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Did Don Davis serve six terms in the North Carolina Senate?

Matches stated record claim. 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.

Don Davis

Six terms in the state Senate

Matches stated record claim

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.

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  1. 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: Did Don Davis serve six terms in the North Carolina Senate?

  2. 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

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  3. 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: Did Don Davis serve six terms in the North Carolina Senate?

  4. 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: Did Don Davis serve six terms in the North Carolina Senate?

  5. 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: Did Don Davis serve six terms in the North Carolina Senate?

  6. 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: Did Don Davis serve six terms in the North Carolina Senate?

  7. 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: Did Don Davis serve six terms in the North Carolina Senate?

  8. 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: Did Don Davis serve six terms in the North Carolina Senate?