Democrat · North Carolina's 1st District · 2026
Don Davis
Davis grew up with his grandmother in Snow Hill and worked in tobacco fields to earn money for school clothes and supplies.
Biography
Don Davis grew up in Snow Hill, raised by his grandmother, and worked in tobacco fields to buy school clothes and supplies.1 He and his wife, Yuvonka, have three sons and live in Greene County.2 He also ministers at the church he attended as a young man.2
Davis graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1994 and served eight years in uniform.2 As a protocol officer at Andrews Air Force Base, he coordinated Air Force One and congressional delegation operations, and also served as a mortuary officer.2 He later taught aerospace studies at East Carolina University's Air Force ROTC detachment, including national security, military history and leadership.2
His education includes master's degrees in administration and sociology and a doctorate in education.2 Davis served as Snow Hill's mayor and completed six terms in the North Carolina Senate before entering Congress.1 His current roles include senior Democrat on Agriculture's rural development panel and deputy Democratic leadership on Armed Services.2
Davis's priorities include rural health care, farming, veterans and lowering household costs.1 He advocates faster disaster assistance, a more resilient Highway 12 and flood insurance changes that could help eligible homeowners move or demolish houses threatened by erosion.1 He faces Republican Laurie Buckhout.3