LegiStorm

Biographical

Family:

Press Releases

Education

• Union Institute and University - PhD (1977)

• Chicago State University - MS (1968)

• Arkansas AM&N College - BA (1961)

• Savage High School (Parkdale, Ark.) - Diploma (1957)

Office History

Election Results

• 2021 (Nov. 3, 2020 election)

  7th Congressional District of Illinois
  Daniel K. Davis (Danny), 80.41%

  Democrat
  Craig Cameron, 13.35%

  Republican
  Tracy Jennings, 6.24%

  Independent

• 2019 (Nov. 6, 2018 election)

  7th Congressional District of Illinois
  Daniel K. Davis (Danny), 88.00%

  Democrat
  Craig Cameron, 12.00%

  Republican

• 2017 (Nov. 8, 2016 election)

  7th Congressional District of Illinois
  Daniel K. Davis (Danny), 84.24%

  Democrat
  Jeffrey A. Leef, 15.76%

  Republican

• 2015 (Nov. 4, 2014 election)

  7th Congressional District of Illinois
  Daniel K. Davis (Danny), 85.10%

  Democrat
  Robert L Bumpers, 14.90%

  Republican

• 2013 (Nov. 6, 2012 election)

  7th Congressional District of Illinois
  Daniel K. Davis (Danny), 84.64%

  Democrat
  Rita Zak, 10.99%

  Republican
  John H Monaghan, 4.37%

  Independent

• 2011 (Nov. 2, 2010 election)

  7th Congressional District of Illinois
  Daniel K. Davis (Danny), 81.50%

  Democrat
  Mark M Weiman, 16.09%

  Republican
  Clarence Desmond Clemons, 2.41%

  Independent

• 2009 (Nov. 4, 2008 election)

  7th Congressional District of Illinois
  Daniel K. Davis (Danny), 85.02%

  Democrat
  Steve Miller, 14.98%

  Republican

• 2007 (Nov. 7, 2006 election)

  7th Congressional District of Illinois
  Daniel K. Davis (Danny), 86.70%

  Democrat
  Charles Hutchinson, 13.30%

  Republican

• 2005 (Nov. 2, 2004 election)

  7th Congressional District of Illinois
  Daniel K. Davis (Danny), 86.13%

  Democrat
  Antonio Davis-Fairman, 13.87%

  Republican

• 2003 (Nov. 5, 2002 election)

  7th Congressional District of Illinois
  Daniel K. Davis (Danny), 83.21%

  Democrat
  Mark Tunney, 15.25%

  Republican
  Martin Pankau, 1.53%

  Libertarian

• 2001 (Nov. 7, 2000 election)

  7th Congressional District of Illinois
  Daniel K. Davis (Danny), 85.93%

  Democrat
  Robert Dallas, 14.07%

  Republican

• 1999 (Nov. 3, 1998 election)

  7th Congressional District of Illinois
  Daniel K. Davis (Danny), 92.92%

  Democrat
  Dorn E Van Cleave III, 7.08%

  Libertarian

• 1997 (Nov. 5, 1996 election)

  7th Congressional District of Illinois
  Daniel K. Davis (Danny), 82.59%

  Democrat
  Randy Borow, 15.04%

  Republican
  Chauncey L Stroud, 1.07%

  Independent

Employment History

• Cook County (Ill.) Board of Commissioners (1990-1996)

  Commissioner

• Chicago (Ill.) City Council (1979-1990)

  Alderman

• Westside Health Center (1975-1981)

  Executive Director

• Martin L. King Neighborhood Health Center (Chicago, Ill.) (1969-1971)

  Director of Training

• Greater Lawndale Conservation Commission (Chicago, Ill.) (1969)

  Executive Director

• Chicago (Ill.) Public Schools (1962-1968)

  Teacher

• U.S. Postal Service (1961-1965)

  Clerk

Associated Organizations

• Streetwise Newspaper

  Advisory Board Member

• Prevention Partnership

  Advisory Board Member

• East-West University

  Board Member

• Boy Scouts of America

• New Galilee Missionary Baptist Church (Chicago, Ill.)

• Davis for Congress

Awards

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (June 2020)

• Congressional Champion Award (YMCA of the USA) (March 2020)

• Distinguished Community Health Defender Award (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (2019)

• Distinguished Community Health Defender Award (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (2018)

• Distinguished Community Health Champion Award (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (2017)

Official Signature

Contact Information

• Email, member official contact form

Office Addresses:

Main Office:

Address:	2159 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515-1307
Phone:	202-225-5006
Fax:	202-225-5641

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Privately Financed Travel

87 trips taken between 2000 - 2022 costing $211,383

See map of trips

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Congressional Staff

Committees

• House Ways and Means Committee
House Ways and Means Committee Health Subcommittee
House Ways and Means Committee Work and Welfare Subcommittee, Ranking Member
• House Ways and Means Committee Rural and Underserved Communities Health Task Force, Co-Chair

Caucuses

• ALS Caucus
• Americans Abroad Caucus
• Bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease
• Bipartisan Historically Black Colleges and Universities Caucus
• Black Maternal Health Caucus
• Congressional Academic Medicine Caucus
• Congressional Addiction, Treatment and Recovery Caucus
• Congressional Afterschool Caucus
• Congressional Apprenticeship Caucus
• Congressional Arthritis Caucus
• Congressional Arts Caucus
• Congressional Assisting Caregivers Today Caucus
• Congressional Bike Caucus
• Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus
• Congressional Black Caucus
• Congressional Black Caucus Black Youth Suicide and Mental Health Task Force
• Congressional Brain Injury Task Force
• Congressional Candy Caucus
• Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues
• Congressional Caucus on Black Men and Boys, Co-Chair
• Congressional Caucus on Bosnia
• Congressional Caucus on Ethnic and Religious Freedom in Sri Lanka, Co-Chair
• Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth
• Congressional Caucus on Homelessness
• Congressional Caucus on India and Indian-Americans
• Congressional Caucus on Parkinson's Disease
• Congressional Caucus on U.S.-Turkey Relations and Turkish Americans
• Congressional Caucus to End the Youth Vaping Epidemic
• Congressional Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Caucus
• Congressional Coalition for Autism Research and Education
• Congressional Coalition on Adoption
• Congressional Community College Caucus
• Congressional Community Health Centers Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional Czech Caucus
• Congressional Diabetes Caucus
• Congressional Direct Selling Caucus
• Congressional EMS Caucus
• Congressional Entertainment Industries Caucus
• Congressional Epilepsy Caucus
• Congressional Equality Caucus
• Congressional Gaming Caucus
• Congressional Georgia Caucus
• Congressional German-American Caucus
• Congressional Heart and Stroke Coalition
• Congressional Hellenic Caucus
• Congressional Hellenic-Israel Alliance
• Congressional Iran Human Rights and Democracy Caucus
• Congressional Italian-American Caucus
• Congressional Jazz Caucus
• Congressional Labor and Working Families Caucus
• Congressional Law Enforcement Caucus
• Congressional Library of Congress Caucus
• Congressional Medicare for All Caucus
• Congressional Men's Health Caucus
• Congressional My Brother’s Keeper Caucus
• Congressional National Marine Sanctuary Caucus
• Congressional Nursing Caucus
• Congressional Peripheral Artery Disease Caucus
• Congressional Philanthropy Caucus, Chair
• Congressional Postal Caucus
• Congressional Predominantly Black Institutions Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional Privacy Caucus
• Congressional Progressive Caucus
• Congressional Public Broadcasting Caucus
• Congressional Reentry Caucus, Chair
• Congressional Research and Development Caucus
• Congressional Sickle Cell Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional Small Business Caucus
• Congressional Soccer Caucus
• Congressional Social Work Caucus
• Congressional STEAM Caucus
• Congressional Steel Caucus
• Congressional Sugar Reform Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional Taiwan Caucus
• Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus
• Congressional Tri-Caucus
• Congressional TRIO Caucus
• Congressional Ukrainian Caucus
• Congressional Urban Caucus
• Congressional Vision Caucus
• Congressional Zoo and Aquarium Caucus
• Creative Rights Caucus
• Expand Social Security Caucus
• Friends of Job Corps Congressional Caucus
• Gun Violence Prevention Task Force
• Historic Preservation Caucus
• House 4-H Caucus
• House Democratic Caucus
• House Impact Aid Coalition
• House Organic Caucus
• House Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus
• House Small Brewers Caucus
• House Sugar Caucus
• House Tech Accountability Caucus
• House Textile Caucus
• House Trauma-Informed Care Caucus, Co-Chair
• National Service Congressional Caucus
• SALT Caucus
• Second Chance Task Force
• Technology Access and Social Media Caucus, Chair
• Voices for National Service

Caught Our Eye

• GOP House members top Dems in 2016 official spending

  Posted by Jock Friedly on Sept. 28, 2016
  Eight of the top 10 spenders of taxpayer funds in the House of Representatives this year are Republicans, as GOP lawmakers spend disproportionate amounts of their office budgets on mass mailings ahead of the elections. read more

• Congress goes where most Americans still can't: Cuba

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Jan. 5, 2015
  As President Barack Obama prepared to announce a seismic shift toward Cuba, at least six lawmakers were returning from the latest of dozens of trips to the island nation in the last five years. read more

• Posted by Garrett Snedeker on Aug. 23, 2012
  Even as the U.S. Postal Service's financial woes mount, a union representing postal workers paid several thousand dollars to host members of Congress at its 100th anniversary convention recently.  read more

• Posted by LegiStorm on April 30, 2012
  The always-colorful Rev. Sun Myung Moon spent $15,000 for Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.) and his wife Vera to fly on a "fact-finding" mission to Japan this month, according to Davis's recent travel filing. read more

• Rep. Johnson's amended disclosure reveals lack of trip reporting

  Posted by LegiStorm on July 12, 2011
  Four members of the Congressional Black Caucus failed to file required trip disclosures for a conference organized by a one-time congressional aide and now-convicted felon. The conference came one week after several of their CBC colleagues were caught on videotape at a Caribbean conference whose lack of disclosure of corporate underwriters led to a House ethics committee rebuke and criminal charges. read more

• Ethics rules don't end corporate access to lawmakers

  Posted by LegiStorm on Dec. 7, 2009
  Rules intended to limit congressional junkets have not put an end to lobbyist-connected trips, according to a story in this morning's The New York Times. Using data provided by LegiStorm, Times reporters culled through more than 1,100 travel disclosures and found that while privately financed travel is down since the imposition of ethics rules limiting them, lobbyists and industry seem to be exploiting loopholes in the rules to ensure continued access to lawmakers. read more

• Williams College postpones congressional trip after aide's guilty plea

  Posted by LegiStorm on Nov. 17, 2009
  The fallout from former congressional staffer Ernest B. Moore's guilty plea to fraud has continued over the past few days. read more

• Rep. Davis may face ethics questions following aide's confession

  Posted by LegiStorm on Nov. 13, 2009
  The guilty plea this week by an aide to Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.) - an aide who doesn't appear in official records at times that he was working for Davis - may raise questions for the lawmaker since ethics rules prohibit maintaining slush funds and hiring unpaid staff except under strict circumstances. read more

• Does everyone do it but nobody tells?

  Posted by LegiStorm on Oct. 16, 2009
  Former congressional aide Kevin Ring secured a hung jury in a corruption trial yesterday by claiming that showering gifts on members of Congress and their staff is the normal way of doing business in Washington. So how many precious gifts have been disclosed by congressional aides? Precious few, it turns out. read more