Danny K. Davis IL-07

Danny K. Davis

Summary

Current Position: US Representative of IL District 7 since 1997
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: Cook County Board of Commissioners from 1990 – 1997; Member of the Chicago City Council from 1979 – 1990
Other Positions:  Regional Whip, House of Representatives
District:  parts of Cook County. All or parts of Broadview, Bellwood, Chicago, Forest Park, Hillside, Oak Park, La Grange Park, Maywood, and Westchester   
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Davis worked as a government clerk, a high school teacher, executive director of the Greater Lawndale Conservation Commission, director of training at the Martin L. King Neighborhood Health Center, and executive director of the Westside Health Center before entering politics. He represented Chicago’s 29th Ward on the Chicago City Council from 1979 to 1990

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About

Danny K. Davis 1Danny K. Davis was chosen by the people of the 7th Congressional District of Illinois as their Representative in Congress on November 5, 1996. He has been re-elected by large majorities to succeeding Congresses.

In the 118th Congress, Representative Davis has been reappointed to the Committee on Ways and Means and is the Subcommittee Ranking Member of the Worker and Family Support Subcommittee.  Davis also serves on the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee.  Congressman Davis is a member of several Congressional Caucuses, including the Congressional Black Caucus, the Progressive Caucus, the Congressional Equity Caucus, the Urban Caucus, the Community Health Center’s Caucus, the Congressional Sugar Caucus, the Congressional Caucus on Black Men and Boys, and Co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus on Re-entry.

Congressman Davis has distinguished himself as an articulate voice for his constituents and an effective legislator able to move major bills to passage.  He has developed a unique and energetic communication style and interaction with his constituents, setting up dozens of advisory task forces to consider significant public policy questions. He hosts several weekly television and radio shows that feature audience calls and produces regular written reports to every household in the district. In addition, he maintains weekly office hours in the district and is widely sought after as a speaker at conferences and events.

In the 118th Congress, Representative Davis is resolutely committed to preserving our democracy, protecting social security, maintaining our nation’s gains in civil and human rights, women’s rights, voting rights, protection of the environment, consumer and labor protections, reducing inequality, and ensuring quality, affordable health care for all, while maintaining his long time focus on issues of job creation, poverty, health care, education, youth, and criminal justice reform.

Prior to his election to Congress, he served on the Cook County Board of Commissioners, having been elected in November 1990 and reelected in November 1994. Previously, he served for eleven years as a member of the Chicago City Council as Alderman of the 29th Ward.

Before seeking public office, Congressman Davis had productive careers as an educator, community organizer, health planner/administrator, and civil rights advocate. He has received hundreds of awards and citations for outstanding work in the areas of health, education, human relations, politics, and advocacy, including six honorary Doctorate Degrees from well known Colleges and Universities. He has traveled extensively throughout the United States and has spent time in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and in South and Central America.

Born in Parkdale, Arkansas, on September 6, 1941, Congressman Davis moved to the Westside of Chicago in 1961, after having earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Arkansas A.M. & N. College. He subsequently earned both Master’s and Doctorate degrees respectively from Chicago State University and the Union Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio.

He is married to Vera G. Davis, has two sons, Jonathan and Stacey (deceased), and is a member and Deacon of the New Galilee M.B. Church.

Personal

Full Name: Danny K. Davis

Gender: Male

Family: Wife: Vera; 2 Children: Jonathan, Stacey (deceased)

Birth Date: 09/06/1941

Birth Place: Parkdale, AR

Home City: Chicago, IL

Religion: Baptist

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Education

PhD, Public Administration, Union Institute, 1977

MS, Guidance, Chicago State University, 1968

BA, History, Arkansas Agricultural Mechanical and Normal College, 1961

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 7, 1997-present

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Illinois, District 7, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024

Member, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 1990-1996

Commissioner, Cook County Board of Commissioners, 1990-1996

Candidate, Mayor of Chicago, 1991

Member, Chicago City Council, District 29, 1979-1990

Alderman, City of Chicago, 29th Ward, 1979-1990

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, 1984, 1986

Professional Experience

Co-Chair, Clinton/Gore/Braun Campaigns, 1992

Special Assistant, President, Mile Square Community Health Center, 1976-1981

Executive Director, West Side Health Planning, 1972-1979

Consultant, Westside Health Planning, 1971-1972

Director of Training, Martin Luther King Junior Health Center, 1969-1971

Executive Director, Greater Lawndale Conservation Commission, 1969

Teacher, Chicago Public Schools, 1962-1968

Counselor, Chicago Public Schools, 1962-1968

Clerk, United States Postal Service, 1961-1962

Offices

Washington DC

2159 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
p. (202) 225-5006
f. (202) 225-5641

Chicago, IL

2815 W. Fifth Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60612
p. (773) 533-7520
f. (844) 274-0426

Contact

Email: Government

Web Links

Politics

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Election Results

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Finances

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Committees

In the 117th Congress, Congressman Danny K. Davis will serve as Chairman of the Worker and Family Support Subcommittee on the House Ways and Means Committee and the Trade Subcommittee.  The Worker and Family Support Subcommittee (formerly known as the Human Resources Subcommittee) has jurisdiction to issues that relate to the public assistance provisions of the Social Security Act, including temporary assistance for needy families, child care, child and family services, child support, foster care, adoption, supplemental security income, social services, eligibility of welfare recipients for food stamps, and low-income energy assistance.

Further, the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee relates to the Federal-State system of unemployment compensation, and the financing thereof, including the programs for extended and emergency benefits.

Congressman Davis will also serve on the Oversight and Reform Committee on the Subcommittee on Government Operations with jurisdiction over: the federal civil service; whistleblower protections; the U.S. Postal Service; government management and accounting measures & the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, which has oversight jurisdiction over: issues related to civil rights, civil liberties and the equal protection of laws, including voting rights, freedom of religion, speech, press, and assembly

New Legislation

Learn more about legislation sponsored and co-sponsored by Congressman Davis.

More Information

Wikipedia

Source: Government page

District

Source: Wikipedia

The 7th congressional district of Illinois covers parts of Cook County, as of the 2023 redistricting that followed the 2020 census. All or parts of Broadview, Bellwood, Chicago, Forest Park, Hillside, Oak Park, La Grange Park, Maywood, and Westchester are included. Democrat Danny K. Davis has represented the district since January 1997. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+36, it is the most Democratic district in Illinois.

Due to reapportionment every ten years, the 7th district like other districts has relocated in Illinois throughout its history. In the mid-1800s, Abraham Lincoln represented the 7th district before being elected president, although his home now lies within Illinois’s 13th congressional district and most of his district’s former territory is now located in the 15th district.

In 1846, the 7th district was the only one in Illinois (among seven at the time) with a comfortably safe majority for the Whig Party.

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