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Republican · Illinois's 8th District · 2026

Jennifer Davis

Davis and her husband, Dan, started a software business when she was 17.

Biography

Jennifer Davis and her husband, Dan, started their software venture when she was 17, building the company that became Davisware while raising a family.1 Raised in rural Wisconsin and now living in Huntley, she is a mother of ten, including three adopted children.2

Davisware developed software for heating, air conditioning and other commercial service businesses, with its headquarters in West Dundee.1 The company partnered with Serent Capital in 2019.1 Davis also founded BExponential, which her biography describes as work supporting women in their professional and family lives.1 She is the Republican nominee facing former Congresswoman Melissa Bean.2

Davis supports reducing taxes and regulations on small businesses and using community partnerships and tax incentives to encourage growth.3 On education, she supports public, charter, private and home schooling options, alongside vocational training and business partnerships.3 Her platform also proposes a Digital Dome to protect against cyberattacks, online predators and digital manipulation.3 She also supports expanding domestic oil, gas and renewable energy production to improve energy independence.3

She supports secure borders, deporting people who have committed crimes and a citizenship pathway for people brought here illegally as children who work, pay taxes and stay out of trouble.2 She supports tariffs against China and strategic use of tariffs, while opposing their use as a permanent tax on families.2 She has also voiced opposition to using the Justice Department against political enemies.2