U.S. House

North Carolina
District 1

Election day: November 3, 2026

Three candidates are on the U.S. House ballot in North Carolina's District 1.

Sabato's Crystal Ball: Toss-up

Ratings checked October 1, 2026

Updated October 2, 2026

At a glance

A quick look at the candidates

One stated goal, one checked action and the top committee funding for each candidate. Read the detailed guide for the rest.

What the funding line covers

Funding shows up to the two largest listed committee categories, without individual-donor conduit entries.

Record checked Oct 2, 2026. Money dates are shown separately.

Don Davis

Democratic

One stated goal Lower prescription drug prices and housing costs.

One checked action Nov 12, 2024. Voted Yea on the Social Security Fairness Act, which he had cosponsored. It passed 327-75 and became law in January 2025.

Campaign cash $3,570,366 on Jun 30, 2026, principal committee only.

Listed committee funding Transfers and contributions from joint fundraising committees: $542,094; Corporation PACs: $534,500.

Through June 30, 2026. Cash above has its own date.

Funding scope

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.

Laurie Buckhout

Republican

One stated goal Tax cuts for working families.

One checked action Nov 21, 2019. Castellum, Inc. bought Corvus Consulting, the defense firm she founded in 2012, from her trust for $9.6 million in total.

Campaign cash $1,823,161 on Jun 30, 2026, principal committee only.

Listed committee funding Transfers and contributions from joint fundraising committees: $376,809; Leadership PACs: $148,500.

Through June 30, 2026. Cash above has its own date.

Funding scope

Money from political committees in the 2025-26 cycle, through June 30, 2026 (FEC lines 11B, 11C and 12). The rows sum to $708,504.91. Not counted here: donations from individuals, including through WinRed or ActBlue, and the $2,401,000 she lent her campaign this cycle. The rows sum to 708,504.91 dollars.

Tom Bailey

Libertarian

One stated goal Restore citizens' voting rights.

One checked action No official action is listed in this desk. The detailed guide explains the gap.

Campaign cash No campaign cash figure is included in this desk.

Listed committee funding No committee funding breakdown is included here.

Funding scope

No table: he has no 2026 campaign committee with the FEC. The FEC lists him as not yet a candidate this cycle, and his only committee filed for 2018.

Who is running?

Printed ballot candidates

Don DavisDemocratic
Laurie BuckhoutRepublican
Tom BaileyLibertarian

Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, 2026 General Candidate List by Contest (Federal and State Only)

Checked October 1, 2026

Read the detailed guide, goals, actions and campaign funding

Voter guide

The candidates, side by side

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

How this guide is built

Background comes from government or official office records, and from the campaign's own biography where the bullet says so. Goals are summarized from each campaign's own platform page and stay attributed to the campaign. The record lines are official votes, sponsorships, and filings with the government source attached. Money is shown as filed, by the type the FEC records for the contributing committee, and is not evidence of why any position was taken. Money rows are itemized receipts from political committees; transfers from joint fundraising committees and the conduit entries for earmarked individual contributions sit on their own rows; other memo entries, reimbursements, and receipts from organizations that are not political committees are excluded; each candidate's note gives the filings it covers, and some notes also compare the rows with the campaign's own FEC summary.

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

Nov 12, 2024 Voted Yea on the Social Security Fairness Act, which he had cosponsored. It passed 327-75 and became law in January 2025.
Jan 22, 2025 Voted Yea on the Laken Riley Act, one of 46 Democrats to do so. It passed 263-156.
Jul 3, 2025 Voted No on final House passage of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. It passed 218-214 with no Democratic votes.
Jul 21, 2025 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.
Nov 12, 2025 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

Laurie Buckhout

Background

Has never held elected office. In 2025 she was the Pentagon's deputy assistant secretary for cyber policy and performed the duties of the assistant secretary.
Founded the defense consulting firm Corvus Consulting in 2012 and ran it until Castellum, Inc. bought it in 2019; she then became Castellum's chief revenue officer and a director.
Retired from the Army as a colonel after 26 years, with two combat tours in Iraq, according to a 2022 SEC filing by Castellum. Her campaign also calls her a combat commander. She lives in Edenton.
The 2024 Republican nominee, she lost to Davis by 6,307 votes. She won the March 3, 2026 primary with 39.5% in a field of five.

What they say they want to do

Tax cuts for working families.
More resources for Border Patrol agents to keep drugs out.
Fewer regulations on farmers, fishermen and the seafood industry.
More investment in the military, to deter China, Iran and Russia and defend allies like Israel.
Fewer rules on artificial intelligence, and clear rules for digital assets.

What the official record shows

Nov 21, 2019 Castellum, Inc. bought Corvus Consulting, the defense firm she founded in 2012, from her trust for $9.6 million in total.
May 16, 2025 Testified to the House Armed Services Committee on the Pentagon's cyber posture, as deputy assistant secretary performing the duties of the assistant secretary for cyber policy.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

Transfers and contributions from joint fundraising committees 8 committees	$376,809
Leadership PACs 40 committees	$148,500
PAC - Qualified 14 committees	$55,000
House 26 committees	$54,500
Hybrid PAC (with Non-Contribution Account) - Qualified 5 committees	$30,000
Corporation PACs 3 committees	$18,346
PAC - Nonqualified 2 committees	$8,500
Membership Organization PACs 3 committees	$6,000
Party committees 1 committee	$5,000
Trade Association PACs 1 committee	$5,000
Committees the FEC records no type for 3 committees	$850

Source: Federal Election Commission

Tom Bailey

Background

Has never held elected office. He was the Libertarian nominee for this seat in 2024, with 2.6%, and for the 13th District in 2018.
He says he served in the Army from 1968 to 1971 and is a Vietnam veteran.
He says he served on the Libertarian Party of North Carolina's executive committee and chaired its legal action committee.

What they say they want to do

Restore citizens' voting rights.
Rewrite federal taxes so Washington taxes only state governments, not individual people.
Restore the Bill of Rights, especially due process.

What the official record shows

He has held no elected office, so there are no votes or bills to list.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

No table: he has no 2026 campaign committee with the FEC. The FEC lists him as not yet a candidate this cycle, and his only committee filed for 2018.

Race outlook

How an approved rating source sees this race

Categories are ordered judgments, not win probabilities. A rating appears only when that publisher allows the use.

Sabato's Crystal BallToss-up
Sabato's Crystal Ball assessed this Sep 29, 2026; checked Oct 1, 2026.

Sabato's Crystal Ball allows this rating to be used with credit, so their name and date stay on the row. A Stated Record comparison is added only when two or more approved ratings are current. The rule is in Methodology.

What to know

The race in context

Laurie Buckhout's Republican primary win set up a rematch of her 2024 race against Democratic Rep. Don Davis, WUNC reported.
As of Oct 1, 2026.

Candidate records

The field, without the campaign gloss

Current public roles come from government sources. Campaign-finance IDs come from the FEC.

Democratic

Don Davis

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

FEC candidate: H2NC02287
Principal committee: C00795211

Public profiles

X @DonDavisNCLinked by the campaign site.
Instagram: not foundNo Instagram account is linked from the campaign site.
Facebook DonDavisNCLinked by the campaign site.

Republican

Laurie Buckhout

Holds no public office. Performed the duties of the Pentagon's top cyber policy official in 2025.

FEC candidate: H4NC01137
Principal committee: C00853499

Public profiles

X @lauriebuckhoutLinked by the campaign site.
Instagram @lauriebuckhoutLinked by the campaign site.
Facebook lauriebuckhoutLinked by the campaign site.

Libertarian

Tom Bailey

Holds no public office. Libertarian nominee for this seat in 2024.

FEC candidate: H8NC13075

Public profiles

X: not foundNo X account is listed for him; he has no campaign website to link one.
Instagram: not foundNo Instagram account is listed for him.
Facebook tombaileyforushouseListed by Ballotpedia as his campaign Facebook page. It loads only up to a login wall.

Profile links show what is public now, not a complete archive. Each was confirmed through the campaign site unless a note says otherwise.

How social posts are used

Individual social posts enter the evidence record only with a post URL, date, context, and review note.

Issue comparison

What each campaign says

Each campaign's own positions, not promises The Stated Record has verified or endorsed.

Costs and taxes

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.

What each campaign says

Don Davis

Would lower prescription drug prices and housing costs and shield working families from price increases.

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.

Health care

Davis's campaign backs lower drug prices and help for rural hospitals. Buckhout's campaign says eastern North Carolina families need lower health costs; Bailey's lists no health care position on the pages checked. On the record, Davis's Medicare drug cost bill has not left committee. Most of a drug-middleman bill he cosponsored became law in the 2026 spending law; its text does not show what it will do to prices.

What each campaign says

Don Davis

Wants lower prescription drug prices and support for rural hospitals.

Laurie Buckhout

Says eastern North Carolina families need lower health care costs.

Tom Bailey

No position found. Searched his 2026 Ballotpedia survey answers; he has no campaign website (the one on his 2018 FEC filing does not load). His campaign Facebook page loads only up to a login wall; the public posts reached do not cover this.

Immigration and the border

Davis's campaign lists no border position on the pages checked. Buckhout's campaign would give Border Patrol the resources to keep drugs out; Bailey's lists no position on the pages checked. On the record, Davis voted three times for the Laken Riley Act, now law, which requires detaining certain immigrants without legal status charged with crimes such as theft. In 2023 he voted against the Secure the Border Act, as did every other Democrat who voted.

What each campaign says

Don Davis

No position found. Searched his campaign site's home, about and priorities pages; none mentions immigration or the border.

Laurie Buckhout

Would give Border Patrol agents the resources to keep drugs out; says border security is national security.

Tom Bailey

Military and veterans

Davis's campaign backs better VA care and faster benefits. Buckhout's campaign would invest in the military to deter China, Iran and Russia; Bailey's lists no position on the pages checked. On the record, parts of Davis's VA caregiver bill became law in 2025 inside a larger act. SEC filings show Buckhout founded and sold a defense firm; her 2025 testimony says she performed the duties of the Pentagon's top cyber policy official.

What each campaign says

Don Davis

Would improve veterans' health care, cut delays in benefits, support military families and strengthen VA services.

Laurie Buckhout

Would invest in the military to deter China, Iran and Russia and defend allies like Israel, and fight for veterans' care.

Tom Bailey

No position the desk could check. His survey answers mention his own Army service but no military or veterans policy. He has no campaign website, and his campaign Facebook page could not be checked for this desk.

Farms, fishing and rural communities

Davis's campaign backs rural hospitals, family farms and high-speed internet. Buckhout's campaign would cut rules on farmers, fishermen and the seafood industry; Bailey's lists no position on the pages checked. On the record, Davis's rural hospital bill sits in committee, and his farm transitions text passed the House inside a farm bill that is not law. Spending laws for 2024 and 2026 fund 29 local projects he requested, about $25.8 million.

What each campaign says

Don Davis

Would support rural hospitals and family farms and expand reliable high-speed internet.

Laurie Buckhout

Would cut regulations on farmers, fishermen and the seafood industry.

Tom Bailey

Education

Davis's campaign would strengthen schools, expand early learning and make college and job training cheaper. Buckhout's and Bailey's campaigns list no education position on the pages checked. On the record, Davis introduced a 2026 job-training bill and cosponsors bills on special education, debt-free college and Head Start work-study; none has had a vote. He voted against the 2025 budget law, which also created Pell grants for short job-training courses.

What each campaign says

Don Davis

Would strengthen schools, expand early childhood education and make college and job training cheaper.

Laurie Buckhout

No position found. Searched her campaign site's home, about and issues pages; the issues page has no education section.

Tom Bailey

Government and elections

Davis's campaign says results matter more than party. Buckhout's campaign would restore accountability in government; Bailey's would restore voting rights and the Bill of Rights. On the record, Davis served six state Senate terms, with a gap in 2011 and 2012. His campaign says he passed 90 bills there; he is listed as a sponsor on 110 enacted bills and resolutions and was primary sponsor of 47.

What each campaign says

Don Davis

Says results matter more than party politics and that he works with independents, Republicans and Democrats.

Laurie Buckhout

Says she will restore accountability in government and is running against career politicians.

Tom Bailey

Would restore citizens' voting rights and the Bill of Rights, especially due process.

Words and record

Where statements meet official action

Each card sets one thing a candidate says beside their own official record, with one label from a fixed list and its limit. No card says why someone did something.

How the cards work

The number of cards varies with what each candidate's official record supports, and every card carries the same required parts: what they say, what the official record shows, one label from the fixed list, and its limit. Each card is labeled narrowly, by rule. A single vote, sponsorship, or filing can match one claim without proving a candidate's whole record.

Don Davis

Six terms in the state Senate

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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Quotes, full record and limits

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.

Don Davis

90 pieces of legislation in the state Senate

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.

Don Davis

Working across the aisle on veterans and Social Security

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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Quotes, full record and limits

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.

Don Davis

Lowering prescription drug prices

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.

Read the full check

Quotes, full record and limits

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.

Don Davis

Rural hospitals and family farms

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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Quotes, full record and limits

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.

Don Davis

Millions for eastern North Carolina infrastructure

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 · Feb 3, 2026

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 · Feb 3, 2026

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.

Laurie Buckhout

Her Pentagon cyber policy post

Matches stated direction

What they say

Her campaign says she served in the Trump administration as Acting Assistant Secretary of War for Cyber Policy.

What the record shows · May 16, 2025

Her May 2025 testimony says deputy assistant secretary performing the assistant secretary's duties while a nominee awaited confirmation, rather than acting. Her end date is unestablished.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

Her campaign says she served in the Trump administration as Acting Assistant Secretary of War for Cyber Policy.

“She also served in the Trump administration in a senior role, shaping U.S. cyber policy as Acting Assistant Secretary of War for Cyber Policy”

What the record shows · May 16, 2025

Her May 16, 2025 testimony to the House Armed Services Committee is filed under the title "Performing the Duties of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy". In it she says she serves as the deputy assistant secretary and performs the duties of the assistant secretary, and that the President has nominated Katherine Sutton for that job.

Limit: The record says "performing the duties of", not "acting"; federal vacancy rules treat these as different designations. The campaign uses the department's newer name, Department of War. The day her stand-in role ended is not in a record the desk could check.

Laurie Buckhout

Founding a cyber and defense business

Matches stated direction

What they say

Her campaign says she founded and grew a successful cyber and defense business after the Army.

What the record shows

SEC filings say she founded Corvus Consulting Group in 2012, led it as CEO, and sold it to Castellum in 2019 for $9.6 million.

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What they say

Her campaign says she founded and grew a successful cyber and defense business after the Army.

“After her military service, Laurie founded and grew a successful cyber and defense business, creating jobs and hiring primarily veterans while supporting America's national security.”

What the record shows

Castellum, Inc.'s SEC filings say she founded Corvus Consulting Group in February 2012 and was its CEO until Castellum bought it on November 21, 2019. Corvus works in cyberspace operations, electronic warfare and intelligence for defense clients. Castellum bought it from her trust for $9.6 million in total. The same filing says she worked for two defense firms after the Army and before founding Corvus.

Limit: The filings confirm she founded the business and sold it. They do not show how many people it hired or how many were veterans.

Don Davis

Making housing more affordable

Matches stated direction

What they say

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

What the record shows · Jul 11, 2026

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 · Jul 11, 2026

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.

Don Davis

The Laken Riley Act

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 · Jan 22, 2025

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 · Jan 22, 2025

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.

Don Davis

Schools, early learning, college and job training

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 · Sep 16, 2026

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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Quotes, full record and limits

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 · Sep 16, 2026

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.

Campaign finance

FEC snapshot through Jun 30, 2026

Principal campaign committees only. Receipts and disbursements are the election-cycle-to-date figures, Column B on each filing's summary page; cash on hand and debt are period-end figures. All are carried by reports covering the same period. Money is not a score of candidate quality or voter support.

Candidate	Cycle receipts	Cycle disbursements	Cash on hand	Debt owed
Don DavisC00795211	$1,055,300	$365,005	$3,570,366	$0
Laurie BuckhoutC00853499	$1,050,048	$704,006	$1,823,161	$3,501,000

Read the filing details

Don Davis: July Quarterly 2026, coverage Apr 1, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026, received Jul 15, 2026, file 1996406, image 202607159875931396.

Laurie Buckhout: July Quarterly 2026, coverage Apr 1, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026, received Jul 15, 2026, file 1996174, image 202607159875867756.

Retrieved from OpenFEC on Oct 1, 2026. FEC amendments can revise these committee-reported figures.

Chronology

How the field took shape

Nov 21, 2019
Buckhout sells her firm
Castellum, Inc. buys Corvus Consulting, the defense firm Buckhout founded in 2012. She becomes Castellum's chief revenue officer.
Nov 5, 2024
Davis beats Buckhout
Davis wins the old 1st District with 49.5% to Buckhout's 47.8%. Bailey, the Libertarian, gets 2.6%.
Nov 12, 2024
Davis votes for the Social Security Fairness Act
The bill he cosponsored passes the House 327-75. It becomes law on January 5, 2025.
Dec 16, 2024
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.
Jan 22, 2025
Davis votes for the Laken Riley Act
He is one of 46 Democrats voting Yea. The bill passes the House 263-156.
May 16, 2025
Buckhout testifies to Congress
As deputy assistant secretary performing the duties of the assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy, she testifies to a House Armed Services subcommittee.
Jul 3, 2025
Davis votes against H.R. 1
The House passes the One Big Beautiful Bill Act 218-214. Davis votes No, with every other Democrat.
Jul 21, 2025
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.
Oct 22, 2025
Legislature redraws the district
North Carolina enacts a new congressional map, Session Law 2025-95. This race is run on it.
Oct 28, 2025
Davis files a bill against mid-decade maps
His RESET Act would bar a second congressional redraw between censuses unless a court requires one.
Nov 12, 2025
Davis votes to end the shutdown
He is one of six Democrats voting Yea as the House passes the funding bill 222-209.
Dec 19, 2025
Ballot order drawn
The State Board's drawing puts Davis first, Buckhout second and Bailey third.
Feb 3, 2026
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.
Mar 3, 2026
Buckhout wins the primary
She takes the Republican nomination with 39.5% in a field of five, enough to avoid a runoff.
Apr 30, 2026
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.
Nov 3, 2026
General election
Davis, Buckhout and Bailey are on the ballot.

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Election date: November 3, 2026
Added: October 2026
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How we use sources

North Carolina State Board of Elections, 2026 General Candidate List by Contest (Federal and State Only) (document)
2026 General Candidate List by Contest, Federal and State Only
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: Election facts, ratings and race context; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
How these races were chosenhttps://statedrecord.com/methodology#race-selection
For: Election facts, ratings and race context
Sabato's Crystal Ball ratingshttps://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/2026-house/
For: Election facts, ratings and race context
WUNChttps://www.wunc.org/politics/2026-03-03/laurie-buckhout-wins-gop-congressional-primary-rep-don-davis
For: Election facts, ratings and race context
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: Candidate roles and profiles; Don Davis: background, goals, record and money
Don Davis for NC, home pagehttps://www.votedondavis.com/
Don Davis for NC · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Paid for by Don Davis for NC. Links his X (@DonDavisNC), Facebook (DonDavisNC) and YouTube accounts. The site's old issue pages (/issues, /rural-infrastructure and others) now send visitors to the home page and were not used.
candidate statement
For: Candidate roles and profiles; Immigration and the border
Statement of Ms. Laurie Buckhout, Performing the Duties of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy, May 16, 2025 (document)
House Armed Services Committee · Published May 16, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Her written testimony to the Cyber, IT and Innovation subcommittee. She says she serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy and performs the duties of the Assistant Secretary, and that the President had nominated Katherine Sutton for that post. PDF dated May 13, 2025.
official office record
For: Candidate roles and profiles; Laurie Buckhout: background, goals, record and money; Laurie Buckhout: Her Pentagon cyber policy post; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
Laurie Buckhout for Congress, home pagehttps://www.lauriebuckhoutforcongress.com/
Laurie Buckhout for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Paid for by Laurie Buckhout for Congress; the site her FEC committee lists. Links her X (@lauriebuckhout), Instagram (lauriebuckhout) and Facebook (lauriebuckhout).
candidate statement
For: Candidate roles and profiles; Education; Government and elections
2024 Candidate List Spreadsheet (document)
North Carolina State Board of Elections · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The November 5, 2024 field for US House District 01: Davis (DEM), Buckhout (REP), Bailey (LIB).
official election record
For: Candidate roles and profiles; Tom Bailey: background, goals, record and money
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: Candidate roles and profiles; Tom Bailey: background, goals, record and money; Costs and taxes; Health care; Immigration and the border; Military and veterans; Farms, fishing and rural communities; Education; Government and elections
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: Don Davis: background, goals, record and money; Laurie Buckhout: background, goals, record and money; Tom Bailey: background, goals, record and money; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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: Don Davis: background, goals, record and money; Don Davis: Six terms in the state Senate
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: Don Davis: background, goals, record and money; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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: Don Davis: background, goals, record and money; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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: Don Davis: background, goals, record and money; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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: background, goals, record and money; Costs and taxes; Health care; Immigration and the border; Military and veterans; Farms, fishing and rural communities; Education; Government and elections; Don Davis: Lowering prescription drug prices; Don Davis: Rural hospitals and family farms; Don Davis: Millions for eastern North Carolina infrastructure; Don Davis: Making housing more affordable; Don Davis: Schools, early learning, college and job training
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: Don Davis: background, goals, record and money; Don Davis: Working across the aisle on veterans and Social Security; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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: Don Davis: background, goals, record and money; Don Davis: Working across the aisle on veterans and Social Security; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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: Don Davis: background, goals, record and money; Don Davis: The Laken Riley Act; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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: Don Davis: background, goals, record and money; Don Davis: The Laken Riley Act; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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: Don Davis: background, goals, record and money; Don Davis: Schools, early learning, college and job training; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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: Don Davis: background, goals, record and money; Don Davis: Schools, early learning, college and job training; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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: Don Davis: background, goals, record and money; Don Davis: Working across the aisle on veterans and Social Security; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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: Don Davis: background, goals, record and money; Don Davis: Working across the aisle on veterans and Social Security
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: Don Davis: background, goals, record and money; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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: Don Davis: background, goals, record and money; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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: Don Davis: background, goals, record and money
Castellum, Inc. prospectus (Form 424B4), October 14, 2022https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1877939/000157587222000981/lb036_424b4.htm
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · Published Oct 14, 2022 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Says she was founder, director and CEO of Corvus Consulting Group from February 2012 to November 2019, when Castellum bought it from a trust she controls for total consideration of $9,587,279; she then became Castellum's chief revenue officer and a director. Also says she served 26 years in the Army, retiring as a colonel, with two combat tours in Iraq, and worked for two defense firms before founding Corvus. SEC pages need a declared user agent; the verifier reads the SEC's own full-text search instead.
official office record
For: Laurie Buckhout: background, goals, record and money; Laurie Buckhout: Founding a cyber and defense business; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
Castellum, Inc. annual report (Form 10-K) for 2023https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1877939/000187793924000018/ctm-20231231.htm
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · Published Mar 21, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Dates the Corvus purchase to November 21, 2019 and describes Corvus's work: cyberspace operations, electronic warfare, information operations and intelligence for defense clients.
official office record
For: Laurie Buckhout: background, goals, record and money; Laurie Buckhout: Founding a cyber and defense business; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
Abouthttps://www.lauriebuckhoutforcongress.com/about
Laurie Buckhout for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Her biography and the claims about her own record: Army service, her defense business, and her Pentagon cyber post.
candidate statement
For: Laurie Buckhout: background, goals, record and money; Education; Government and elections; Laurie Buckhout: Her Pentagon cyber policy post; Laurie Buckhout: Founding a cyber and defense business
March 3, 2026 primary results, statewide contests (document)
North Carolina State Board of Elections · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Republican primary for District 01: Buckhout 26,624 (39.52%), Asa Buck 23,227, Bobby Hanig 10,924, Eric Rouse 3,626, Ashley-Nicole Russell 2,975. The Libertarian primary was not held; Bailey was the only filer.
official election record
For: Laurie Buckhout: background, goals, record and money; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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: background, goals, record and money; Costs and taxes; Health care; Immigration and the border; Military and veterans; Farms, fishing and rural communities; Education
LAURIE BUCKHOUT FOR CONGRESS, receipts from political committeeshttps://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00853499&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: Laurie Buckhout: background, goals, record and money
LAURIE BUCKHOUT FOR CONGRESS, July Quarterly 2026https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00853499/1996174/
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Original July Quarterly, April 1 to June 30, 2026, file 1996174, beginning image 202607159875867756, received July 15, 2026. Line 13(a): $2,401,000 in loans from the candidate for the cycle to date. Debts at period end: $3,501,000. Committee C00853499; July Quarterly 2026; coverage 2026-04-01 to 2026-06-30; received 2026-07-15; file 1996174; image 202607159875867756.
fec filing
For: Laurie Buckhout: background, goals, record and money; Campaign finance
2018 Candidate List Spreadsheet (document)
North Carolina State Board of Elections · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Lists Tom Bailey (LIB) for US House District 13 on November 6, 2018.
official election record
For: Tom Bailey: background, goals, record and money
2026 House candidates, North Carolina District 01https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/house/NC/01/2026/
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Read from OpenFEC on 2026-10-01. Lists Davis (H2NC02287) and Buckhout (H4NC01137) as 2026 candidates. Bailey (H8NC13075) is listed with status N, not yet a candidate this cycle, and has no 2026 committee.
fec filing
For: Tom Bailey: background, goals, record and money
COMMITTEE TO ELECT TOM BAILEY (C00686212)https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00686212/
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Bailey's only FEC committee. It filed for the 2018 cycle and lists tombaileyushousenc.com, which did not resolve on October 1, 2026.
fec filing
For: Tom Bailey: background, goals, record and money; Health care; Immigration and the border; Military and veterans; Farms, fishing and rural communities; Education
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: Immigration and the border; Don Davis: Six terms in the state Senate; Don Davis: 90 pieces of legislation in the state Senate; Don Davis: Working across the aisle on veterans and Social Security
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: Don Davis: Six terms in the state Senate; Don Davis: 90 pieces of legislation in the state Senate
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: Don Davis: Six terms in the state Senate; Don Davis: 90 pieces of legislation in the state Senate
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: Don Davis: Six terms in the state Senate; Don Davis: 90 pieces of legislation in the state Senate
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: Don Davis: Six terms in the state Senate; Don Davis: 90 pieces of legislation in the state Senate
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: Don Davis: Six terms in the state Senate; Don Davis: 90 pieces of legislation in the state Senate
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: Don Davis: Six terms in the state Senate; Don Davis: 90 pieces of legislation in the state Senate
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: Don Davis: Working across the aisle on veterans and Social Security; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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: Don Davis: Working across the aisle on veterans and Social Security
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: Don Davis: Working across the aisle on veterans and Social Security; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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: Don Davis: Working across the aisle on veterans and Social Security; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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: Don Davis: Working across the aisle on veterans and Social Security
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: Don Davis: Lowering prescription drug prices
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: Don Davis: Lowering prescription drug prices
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: Don Davis: Lowering prescription drug prices; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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: Don Davis: Lowering prescription drug prices
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: Don Davis: Lowering prescription drug prices; Don Davis: Millions for eastern North Carolina infrastructure; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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: Don Davis: Lowering prescription drug prices; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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: Don Davis: Rural hospitals and family farms
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: Don Davis: Rural hospitals and family farms
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: Don Davis: Rural hospitals and family farms; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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: Don Davis: Rural hospitals and family farms
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: Don Davis: Rural hospitals and family farms; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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: Don Davis: Rural hospitals and family farms; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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: Don Davis: Rural hospitals and family farms; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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: Don Davis: Millions for eastern North Carolina infrastructure
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: Don Davis: Millions for eastern North Carolina infrastructure
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: Don Davis: Millions for eastern North Carolina infrastructure
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: Don Davis: Millions for eastern North Carolina infrastructure
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: Don Davis: Millions for eastern North Carolina infrastructure
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: Don Davis: Millions for eastern North Carolina infrastructure
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: Don Davis: Millions for eastern North Carolina infrastructure
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: Don Davis: Millions for eastern North Carolina infrastructure
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: Don Davis: Millions for eastern North Carolina infrastructure
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: Don Davis: Millions for eastern North Carolina infrastructure
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: Don Davis: Millions for eastern North Carolina infrastructure
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: Making housing more affordable
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: Making housing more affordable
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: Making housing more affordable
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: Making housing more affordable
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: Making housing more affordable
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: Making housing more affordable
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: Making housing more affordable
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: Don Davis: The Laken Riley Act
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: Don Davis: The Laken Riley Act
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: Don Davis: The Laken Riley Act
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: Don Davis: The Laken Riley Act
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: Don Davis: The Laken Riley Act
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: Don Davis: Schools, early learning, college and job training
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: Don Davis: Schools, early learning, college and job training
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: Don Davis: Schools, early learning, college and job training
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: Don Davis: Schools, early learning, college and job training
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: Don Davis: Schools, early learning, college and job training
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: Don Davis: Schools, early learning, college and job training
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: Don Davis: Schools, early learning, college and job training
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: Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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: Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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. Committee C00795211; July Quarterly 2026; coverage 2026-04-01 to 2026-06-30; received 2026-07-15; file 1996406; image 202607159875931396.
fec filing
For: Campaign finance
2026 Candidate List Spreadsheet (document)
North Carolina State Board of Elections · Published Sep 27, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Updated September 27, 2026. The same three names for the November 3 contest in all 25 district counties; also the March 3 Republican primary field.
official election record
For: Race desk evidence

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Buckhout sells her firm

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Davis votes for the Social Security Fairness Act

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Buckhout testifies to Congress

Davis votes against H.R. 1

House passes Davis's VERY Act

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