Don Davis
Would lower prescription drug prices and housing costs and shield working families from price increases.
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Issue record
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In short
Davis's campaign would lower drug and housing costs. Buckhout's campaign would cut taxes for working families; Bailey's would have Washington tax state governments, not people. On the record, Davis voted for the 2026 ROAD to Housing Act, now law, which funds grants for local governments that have added housing. It passed 358-32, and its text does not show what it will do to housing costs.
Campaign positions
What each campaign says.
Laurie Buckhout
Would cut taxes so working families can get ahead.
Tom Bailey
Would rewrite federal taxes so Washington taxes only state governments, not individual people.
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Evidence timeline
What the record shows.
official action
Don Davis: Matches stated direction
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.
Full detail
His campaign says he is fighting to make housing more affordable. 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.
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Sources10 source records
- 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: Don Davis: campaign position; Don Davis: Matches stated direction
- Issueshttps://www.lauriebuckhoutforcongress.com/issues
Laurie Buckhout for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Eight sections: economy, border, farmers and fishermen, the Second Amendment, the military, veterans, technology and AI, digital assets. One sentence about Democrats in general is not checked.
candidate statement
For: Laurie Buckhout: campaign position
- Tom Bailey (North Carolina)https://ballotpedia.org/Tom_Bailey_(North_Carolina)
Ballotpedia · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Carries his own answers to Ballotpedia's 2026 candidate survey, submitted February 15, 2026. Lists a campaign Facebook page (tombaileyforushouse) and no campaign website. Used only for his own words. The Facebook page loads only up to a login wall.
candidate statement
For: Tom Bailey: campaign position
- 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: Don Davis: Matches stated direction
- 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: Don Davis: Matches stated direction
- 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: Don Davis: Matches stated direction
- 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: Don Davis: Matches stated direction
- 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: Don Davis: Matches stated direction
- 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: Don Davis: Matches stated direction
- 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: Don Davis: Matches stated direction