District: Illinois - 7th District Political Highlights: Chicago City Council, 1979-90; sought Democratic nomination for U.S. House, 1984; sought Democratic nomination for U.S. House, 1986; Cook County Commission, 1990-97; sought Democratic nomination for mayor of Chicago, 1991 Born: September 6, 1941; Parkdale, Ark. Residence: Chicago Religion: Baptist Family: Wife, Vera G. Davis; two children (one deceased) Education: Arkansas AM&N College, B.A. 1961; Chicago State U., M.A. 1968; Union Institute, Ph.D. 1977 Elected: 1996 Committee Assignments: Oversight & Reform (Civil Rights and Civil Liberties; Government Operations); Ways & Means (Trade; Worker & Family Support - Chairman) Social Media:
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District Rating: Safe Democrat House Seniority: 174th ranked House Democrat Twitter: 18,731 followers
Election History
Margin of Victory (% pts.)
House Race
1984 Election Results
1986 Election Results
1996 Election Results
Candidate
Danny Davis (D) Randy Borow (R) Chauncey Stroud (I) Toietta Dixon (LIBERT) Charles Winter (NL)
Votes
149,568 27,241 1,944 1,571 771
%
82.3% 15.3% 1.1% 0.9% 0.4%
1998 Election Results
Candidate
Danny Davis (D) Dorn Van Cleave (LIBERT)
Votes
130,984 9,984
%
92.9% 7.1%
2000 Election Results
Candidate
Danny Davis (D) Robert Dallas (R)
Votes
164,155 26,872
%
85.9% 14.1%
2002 Election Results
Candidate
Danny Davis (D) Mark Tunney (R) Martin Pankau (LIBERT)
Votes
137,933 25,280 2,543
%
83.2% 15.3% 1.5%
2004 Election Results
Candidate
Danny Davis (D) Antonio Davis-Fairman (R)
Votes
221,133 35,603
%
86.1% 13.9%
2006 Election Results
Candidate
Danny Davis (D) Charles Hutchinson (R)
Votes
143,071 21,939
%
86.7% 13.3%
2008 Election Results
Candidate
Danny Davis (D) Steve Miller (R)
Votes
235,343 41,474
%
85.0% 15.0%
2010 Election Results
Candidate
Danny Davis (D) Mark Weiman (R) Clarence Clemons (I)
Votes
149,846 29,575 4,428
%
81.5% 16.1% 2.4%
2012 Election Results
Candidate
Danny Davis (D) Rita Zak (R) John Monaghan (I) Phil Collins (WRI) Dennis Richter (WRI)
