Sharice Davids

Sharice Davids

Democratic Party

Candidate, U.S. House Kansas District 3

U.S. House Kansas District 3

Tenure

2019 - Present

Term ends

2025

Years in position

5

Predecessor

Kevin Yoder

Compensation

Base salary

$174,000

Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 8, 2022

Next election

August 6, 2024

Education

High school

Leavenworth High School

Associate

Johnson County Community College, 2003

Bachelor's

University of Missouri, Kansas City, 2007

Law

Cornell Law School, 2010

Contact

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Sharice Davids (Democratic Party) is a member of the U.S. House, representing Kansas' 3rd Congressional District. She assumed office on January 3, 2019. Her current term ends on January 3, 2025.

Davids (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the U.S. House to represent Kansas' 3rd Congressional District. She declared candidacy for the Democratic primary scheduled on August 6, 2024.^[source]

She defeated the incumbent, Kevin Yoder (R), with 53.6 percent of the vote.

Davids was one of the first two Native American women to win election to the U.S. Congress in history. The other, Debra Haaland (D) in New Mexico, also won election in 2018. Davids was also the first LGBTQ Native American to be elected to the U.S. Congress.

Prior to serving in the U.S. Congress, Davids worked as an attorney, served a White House fellowship during President Barack Obama's administration, and practiced mixed-martial arts with a 1-1 win/loss record in professional fights. She is a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation tribe.

Biography

Davids earned her associate degree in liberal arts from Johnson County Community College in 2003, her B.A. in business administration from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 2007, and her J.D. from Cornell Law School in 2010.

Davids' career experience includes working as a White House Fellow in the Department of Transportation, as chair of the board of directors of Twelve Clans, Inc. for the Ho-Chunk Nation, as deputy director for the Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, as director of economic development at Red Cloud Indian School, as an associate at SNR Denton, and worked as of-counsel at Ceiba Legal.

2022 battleground election

See also: Kansas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2022

Ballotpedia identified the November 8, 2022, general election as a battleground race. The summary below is from our coverage of this election, found here.

Incumbent Sharice Davids (D) defeated Amanda Adkins (R) and Steve Hohe (L) in the November 8, 2022, general election for Kansas' 3rd Congressional District.

This race was a rematch of the 2020 general election, when Davids defeated Adkins 53.6% to 43.6%. Hohe also ran that year and received 2.8% of the vote. Davids was first elected in 2018, when she defeated then-incumbent Rep. Kevin Yoder (R) 53.6% to 43.9%. Yoder had been in office since 2011.

The Kansas City Star's Daniel Desrochers said, "After Adkins lost to Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids by 10 percentage points in 2020, the Republican-controlled Legislature redrew the district. ... [It] went from one Democrats won in the presidential race in both 2016 and 2020 to boundaries that former President Donald Trump would have won in 2016 and President Joe Biden would have narrowly flipped four years later."

The Cook Political Report’s PVI (Partisan Voting Index) for the old district was D+2, while the score for the redrawn district was R+1. President Joe Biden (D) would have carried the redrawn district in 2020 with 51.2% of the vote to former President Donald Trump's (R) 46.7%, while Trump would have carried it in 2018 with 48.2% of the vote to Hillary Clinton's 42.9%. To view a comparison of the old and new district maps, click here.

Davids, a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation, worked as a lawyer and nonprofit executive serving Native American communities before coming into office. Davids was one of the first two Native American women elected to Congress, alongside former Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.), and was the first openly lesbian Native American elected to Congress.

Adkins was a former congressional staffer who served as chairwoman of the Kansas Republican Party from 2009 to 2013. Adkins also served on the executive committee of the Kansas Chamber of Commerce and was a vice-president at the Cerner Corporation for 11 years.

Davids focused on economic issues and said her willingness to work with Republicans on bipartisan legislation would help bring manufacturing jobs to Kansans. “I worked with both parties to boost manufacturing right here in America,” Davids said. "From health care to infrastructure to agriculture, I’ll work with anyone, regardless of party, to do what’s best for Kansas.” Davids also highlighted her support for abortion rights. "My position is clear: I believe people have a right to make their own health care decisions, not the government, and I have stood up against extreme politicians who want to take away that right,” Davids said.

Adkins said Davids' voting record was too aligned with the Biden administration and did not reflect the will of Davids' constituents. Adkins also said the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, a measure Davids voted for, was responsible for the increase in inflation in 2022. Adkins said, "Paying more for goods and services? Thank Sharice Davids, who voted for the $1.9 trillion spending bill that has fueled inflation to a 40-year high." Adkins also focused on immigration and said she supported building a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.

The outcome of this race affected the partisan balance of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 118th Congress. All 435 House districts were up for election.

Republicans won a 222-213 majority in the U.S. House in 2022.

Elections

2024

See also: Kansas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2024

Kansas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Republican primary)

Kansas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Democratic primary)

General election

The primary will occur on August 6, 2024. The general election will occur on November 5, 2024. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Kansas District 3

Incumbent Sharice Davids is running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Kansas District 3 on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate
		Sharice Davids

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Kansas District 3

Karen Crnkovich, Prasanth Reddy, and Jonathon Westbrook are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Kansas District 3 on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate
		Karen Crnkovich
		Prasanth Reddy
		Jonathon Westbrook

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2022

See also: Kansas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Kansas District 3

Incumbent Sharice Davids defeated Amanda Adkins and Steve Hohe in the general election for U.S. House Kansas District 3 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sharice Davids (D)	54.9	165,527
		Amanda Adkins (R)	42.8	128,839
		Steve Hohe (L)	2.3	6,928

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 301,294
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Kansas District 3

Incumbent Sharice Davids advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Kansas District 3 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sharice Davids	100.0	103,945

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 103,945
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Kansas District 3

Amanda Adkins defeated John McCaughrean in the Republican primary for U.S. House Kansas District 3 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Amanda Adkins	77.2	96,896
		John McCaughrean	22.8	28,573

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 125,469
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Mark Tallent (R)

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Kansas District 3

Steve Hohe advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Kansas District 3 on April 23, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Steve Hohe (L)

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Polls

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Campaign finance

This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election. It does not include information on fundraising before the current campaign cycle or on spending by satellite groups. The numbers in this section are updated as candidates file new campaign finance reports. Candidates for Congress are required to file financial reports on a quarterly basis, as well as two weeks before any primary, runoff, or general election in which they will be on the ballot and upon the termination of any campaign committees. Click here to view the reporting schedule for candidates for U.S. Congress in 2022.

U.S. Congress campaign reporting schedule, 2022
Report	Close of books	Filing deadline
Year-end 2021	12/31/2021	1/31/2022
April quarterly	3/31/2022	4/15/2022
July quarterly	6/30/2022	7/15/2022
October quarterly	9/30/2022	10/15/2022
Pre-general	10/19/2022	10/27/2022
Post-general	11/28/2022	12/08/2022
Year-end 2022	12/31/2022	1/31/2023

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Sharice Davids	Democratic Party	$7,894,096	$8,309,623	$63,623	As of December 31, 2022
Amanda Adkins	Republican Party	$3,854,561	$3,869,766	$27,504	As of December 31, 2022
Steve Hohe	Libertarian Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2022. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). * According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." ** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election. *** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

Satellite spending

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By candidate	By election
Sharice Davids Amanda Adkins	Open Secrets - Kansas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2022 FEC - Kansas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2022

Race ratings

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• Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
• Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
• Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.
• Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.

Race ratings: Kansas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2022
Race tracker	Race ratings
	November 8, 2022	November 1, 2022	October 25, 2022	October 18, 2022
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Toss-up
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Tilt Democratic	Tilt Democratic	Tilt Democratic	Tilt Democratic
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Lean Democratic	Toss-up	Toss-up	Toss-up
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

2020

See also: Kansas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2020

Kansas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2020 (August 4 Democratic primary)

Kansas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2020 (August 4 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Kansas District 3

Incumbent Sharice Davids defeated Amanda Adkins and Steve Hohe in the general election for U.S. House Kansas District 3 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sharice Davids (D)	53.6	220,049
		Amanda Adkins (R)	43.6	178,773
		Steve Hohe (L)	2.8	11,596

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 410,418
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Kansas District 3

Incumbent Sharice Davids advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Kansas District 3 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sharice Davids	100.0	74,437

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 74,437
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Kansas District 3

Amanda Adkins defeated Sara Hart Weir, Adrienne Vallejo Foster, Mike Beehler, and Tom Love in the Republican primary for U.S. House Kansas District 3 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Amanda Adkins	30.6	29,082
		Sara Hart Weir	23.0	21,833
		Adrienne Vallejo Foster	20.1	19,057
		Mike Beehler	19.4	18,399
		Tom Love	6.9	6,533

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 94,904 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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2018

See also: Kansas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2018

See also: Kansas' 3rd Congressional District election (August 7, 2018 Democratic primary)

See also: Kansas' 3rd Congressional District election (August 7, 2018 Republican primary)

General election

Sharice Davids defeated incumbent Kevin Yoder and Chris Clemmons in the general election for U.S. House Kansas District 3 on November 6, 2018.

General election

General election for U.S. House Kansas District 3

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sharice Davids (D)	53.6	170,518
		Kevin Yoder (R)	43.9	139,762
		Chris Clemmons (L)	2.5	8,021

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 318,301
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Democratic primary election

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Kansas District 3 on August 7, 2018.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Kansas District 3

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sharice Davids	37.3	23,379
		Brent Welder	33.8	21,190
		Tom Niermann	14.3	8,939
		Mike McCamon	7.0	4,354
		Sylvia Williams	4.7	2,955
		Jay Sidie	2.9	1,790

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 62,607
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Reggie Marselus (D)

Republican primary election

Incumbent Kevin Yoder defeated Trevor Keegan and Joe Myers in the Republican primary for U.S. House Kansas District 3 on August 7, 2018.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Kansas District 3

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kevin Yoder	68.1	53,130
		Trevor Keegan	18.7	14,574
		Joe Myers	13.2	10,268

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 77,972
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Campaign themes

2024

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2022

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Campaign advertisements

September 2, 2022

August 28, 2022

August 18, 2022

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2020

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2018

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Sharice Davids participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on July 9, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Sharice Davids' responses follow below.

What would be your top three priorities, if elected?

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Safe communities Easy access to quality affordable healthcare Excellent education no matter your zip code

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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?

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Increasing transparency and participation Addressing systemic and structural barriers that prevent equality

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Ballotpedia biographical submission form

The candidate completed Ballotpedia's biographical information submission form:

“	Is there anything you would like to add? A proud Kansan, Sharice Davids was raised by a single mom, and if elected, will be the first Native American woman in Congress. After graduating from Johnson County Community College, she earned an Ivy League law degree and went on to work for President Obama as a White House Fellow. Davids has focused her career on bringing equality to underserved communities and providing more opportunities to help middle-class families get ahead. In Congress, she will work to expand access to affordable health care, strengthen our public schools, make college more affordable and invest in our infrastructure to create more good-paying jobs.	”
—Sharice Davids

Campaign website

Davids' campaign website stated the following:

“	Our Economy Sharice believes - The current Republican tax bill is a corporate giveaway and a handout to the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans. Worst yet, the tax bill saddles our future generations with a crippling financial burden and further in debts our country to foreign nations, such as China. Small businesses are the lifeblood of America and need to be front of mind when creating economic policy. Modernizing our aging infrastructure is necessary to maintain our communities and our economies. It would create thousands of jobs and provide a foundation for decades of future growth. Sharice plans to - Fight for a true tax cut for the middle class. Incentivize health care benefits for small businesses and create a small business standard deduction to lower administrative costs. Create a childcare tax credit to help working families across America. Support efforts to increase broadband access, which is key to economic success in the modern economy. Our Education Sharice believes - Every student should have access to quality public education, regardless of their zip code, ability, or special needs. Supporting early childhood education and afterschool programs benefits families and gives children more opportunities to succeed. The cost of obtaining a college degree has skyrocketed and so has the likelihood of crushing student loans. We should be implementing policies that encourage and facilitate the opportunity for higher education. Students should be exposed to careers in trades and technical areas - skills that are vitally important to a robust economy. Sharice plans to - Implement a holistic approach to education, focusing on access to quality public options from pre-K through secondary higher education and promoting strong, skills-based training programs. Prioritize access to public education and facilitate ways for Congress to partner with and support states in implementing robust K-12 systems. Sharice will work to support opportunities to hone technical skills through apprenticeships and partnerships with community colleges and trade schools. Support Head Start programs and ensure they are operating effectively. Sharice understands the importance of afterschool and summer programs for educational success, particularly in households where adults are working long hours to support their families. Support policies that enable people to refinance student loans at lower rates and make it easier to renegotiate a loan’s terms. Support initiatives such as loan forgiveness programs for those entering public service. Our Healthcare Sharice believes - Too many Americans are suffering - and dying - because they lack affordable healthcare. It is unacceptable that we pay the highest cost for prescription drugs in the world. Women face too many restrictions and regulations over the care of their own bodies. Costs are too high for the full range of necessary reproductive healthcare services, including pre-natal, post-natal, contraception, and fertility treatment. Sharice plans to - Support the continued expansion of Medicaid. Support legislation that prevents price gouging and restricts the ability of companies to slow the introduction of generic brands. Enable Medicare to negotiate drug prices. Support legislation that ensures women have access to a full range of healthcare services and that they are not excluded from insurance plans or denied care by providers. Support initiatives aimed at reducing the alarming and preventable disparity of maternal mortality rate facing African American mothers. Our Gun Safety Sharice believes - We must demand more than condolences from our lawmakers. We need swift legislation to enact common sense gun safety laws. We can not allow legislators who accept millions of dollars from the gun rights lobby to continue risking the safety of our children and communities in exchange for campaign contributions. Guns do have their place. As part of a military family, Sharice recognizes that firearms have a role in society. That place is not in schools, in hospitals, in mental health facilities, or in the homes of domestic abusers. Sharice plans to - Support a holistic approach to reducing gun violence and deaths in our country. Treat gun violence as a public health issue, allowing us to study it and regulate it as such. Never accept any campaign contributions or endorsements from the gun lobby. Support expanded background checks and higher standards for conceal-and-carry permits. Our Environment Sharice believes - Climate change is real and should be addressed immediately. Protecting our environment and natural resources is necessary for our planet and our economies. Kansas is uniquely poised to capitalize on wind energy, as our region has some of the highest wind production potential in the world. We should capitalize on renewables as a mechanism for job growth and skill development. Sharice plans to - Support tax policies that encourage use of and transition to renewable energy resources. Work to create greater investment in Kansas’ wind-production infrastructure. Fight against the dismantling of the Clean Water and Air Acts. Our Immigration Sharice believes - Our current immigration system is unnecessarily complex and outdated. We must protect our borders and national security interests. This should be a part of any immigration debate. Anti-immigrant fear-mongering, however, should not be. The country promised to protect childhood arrivals under the DACA program and we must uphold that word. Sharice plans to - Do the hard work necessary to finally achieve comprehensive immigration reform. Work across the aisle to develop common sense policy that protects our national security while also celebrating and supporting our nation’s role as a beacon of hope for people around the world. Fight to protect DACA recipients and create a pathway to citizenship for those undocumented immigrants -- our friends, teachers, neighbors -- who have known no other home. Our Equal Rights Sharice believes - That all people are created equal. That we are all guaranteed the same rights, freedoms, and protections under the law. Sharice plans to - Combat voter restrictions and fight for fair and equal access to the ballot box. Support legislation and policies that recognize full civil rights protections for LGBTQI people. CONTACT campaign@shariceforcongress.com 13851 W. 63rd St. #303 Shawnee, KS 66216	”
—Sharice Davids for Congress

Campaign advertisements

The following is an example of an ad from Davids' 2018 election campaign.

"Working for You" - Davids campaign ad, released October 24, 2018

Campaign finance summary

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Sharice Davids campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. House Kansas District 3	Candidacy Declared primary	$3,018,353	$934,497
2022	U.S. House Kansas District 3	Won general	$7,894,096	$8,309,623
2020	U.S. House Kansas District 3	Won general	$5,790,837	$5,320,319
2018	U.S. House Kansas District 3	Won general	$4,860,761	$4,852,129
Grand total			$21,564,047	$19,416,568
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

Notable endorsements

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This section displays endorsements this individual made in elections within Ballotpedia's coverage and endorsements scopes.

Notable candidate endorsements by Sharice Davids

Endorsee	Election	Stage	Outcome
Mandela Barnes  source  (D)	U.S. Senate Wisconsin (2022)	Primary	Lost General

Notable ballot measure endorsements by Sharice Davids

Measure	Position	Outcome
Kansas No State Constitutional Right to Abortion and Legislative Power to Regulate Abortion Amendment (August 2022)  source	Oppose	Defeated

Committee assignments

U.S. House

2023-2024

Davids was assigned to the following committees:^[Source]

• Committee on Agriculture

2021-2022

Davids was assigned to the following committees:^[Source]

• Joint Economic Committee
• Committee on Small Business
• Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access, Chair
• Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations
• Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Workforce Development
• Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
• Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management
• Highways and Transit
• Aviation

2019-2020

Davids was assigned to the following committees:^[Source]

• Committee on Small Business
• Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

Key votes

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Key votes: 118th Congress, 2023

The 118th United States Congress began on January 3, 2023, at which point Republicans held the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives (222-212), and Democrats held the majority in the U.S. Senate (51-49). Joe Biden (D) was the president and Kamala Harris (D) was the vice president. We identified the key votes below using Congress' top-viewed bills list and through marquee coverage of certain votes on Ballotpedia.

Key votes: 118th Congress, 2023
Vote	Bill and description	Status
Yea	National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024   The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (H.R. 2670) was a bill passed by the 118th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on December 22, 2023, authorizing Department of Defense activities and programs for fiscal year 2024. The bill required a two-thirds majority vote in the House to pass the bill as amended by a Senate and House conference report.	Passed (310-118)
Nay	To terminate the requirement imposed by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for proof of COVID-19 vaccination for foreign travelers, and for other purposes.   H.R. 185 (To terminate the requirement imposed by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for proof of COVID-19 vaccination for foreign travelers, and for other purposes.) was a bill approved by the House of Representatives that sought to nullify a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) order restricting the entry of foreign citizens to the United States unless the individual was vaccinated against the coronavirus or attested they would take public health measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House.	Passed (227-201)
Nay	Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023   The Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 (H.R. 2811) was a bill approved by the House of Representatives that sought to raise the federal debt limit before a June 5, 2023, deadline. The bill also sought to repeal certain green energy tax credits, increase domestic natural gas and oil production, expand work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program, and nullify President Joe Biden's (D) proposed student loan debt cancellation program. This bill was not taken up in the Senate, and the debt limit was instead raised through the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023. This bill required a simple majority vote in the House.	Passed (217-215)
Yea	Denouncing the horrors of socialism.   H.Con.Res. 9 (Denouncing the horrors of socialism.) was a resolution approved by the House of Representatives denouncing socialism and opposing the implementation of socialist policies in the United States. The resolution required a simple majority vote in the House.	Passed (328-86)
Nay	Lower Energy Costs Act   The Lower Energy Costs Act (H.R. 1) was a bill approved by the House of Representatives that sought to increase domestic energy production and exports by increasing the production of oil, natural gas, and coal, reducing permitting restrictions for pipelines, refineries, and other energy projects, and increase the production of minerals used in electronics, among other energy production-related policies. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House.	Passed (225-204)
Nay	Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights".   H.J.Res. 30 (Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights".) was a joint resolution of disapproval under the terms of the Congressional Review Act (CRA) passed by the 118th Congress and vetoed by President Joe Biden (D) on March 20, 2023. This was Biden's first veto of his presidency. The resolution sought to nullify a Department of Labor rule that amended the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to allow retirement plans to consider certain environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) factors in investment-related decisions. The resolution required a simple majority vote in the House. Click here to read more.	Passed (219-200)
Nay	Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020.   H.J.Res. 7 (Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020.) was a joint resolution of disapproval under the terms of the Congressional Review Act (CRA) passed by the 118th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on April 10, 2023. The resolution ended the national coronavirus state of emergency, which began on March 13, 2020. The resolution required a simple majority vote in the House. Click here to read more.	Passed (229-197)
Yea	Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023   The Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (H.R. 3746) was a bill passed by the 118th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on June 3, 2023. The bill raised the federal debt limit until January 2025. The bill also capped non-defense spending in fiscal year 2024, rescinded unspent coronavirus relief funding, rescinded some Internal Revenue Service (IRS) funding, enhanced work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program (TANF), simplified environmental reviews for energy projects, and ended the student loan debt repayment pause in August 2023. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Click here to read more.	Passed (314-117)
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)	Speaker of the House election (January 2023) - 15th vote   In January 2023, the House of Representatives held its regular election for Speaker of the House at the start of the 118th Congress. Voting began on January 3, and ended on January 7. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was elected speaker of the House in a 216-212 vote during the 15th round of voting. In order to elect a Speaker of the House, a majority of votes cast for a person by name was required. Click here to read more.	Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) (216-212)
Yea	Declaring the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives to be vacant.   H.Res. 757 (Declaring the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives to be vacant.) was a resolution passed by the House of Representatives that removed Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from his position as Speaker of the House. The resolution required a simple majority vote in the House. Click here to read more.	Passed (216-210)
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)	Speaker of the House election (October 2023) - 4th vote   In October 2023, following Rep. Kevin McCarthy's (R-Calif.) removal as Speaker of the House, the House of Representatives held another election for the position. Voting began on October 17 and ended on October 25. Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) was elected Speaker of the House in a 220-209 vote in the fourth round of voting. In order to elect a Speaker of the House, a majority of votes cast for a person by name was required. Click here to read more.	Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) (220-209)
Nay	Directing certain committees to continue their ongoing investigations as part of the existing House of Representatives inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its Constitutional power to impeach Joseph Biden, President of the United States of America, and for other purposes.   H.Res. 918 (Directing certain committees to continue their ongoing investigations as part of the existing House of Representatives inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its Constitutional power to impeach Joseph Biden, President of the United States of America, and for other purposes.) was a resolution passed by the House of Representatives that formally authorized an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden (D). The inquiry focused on allegations that Biden used his influence as vice president from 2009 to 2017 to improperly profit from his son Hunter Biden's business dealings. The resolution required a simple majority vote in the House. Click here to read more.	Passed (221-212)
Yea	Providing for the expulsion of Representative George Santos from the United States House of Representatives.   H.Res. 878 (Providing for the expulsion of Representative George Santos from the United States House of Representatives.) was a resolution passed by the House of Representatives that removed Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) from office following a House Ethics Committee investigation that determined there was substantial evidence that Santos violated the law during his 2020 and 2022 campaigns. The resolution required a simple majority vote in the House.	Passed (311-114)

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Key votes: 117th Congress, 2021-2023 The 117th United States Congress began on January 3, 2021 and ended on January 3, 2023. At the start of the session, Democrats held the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives (222-213), and the U.S. Senate had a 50-50 makeup. Democrats assumed control of the Senate on January 20, 2021, when President Joe Biden (D) and Vice President Kamala Harris (D), who acted as a tie-breaking vote in the chamber, assumed office. We identified the key votes below using Congress' top-viewed bills list and through marquee coverage of certain votes on Ballotpedia. Key votes: 117th Congress, 2021-2023 Vote Bill and description Status Yea Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act   The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684) was a federal infrastructure bill passed by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on November 15, 2021. Among other provisions, the bill provided funding for new infrastructure projects and reauthorizations, Amtrak maintenance and development, bridge repair, replacement, and rehabilitation, clean drinking water, high-speed internet, and clean energy transmission and power infrastructure upgrades. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Click here to read more. Passed (228-206) Yea American Rescue Plan Act of 2021   The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (H.R. 1319) was a bill passed by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on March 11, 2021, to provide economic relief in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Key features of the bill included funding for a national vaccination program and response, funding to safely reopen schools, distribution of $1,400 per person in relief payments, and extended unemployment benefits. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Click here to read more. Passed (220-210) Yea Inflation Reduction Act of 2022   The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (H.R. 5376) was a bill passed by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on August 16, 2022, to address climate change, healthcare costs, and tax enforcement. Key features of the bill included a $369 billion investment to address energy security and climate change, an extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies, allowing Medicare to negotiate certain drug prices, a 15% corporate minimum tax, a 1% stock buyback fee, and enhanced Internal Revenue Service (IRS) enforcement, and an estimated $300 billion deficit reduction from 2022-2031. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Click here to read more. Passed (220-207) Yea Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act   The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act (H.R. 3617) was a bill approved by the House of Representatives that sought to decriminalize marijuana, establish studies of legal marijuana sales, tax marijuana imports and production, and establish a process to expunge and review federal marijuana offenses. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Passed (220-204) Yea For the People Act of 2021   The For the People Act of 2021 (H.R. 1) was a federal election law and government ethics bill approved by the House of Representatives. The Congressional Research Service said the bill would "expand voter registration (e.g., automatic and same-day registration) and voting access (e.g., vote-by-mail and early voting). It [would also limit] removing voters from voter rolls. ... Further, the bill [would address] campaign finance, including by expanding the prohibition on campaign spending by foreign nationals, requiring additional disclosure of campaign-related fundraising and spending, requiring additional disclaimers regarding certain political advertising, and establishing an alternative campaign funding system for certain federal offices." The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Click here to read more. Passed (220-210) Yea Assault Weapons Ban of 2022   The Assault Weapons Ban of 2022 (H.R. 1808) was a bill passed by the House of Representatives that sought to criminalize the knowing import, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of semiautomatic assault weapons (SAW) or large capacity ammunition feeding devices (LCAFD). The bill made exemptions for grandfathered SAWs and LCAFDs. It required a simple majority vote in the House. Passed (217-213) Yea National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022   The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (S. 1605) was a bill passed by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on December 27, 2021, authorizing Department of Defense acitivities and programs for fiscal year 2022. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Passed (363-70) Yea James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023   The James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (H.R. 7776) was a bill passed by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on December 23, 2022, authorizing Department of Defense activities and programs for fiscal year 2023. The bill required a 2/3 majority in the House to suspend rules and pass the bill as amended. Passed (350-80) Yea American Dream and Promise Act of 2021   The American Dream and Promise Act of 2021 (H.R. 6) was an immigration bill approved by the House of Representatives that proposed a path to permanent residence status for unauthorized immigrants eligible for Temporary Protected Status or Deferred Enforced Departure, among other immigration-related proposals. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Passed (228-197) Yea Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022   The Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022 (S. 3373) was a bill passed by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on August 10, 2022, that sought to address healthcare access, the presumption of service-connection, and research, resources, and other matters related to veterans who were exposed to toxic substances during military service. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Passed (342-88) Yea Chips and Science Act   The Chips and Science Act (H.R. 4346) was a bill approved by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on August 9, 2022, which sought to fund domestic production of semiconductors and authorized various federal science agency programs and activities. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Passed (243-187) Yea Women’s Health Protection Act of 2021   The Women's Health Protection Act of 2021 (H.R. 3755) was a bill passed by the House of Representatives. The bill proposed prohibiting governmental restrictions on the provision of and access to abortion services and prohibiting governments from issuing some other abortion-related restrictions. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Passed (218-211) Yea SAFE Banking Act of 2021   The SAFE Banking Act of 2021 (H.R. 1996) was a bill passed by the House of Representatives that proposed prohibiting federal regulators from penalizing banks for providing services to legitimate cannabis-related businesses and defining proceeds from such transactions as not being proceeds from unlawful activity, among other related proposals. Since the House moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill in an expedited process, it required a two-thirds majority vote in the House. Passed (321-101) Yea Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022   The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (H.R. 2471) was a bill passed by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on March 15, 2022, providing for the funding of federal agencies for the remainder of 2022, providing funding for activities related to Ukraine, and modifying or establishing various programs. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Passed (260-171) Yea Equality Act   The Equality Act (H.R. 5) was a bill approved by the House of Representatives that proposed prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity in areas including public accommodations and facilities, education, federal funding, employment, housing, credit, and the jury system, among other related proposals. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Passed (224-206) Yea Respect for Marriage Act   The Respect for Marriage Act (H.R. 8404) was a bill passed by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on December 13, 2022. The bill codified the recognition of marriages between individuals of the same sex and of different races, ethnicities, or national origins, and provided that the law would not impact religious liberty or conscience protections, or provide grounds to compel nonprofit religious organizations to recognize same-sex marriages. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Click here to read more. Passed (258-169) Yea Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023   The Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 (H.R. 6833) was a bill approved by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on September 30, 2022. It provided for some fiscal year 2023 appropriations, supplemental funds for Ukraine, and extended several other programs and authorities. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Passed (230-201) Yea Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act   The Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act (H.R. 7688) was a bill approved by the House of Representatives that sought to prohibit individuals from selling consumer fuels at excessive prices during a proclaimed energy emergency. It would have also required the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether the price of gasoline was being manipulated. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Passed (217-207) Yea Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021   The Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021 (H.R. 8) was a bill approved by the House of Representatives that sought to prohibit the transfer of firearms between private parties unless a licensed firearm vendor conducted a background check on the recipient. The bill also provided for certain exceptions to this requirement. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Passed (227-203) Yea Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act   The Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act was a federal elections bill approved by the House of Representatives and voted down by the Senate in a failed cloture vote that sought to, among other provisions, make Election Day a public holiday, allow for same-day voter registration, establish minimum early voting periods, and allow absentee voting for any reason, restrict the removal of local election administrators in federal elections, regulate congressional redistricting, expand campaign finance disclosure rules for some organizations, and amend the Voting Rights Act to require some states to obtain clearance from the U.S. Department of Justice before implementing new election laws. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Click here to read more. Passed (220-203) Yea Bipartisan Safer Communities Act   The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (S. 2938) was a firearm regulation and mental health bill passed by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on June 25, 2022. Provisions of the bill included expanding background checks for individuals under the age of 21, providing funding for mental health services, preventing individuals who had been convicted of a domestic violence misdemeanor or felony in dating relationships from purchasing firearms for five years, providing funding for state grants to implement crisis intervention order programs, and providing funding for community-based violence prevention initiatives. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Click here to read more. Passed (234-193) Yea Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.   This was a resolution before the 117th Congress setting forth an article of impeachment saying that Donald Trump (R) incited an insurrection against the government of the United States on January 6, 2021. The House of Representatives approved the article of impeachment, and the Senate adjudged that Trump was not guilty of the charges. The article of impeachment required a simple majority vote in the House. Click here to read more. Passed (232-197) Yea Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act of 2022   The Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act was a bill passed by the 117th Congress in the form of an amendment to a year-end omnibus funding bill that was signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on December 23, 2022. The bill changed the procedure for counting electoral votes outlined in the Electoral Count Act of 1887. Elements of the bill included specifying that the vice president's role at the joint session of congress to count electoral votes is ministerial, raising the objection threshold at the joint session of congress to count electoral votes to one-fifth of the members of both the House of Representatives and the Senate, identifying governors as the single official responsible for submitting the certificate of ascertainment identifying that state’s electors, and providing for expedited judicial review of certain claims about states' certificates identifying their electors. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Click here to read more. Passed (225-201) Key votes: 116th Congress, 2019-2020

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Decision to self-quarantine for coronavirus on March 19, 2020

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On March 19, 2020, Sharice Davids announced a voluntary self-quarantine after being in contact with a congressman who tested positive for coronavirus.

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The following table details Davids' ballot measure stances available on Ballotpedia:

Ballot measure support and opposition for Sharice Davids
Ballot measure	Year	Position	Status
Kansas No State Constitutional Right to Abortion and Legislative Power to Regulate Abortion Amendment (August 2022)	2022	Opposed	d Defeated

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Tracey Mann (R)

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Sharice Davids (D)

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