

  12. Roll Call 190, H.R. 1, July 3, 2025 (document)

    Clerk of the U.S. House · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Motion to concur in the Senate amendment, 218-214. Davis: No. No Democrat voted Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Schools, early learning, college and job training; Davis votes against H.R. 1

  13. H.R. 1 (119th), One Big Beautiful Bill Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The House agreed to the Senate amendment July 3, 2025, Roll Call 190, 218-214.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Schools, early learning, college and job training; Davis votes against H.R. 1

  14. H.R. 2625 (119th), VERY Act of 2025https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2625

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsor Davis; original cosponsor Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ). Passed the House by voice vote July 21, 2025; in the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Working across the aisle on veterans and Social Security; House passes Davis's VERY Act

  15. H.R. 2625, engrossed in Househttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119hr2625eh

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The bill replaces "employment handicap" with "employment barrier" throughout title 38. Passed the House July 21, 2025.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Working across the aisle on veterans and Social Security

  16. Roll Call 285, H.R. 5371, November 12, 2025 (document)

    Clerk of the U.S. House · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Motion to concur in the Senate amendment, 222-209. Davis: Yea. Six Democrats voted Yea: Cuellar, Davis, Golden, Gray, Gluesenkamp Perez and Suozzi.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Davis votes to end the shutdown

  17. H.R. 5371 (119th), Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5371

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The bill that ended the fall 2025 shutdown. Became Public Law 119-37.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Davis votes to end the shutdown

  18. DON DAVIS FOR NC, receipts from political committeeshttps://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00795211&two_year_transaction_period=2026&is_individual=false

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Read with tools/fec-money/money.py on 2026-10-01: lines 11B, 11C and 12 for 2025-26 through June 30, 2026. Each line matches the filed total to the cent.

    fec filing

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  19. About the candidatehttps://www.votedondavis.com/about

    Don Davis for NC · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    His biography and the claims about his record: Air Force service, six Senate terms, 90 pieces of legislation, work across the aisle.

    candidate statement

    For: Six terms in the state Senate; 90 pieces of legislation in the state Senate; Working across the aisle on veterans and Social Security

  20. Senator Don Davis, introduced bills, 2009 sessionhttps://www.ncleg.gov/Members/IntroducedBills/S/230/2009

    North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Every 2009-10 Senate bill and resolution listing him as a sponsor, with its last action and whether he was a primary sponsor. 44 of the 195 ended chaptered.

    official legislative record

    For: Six terms in the state Senate; 90 pieces of legislation in the state Senate

  21. Senator Don Davis, introduced bills, 2013 sessionhttps://www.ncleg.gov/Members/IntroducedBills/S/230/2013

    North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    18 of the 68 bills and resolutions listing him ended chaptered.

    official legislative record

    For: Six terms in the state Senate; 90 pieces of legislation in the state Senate

  22. Senator Don Davis, introduced bills, 2015 sessionhttps://www.ncleg.gov/Members/IntroducedBills/S/230/2015

    North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    15 of the 76 bills and resolutions listing him ended chaptered.

    official legislative record

    For: Six terms in the state Senate; 90 pieces of legislation in the state Senate

  23. Senator Don Davis, introduced bills, 2017 sessionhttps://www.ncleg.gov/Members/IntroducedBills/S/230/2017

    North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    9 of the 58 bills listing him ended chaptered.

    official legislative record

    For: Six terms in the state Senate; 90 pieces of legislation in the state Senate

  24. Senator Don Davis, introduced bills, 2019 sessionhttps://www.ncleg.gov/Members/IntroducedBills/S/230/2019

    North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    19 of the 92 bills and resolutions listing him ended chaptered.

    official legislative record

    For: Six terms in the state Senate; 90 pieces of legislation in the state Senate

  25. Senator Don Davis, introduced bills, 2021 sessionhttps://www.ncleg.gov/Members/IntroducedBills/S/230/2021

    North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    5 of the 76 bills listing him ended chaptered. The 2011 page returns an error, as expected: he was not a senator in 2011-12.

    official legislative record

    For: Six terms in the state Senate; 90 pieces of legislation in the state Senate

  26. H.R. 4518 (118th), CARE Act of 2023https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4518

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Veteran Caregiver Application and Appeals Reform Act. Sponsor Davis; original cosponsors Republicans Jennifer Kiggans (VA) and Juan Ciscomani (AZ); 13 cosponsors in all, 9 of them Republicans. The bill itself stopped in subcommittee.

    official legislative record

    For: Working across the aisle on veterans and Social Security; Davis votes for the Elizabeth Dole veterans act

  27. H.R. 4518, introducedhttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-118hr4518ih

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Would require the VA's family caregiver program to tell applicants every eligibility criterion used, cover reassessments in its appeals rule, and report each year on applications, approvals, denials, reassessments and appeals.

    official legislative record

    For: Working across the aisle on veterans and Social Security

  28. Public Law 118-210, Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Acthttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-118publ210

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jan 2, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Enacted from S. 141 on January 2, 2025. Section 125 makes three of the CARE Act's changes to 38 U.S.C. 1720G(a), lightly reworded: the eligibility-criteria clause in (12)(A), reassessments in (12)(C)(i), and the annual report. The CARE Act's medical-specialists clause is not in the law.

    official legislative record

    For: Working across the aisle on veterans and Social Security; Davis votes for the Elizabeth Dole veterans act

  29. Roll Call 504, S. 141, December 16, 2024 (document)

    Clerk of the U.S. House · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Motion to suspend the rules and pass, 382-12. Davis: Yea. Read from Congress.gov's house-vote record of the same roll call (118th Congress, session 2, vote 504); the Clerk's file returned HTTP 403 to the desk's script on October 1, 2026.

    official legislative record

    For: Working across the aisle on veterans and Social Security; Davis votes for the Elizabeth Dole veterans act

  30. H.R. 7653 (118th), VERY Act of 2024https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7653

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Davis's earlier version. Passed the House by voice vote November 18, 2024; died in the Senate.

    official legislative record

    For: Working across the aisle on veterans and Social Security

  31. H.R. 1244 (119th), Reducing Drug Prices for Seniors Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1244

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Introduced February 12, 2025 by Davis with Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) as original cosponsor. Referred to committee; no further action.

    official legislative record

    For: Lowering prescription drug prices

  32. H.R. 1244, introducedhttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119hr1244ih

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Would base Medicare Part D coinsurance on a drug's actual acquisition cost rather than its wholesale list price.

    official legislative record

    For: Lowering prescription drug prices

  33. H.R. 4317 (119th), PBM Reform Act of 2025https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4317

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsor Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA). Davis became a cosponsor on December 16, 2025. Congress.gov lists H.R. 7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, as a related bill.

    official legislative record

    For: Lowering prescription drug prices; PBM rules become law

  34. H.R. 4317, introducedhttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119hr4317ih

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Rules for pharmacy benefit managers in Medicare Part D, employer plans and Medicaid, including a ban on spread pricing in Medicaid.

    official legislative record

    For: Lowering prescription drug prices

  35. Public Law 119-75, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-119publ75

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Feb 3, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Enacted from H.R. 7148 on February 3, 2026. Sections 6223, 6224 and 6701 carry the titles and most of the text of H.R. 4317 sections 2, 3 and 4 (about four in five of its ten-word runs appear in the law).

    official legislative record

    For: Lowering prescription drug prices; Millions for eastern North Carolina infrastructure; PBM rules become law

  36. Roll Call 53, H.R. 7148, February 3, 2026 (document)

    Clerk of the U.S. House · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Motion to agree to the Senate amendments, 217-214, which sent the bill to the President. Davis: Yea. He also voted Yea on House passage on January 22, 2026 (Roll Call 45, 341-88). Read from Congress.gov's house-vote records; the Clerk's files returned HTTP 403 to the desk's script on October 1, 2026.

    official legislative record

    For: Lowering prescription drug prices; PBM rules become law

  37. H.R. 4277 (119th), Rural Emergency Hospital Financial Stability Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4277

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Introduced July 2, 2025 by Davis with Rep. Jack Bergman (R-MI) as original cosponsor. Referred to committee; no further action.

    official legislative record

    For: Rural hospitals and family farms

  38. H.R. 4277, introducedhttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119hr4277ih

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Would treat rural emergency hospitals as outpatient hospitals for Medicaid payment.

    official legislative record

    For: Rural hospitals and family farms

  39. H.R. 6385 (119th), Farm Transitions Act of 2025https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6385

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Introduced December 3, 2025 by Davis with Rep. Zach Nunn (R-IA) as original cosponsor. In subcommittee.

    official legislative record

    For: Rural hospitals and family farms; House passes the farm bill

  40. H.R. 6385, introducedhttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119hr6385ih

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Would reauthorize the Commission on Farm Transitions-Needs for 2050, which studies how farms pass to the next generation.

    official legislative record

    For: Rural hospitals and family farms

  41. H.R. 7567 (119th), Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The House farm bill. Passed the House 224-200 on April 30, 2026 (Roll Call 154); received in the Senate May 19, 2026; not law. Congress.gov lists H.R. 6385 as a related bill.

    official legislative record

    For: Rural hospitals and family farms; House passes the farm bill

  42. H.R. 7567, engrossed in Househttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119hr7567eh

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Section 12401, Commission on Farm Transitions--Needs for 2050, makes the same amendments to section 12609 of the 2018 farm law as H.R. 6385 section 2, clause for clause. It differs in the Act named, a 2031 end date instead of 2029, and one added advisory-committee clause. Section 6302 is titled Promoting Precision Agriculture, the name of Davis's H.R. 1985.

    official legislative record

    For: Rural hospitals and family farms; House passes the farm bill

  43. Roll Call 154, H.R. 7567, April 30, 2026 (document)

    Clerk of the U.S. House · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    On passage, 224-200. Davis: Yea, one of 14 Democrats voting Yea. The Clerk's file returned HTTP 403 to the desk's script on October 1, 2026; the vote was read from Congress.gov's house-vote record of the same roll call (119th Congress, session 2, vote 154).

    official legislative record

    For: Rural hospitals and family farms; House passes the farm bill

  44. Fiscal 2024 community project fundinghttps://appropriations.house.gov/fiscal-year-2024-community-project-funding

    House Appropriations Committee · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    The committee's page of tables for projects included in the final fiscal 2024 bills, one for each subcommittee.

    official legislative record

    For: Millions for eastern North Carolina infrastructure

  45. Fiscal 2024 Agriculture community project funding, final table (document)

    House Appropriations Committee · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    Four projects list Davis (NC) as House requester: Lincoln Heights community center ($950,000), Spaulding Family Resource Center ($1,000,000), Roper Fire Department ($720,000) and Robersonville water meters ($1,000,000).

    official legislative record

    For: Millions for eastern North Carolina infrastructure

  46. Fiscal 2024 Commerce-Justice-Science community project funding, final table (updated March 6, 2024) (document)

    House Appropriations Committee · Published Mar 6, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    Five police and detention projects list Davis (NC): Greenville, Halifax County, Elizabeth City, Ayden and Plymouth, $3,353,000 in all.

    official legislative record

    For: Millions for eastern North Carolina infrastructure

  47. Fiscal 2024 Interior-Environment community project funding, final table (updated March 6, 2024) (document)

    House Appropriations Committee · Published Mar 6, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    Two EPA water projects list Davis (NC): Nashville sewer extension and Pasquotank County water plant, $959,752 each.

    official legislative record

    For: Millions for eastern North Carolina infrastructure

  48. Fiscal 2024 Transportation-HUD community project funding, final table (updated March 6, 2024) (document)

    House Appropriations Committee · Published Mar 6, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    Four projects list Davis (NC): Grimesland street repaving ($1,116,279), Henderson emergency communications tower ($2,175,000), Elizabeth City shipyard purchase ($400,000) and Columbia boardwalk repairs ($500,000).

    official legislative record

    For: Millions for eastern North Carolina infrastructure

  49. Public Law 119-4, Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-119publ4

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Mar 15, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    Division A, section 1111: earmark language for fiscal 2024 has no legal effect on the funds this division appropriates.

    official legislative record

    For: Millions for eastern North Carolina infrastructure

  50. Public Law 119-37, continuing and full-year appropriations for fiscal 2026https://www.congress.gov/119/plaws/publ37/PLAW-119publ37.htm

    Congress.gov · Published Nov 12, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    Enacted from H.R. 5371 on November 12, 2025. Section 4 points to the explanatory statement printed in the Senate section of the Congressional Record on or about November 9, 2025.

    official legislative record

    For: Millions for eastern North Carolina infrastructure

  51. Congressional Record, November 9, 2025: explanatory statement for the 2026 Agriculture act (document)

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Nov 9, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    Statement for Division B of the bill that became Public Law 119-37. Seven rural community facility projects list Davis (NC), $7,030,000 in all (pages S8063-S8064).

    official legislative record

    For: Millions for eastern North Carolina infrastructure

  52. Public Law 119-74, consolidated appropriations for fiscal 2026https://www.congress.gov/119/plaws/publ74/PLAW-119publ74.htm

    Congress.gov · Published Jan 23, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    Enacted from H.R. 6938 on January 23, 2026. Section 4 points to the explanatory statement printed in the House section of the Congressional Record on or about January 7, 2026.

    official legislative record

    For: Millions for eastern North Carolina infrastructure

  53. Congressional Record, January 8, 2026: explanatory statement for the 2026 Commerce-Justice-Science and Interior acts (document)

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jan 8, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    Enacted as Public Law 119-74. Two Justice Department projects (Ahoskie and Hertford County, $992,000) and four EPA water and sewer projects (Garysburg, Sharpsburg, Tarboro, Hertford County, $1,092,000 each) list Davis (NC).

    official legislative record

    For: Millions for eastern North Carolina infrastructure

  54. Congressional Record, January 22, 2026: explanatory statement for the 2026 Transportation-HUD act (document)

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jan 22, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    Enacted in Public Law 119-75. One project lists Davis (NC): Williamston road repair, $250,000 (page H1840).

    official legislative record

    For: Millions for eastern North Carolina infrastructure

  55. H.R. 6644 (119th), 21st Century ROAD to Housing Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6644

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsor Rep. French Hill (R-AR). Passed the House 390-9 on February 9, 2026 as the Housing for the 21st Century Act (Roll Call 57); the House agreed to the Senate's final version, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, 358-32 on June 23, 2026 (Roll Call 224). Became Public Law 119-101 on July 11, 2026.

    official legislative record

    For: Making housing more affordable

  56. Roll Call 57, H.R. 6644, February 9, 2026 (document)

    Clerk of the U.S. House · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Motion to suspend the rules and pass, as amended, 390-9. The bill was then titled the Housing for the 21st Century Act. Davis: Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Making housing more affordable

  57. Roll Call 224, H.R. 6644, June 23, 2026 (document)

    Clerk of the U.S. House · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Motion to agree to the Senate's final amendment, 358-32. Davis: Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Making housing more affordable

  58. Public Law 119-101, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Acthttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-119publ101

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jul 11, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Enacted from H.R. 6644 on July 11, 2026. Section 208 sets up HUD grants for local governments that have added housing. Section 502 raises to $15,000, from $7,500, the rural home-repair loans that need only a promissory note.

    official legislative record

    For: Making housing more affordable

  59. 42 U.S.C. 1474, rural home repair loans and grants (2024 edition)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2024-title42/html/USCODE-2024-title42-chap8A-subchapIII-sec1474.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The section 504 rule before the 2026 law: a loan for less than $7,500 need be evidenced only by a promissory note.

    official legislative record

    For: Making housing more affordable

  60. H.R. 9816 (118th), Rural Housing Assistance Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/9816

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Introduced September 25, 2024 by Davis with Rep. Zach Nunn (R-IA) as original cosponsor. Referred to committee; no further action.

    official legislative record

    For: Making housing more affordable

  61. H.R. 9816, introducedhttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-118hr9816ih

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Two changes to section 504 of the Housing Act of 1949: new caps on repair loans and grants, and $15,000 in place of $7,500 for the promissory-note rule. Only the second is in Public Law 119-101.

    official legislative record

    For: Making housing more affordable

  62. Congressman Don Davis Votes Again for Laken Riley Acthttps://dondavis.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-don-davis-votes-again-laken-riley-act

    Office of Rep. Don Davis · Published Jan 7, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    His House office's release on his January 7, 2025 vote for H.R. 29, with his own quoted words.

    candidate statement

    For: The Laken Riley Act

  63. Roll Call 66, H.R. 7511, March 7, 2024 (document)

    Clerk of the U.S. House · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Laken Riley Act, on passage, 251-170. Davis: Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: The Laken Riley Act

  64. Roll Call 6, H.R. 29, January 7, 2025 (document)

    Clerk of the U.S. House · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Laken Riley Act, on passage, 264-159. Davis: Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: The Laken Riley Act

  65. Public Law 119-1, Laken Riley Acthttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-119publ1

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jan 29, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Enacted from S. 5 on January 29, 2025. Requires a detainer and custody for certain inadmissible immigrants charged with or arrested for burglary, theft, larceny, shoplifting, assaulting a law enforcement officer, or a crime causing death or serious injury.

    official legislative record

    For: The Laken Riley Act

  66. Roll Call 209, H.R. 2, May 11, 2023 (document)

    Clerk of the U.S. House · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Secure the Border Act, on passage. Davis: Nay. Democrats: 0 Yea, 211 Nay, 2 not voting.

    official legislative record

    For: The Laken Riley Act

  67. H.R. 10085 (119th), Lifelong Learning Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10085

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Introduced August 13, 2026 by Davis with Rep. Brad Finstad (R-MN) as original cosponsor. Referred to committee.

    official legislative record

    For: Schools, early learning, college and job training

  68. H.R. 10085, introducedhttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119hr10085ih

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Section 2 raises from 20 to 30 percent the share of a local area's training funds that may go to training incumbent workers.

    official legislative record

    For: Schools, early learning, college and job training

  69. 29 U.S.C. 3174, use of workforce funds (2024 edition)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2024-title29/html/USCODE-2024-title29-chap32-subchapI-partB-subpart3-sec3174.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Subsection (d)(4)(A)(i): a local board may use not more than 20 percent of its funds for training incumbent workers.

    official legislative record

    For: Schools, early learning, college and job training

  70. H.R. 2598 (119th), IDEA Full Funding Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2598

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsor Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA). Would provide full federal funding of part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Davis became a cosponsor on January 9, 2026. Referred to committee.

    official legislative record

    For: Schools, early learning, college and job training

  71. H.R. 10455 (119th), Debt-Free College Act of 2026https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10455

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsor Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI); Davis is an original cosponsor, September 16, 2026. State-federal partnerships for debt-free study at in-state public colleges. Referred to committee.

    official legislative record

    For: Schools, early learning, college and job training

  72. H.R. 4318 (119th), Head Start for Our Future Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4318

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsor Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX). Adds child development and early learning, including Head Start, to the community service jobs federal work-study can pay for. Davis became a cosponsor on September 14, 2026. Referred to committee.

    official legislative record

    For: Schools, early learning, college and job training

  73. Public Law 119-21 (H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act)https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-119publ21

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Section 83002 creates Workforce Pell Grants for programs of 150 to under 600 clock hours, lasting 8 to under 15 weeks.

    official legislative record

    For: Schools, early learning, college and job training

  74. 2026 General Candidate List by Contest, Federal and State Only (document)

    North Carolina State Board of Elections · Published Sep 21, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Report stamped September 21, 2026. Lists Don Davis (DEM), Laurie Buckhout (REP) and Tom Bailey (LIB) for US House District 01, and no one else.

    official election record

    For: General election

  75. Sample ballot, November 3, 2026 general election (document)

    Currituck County Board of Elections · Published Aug 27, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The county's own ballot, PDF created August 27, 2026. An image with no text layer, read by OCR and by eye. Prints Don Davis (Democratic Party), Laurie Buckhout (Republican Party), Tom Bailey (Libertarian Party) for US House District 1.

    official election record

    For: General election

  76. DON DAVIS FOR NC, July Quarterly 2026https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00795211/?cycle=2026

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Read from OpenFEC on 2026-10-01. Original July Quarterly, April 1 to June 30, 2026, file 1996406, beginning image 202607159875931396, received July 15, 2026.

    fec filing

    For: FEC filing snapshot

  77. State Board Randomly Determines Ballot Order for 2026 Electionshttps://www.ncsbe.gov/news/press-releases/2025/12/19/state-board-randomly-determines-ballot-order-2026-elections

    North Carolina State Board of Elections · Published Dec 19, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The drawing put last names starting with F first, then reverse alphabetical order. That gives Davis, Buckhout, Bailey.

    official election record

    For: Ballot order drawn