Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle
Donald G. Davis

- Office
- U.S. representative for North Carolina’s 1st district
- Party
- Democrat
- Hometown
- Snow Hill, NC
- Born
- 1971
- In Congress
- House since 2023 · 3 years in office
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
- FEC filing name
- DAVIS, DON
- Next election
- Primary May 17, 2022 · General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
North Carolina, District 1
Official websiteX (Twitter)FacebookInstagramFEC pageCongressional biography
Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.
FEC candidate ID H2NC02287 · Principal campaign committee: DON DAVIS FOR NC
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. House · North Carolina District 1 | $5,572,578.37 | General-election nominee |
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · North Carolina District 1 | $6,061,265.18 | Won the general election (49.5%) |
| 2021–2022 | U.S. House · North Carolina District 1 | $1,876,018.87 | Won the general election (52.4%) |
2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.
Where the money comes from
- Individual contributions$1,382,463.0174%
- PACs and other committees$465,559.7825%
- Party committees$3,239.070%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$21,900.001%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$2,532.070%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$324.940%
Self-funding: $21,900.00 (1% of money raised): $2,900.00 given and $19,000.00 lent by the candidate. $19,000.00 of loans repaid so far.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
Committees
- House Committee on Agriculture
- Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Ranking Member
- General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit
- Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry
- House Committee on Armed Services
- Readiness
- Tactical Air and Land Forces
Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.
PAC and committee contributors
164 committees reported giving $449,547.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.
- AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICALeadership PAC$27,900.00
- VOTEVETSHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- WITH HONOR PACPAC$10,000.00
- SD PACHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$7,900.00
- BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA - COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- FRONTLINE USALeadership PAC$7,500.00
- AMERICAN FINANCIAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$7,000.00
- VPPHybrid PAC$6,000.00
- AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$5,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHER POLITICAL COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- UAW - V - CAP (UAW VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM) 'INT'L UNION UNITED AUTOMOBILE AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA UAW Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- CULAC THE PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE! PAC (UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES OF THE PLUMBING & PIPEFITTING INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA)Connected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION PHYSICAL THERAPY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PT-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATIONPAC$5,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
Show all 164 committees
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURING AMERICA PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COM (NARFE-PAC)Connected PAC$5,000.00
- CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS PACPAC$5,000.00
- UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION EMPLOYEE PAC - USAA EMPLOYEE PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NORTH CAROLINA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION INC POL ACT CMTE INC (AKA) NC FARM BUREAU FARMPAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- SOUTHERN STATES POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOC PAC FUNDConnected PAC$5,000.00
- BLUE DOG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$5,000.00
- PAC TO THE FUTURELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS IN DIVERSE GEOGRAPHIC ENVIRONMENTS PAC (BRIDGE PAC)Leadership PAC$5,000.00
- NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION ACTION FUNDConnected PAC$5,000.00
- HOUSE MAJORITY PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- FAIR SHOT PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- JOBS, EDUCATION, & FAMILIES FIRST JEFF PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE MAJORITY PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- DCCCParty committee$4,998.00
- HOYER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- BUTTERFIELD FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- EQUALITY PACConnected PAC$4,000.00
- NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL OF AMERICA COMMITTEE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COTTON Company pageConnected PAC$3,500.00
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF BOILERMAKERS CAMPAIGN ASSISTANCE FUND Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- AT&T INC. EMPLOYEE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AT&T EMPLOYEE FEDERAL PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- NATIONAL PORK PRODUCERS COUNCIL PORK PAC Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- MARC VEASEY CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEECandidate committee$3,000.00
- SMART TD PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- OFFICE AND PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION (OPEIU) JB MOSS VOICE OF THE ELECTORATE (VOTE)PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVT. EMPL. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL ACTIONHybrid PAC$2,500.00
- D.R.I.V.E. - DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT VOTER EDUCATION (THE PAC OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- CIGNA CORPORATION EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$2,500.00
- ALTRIA GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ALTRIAPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- LOUISIANIANS FOR AMERICAN SECURITY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,500.00
- CATERPILLAR INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CATPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NUCOR CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- THE COLLECTIVE PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- ONWARD TOGETHER COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,500.00
- THE BLUE SOUTH PACHybrid PAC$2,500.00
- INTERNATIONAL PAPER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (IP-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- REYNOLDS AMERICAN INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE; RAI PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- PRICE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- NANCY PELOSI FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- TRANSPORTATION TRADES DEPARTMENT AFL-CIO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TTD/PAC)Connected PAC$2,000.00
- SHERMAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- MIKE THOMPSON FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- SCHIFF FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- CITIZENS TO ELECT RICK LARSENCandidate committee$2,000.00
- CHC BOLD PACConnected PAC$2,000.00
- COMMITTEE FOR A DEMOCRATIC FUTURELeadership PAC$2,000.00
- BUILD AMERICA PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE CHOICES PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- SECURE PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- DEMOCRATS WIN SEATS (DWS PAC)Leadership PAC$2,000.00
- MADISON PAC; THELeadership PAC$2,000.00
- ASPIRE PACConnected PAC$2,000.00
- ALMA ADAMS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- CA LUV PAC (CALIFORNIA LEADERSHIP UNITED FOR VICTORY PAC)Leadership PAC$2,000.00
- I GOT YOUR BACK PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- DOGWOOD PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- HOPE PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- DMFI PACHybrid PAC$2,000.00
- DEBORAH ROSS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- TROY CARTER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BEN SAMUELS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FOUSHEE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- JASMINE FOR USCandidate committee$2,000.00
- ROBERT GARCIA FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR AN EFFECTIVE CONGRESSPAC$1,500.00
- NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,500.00
- AMERICAN HOTEL AND LODGING ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ('HOTELPAC')Connected PAC$1,000.00
- UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AFL-CIO COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCBA-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL TURKEY FEDERATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITEE/TURPAC Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GENERAL DYNAMICS EMPLOYEE PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS & TRAINMEN PAC FUND Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- SIERRA CLUB POLITICAL COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- TO PROTECT OUR HERITAGE PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- KIDSPACPAC$1,000.00
- NORTH CAROLINA PEANUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION PAC FKA VIRGINIA-CAROLINA'S PEANUT PAC Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- UNIVERSAL LEAF TOBACCO COMPANY, INCORPORATED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FEDERAL) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NITA LOWEY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- RICHARD E NEAL FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEECandidate committee$1,000.00
- LOFGREN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- DOYLE FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEECandidate committee$1,000.00
- BLUMENAUER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- DIANA DEGETTE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF NORTH CAROLINA EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- SMITHFIELD FOODS INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, (HAMPAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FUNDLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ONE VOICELeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SHORE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- CASTOR FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- CLARKE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE AMERICANS FOR DEMOCRACYLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BRAVE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- CONNOLLY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- PAUL TONKO FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- ARTICLE 1 POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$1,000.00
- DEMOCRACY ENGINE, INC., PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- WARD AND SMITH. P.A. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- PURPOSE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- TONY CARDENAS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- DEFENSE, ECONOMIC RENEWAL, EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ROBIN KELLY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- NEW VOICE PACPAC$1,000.00
- NRDC ACTION FUND INC., PACPAC$1,000.00
- PUGET PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- FRIENDS OF DON BEYERCandidate committee$1,000.00
- SUPPORTING HOUSE PROBLEM SOLVERS - SHP PACPAC$1,000.00
- SERVE AMERICA PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ANTHONY BROWN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- THE US CAMPAIGN FUNDLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SERVING OUR COUNTRY (SOC) PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- LINDA COLEMAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- BLUE LINE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- MAD 4 PA PACCandidate committee$1,000.00
- JOINING IDEAS TO MOTIVATE MOVEMENT FOR YOU (JIMMY PAC)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- ONEMAIN HOLDINGS, INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN MOSAIC PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BLUE NEVADA PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SERVICE FIRST PACPAC$1,000.00
- MAKING A DIFFERENCE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ALL IN PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- LEADING PEOPLE FORWARD PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- GLENN IVEY FOR CONGRESS 2022Candidate committee$1,000.00
- AMERICANS UNITED IN SUPPORT OF DEMOCRACYConnected PAC$750.00
- PRIME POLICY GROUP LLC/BURSON COHN & WOLFE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$500.00
- AVIENT CORP. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$500.00
- NORTH CAROLINA SOYBEAN PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION NC SOYPAC Company pageConnected PAC$500.00
- SCOTT PETERS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$500.00
- AMERICAN INNOVATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AMI PAC)PAC$500.00
- FIGHT FOR PROGRESS PACHybrid PAC$500.00
- NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY & MEDICARE PACConnected PAC$340.00
- SWING LEFTHybrid PAC$109.00
- LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$50.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Don Davis$2,677,416.00
- Independent expenditures opposing Don Davis$619.37
- Company and union communications to members about Don Davis$23,115.00
FEC totals for the 2022 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.
Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.
- UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT (UDP)Supporting$2,102,636.00
- DCCCSupporting$225,324.00
- HOUSE MAJORITY PACSupporting$143,750.00
- CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS PACSupporting$97,642.00
- DMFI PACSupporting$90,240.00
- WORKING AMERICASupporting$17,811.00
- STAND AMERICA PACOpposing$619.00
- SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTIONSupporting$10.00
The race
North Carolina U.S. House, District 1, 2022 · 9 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Don Davis (D) | $1,876,018.87 | $17,973.08 | 2022-12-31 |
| Sandy Smith (R) | $2,187,047.47 | $12,791.01 | 2022-12-31 |
| Sandy Roberson (R) | $1,183,531.84 | $5,507.92 | 2022-12-31 |
| Erica Danette Smith (D) | $960,472.91 | $22,203.07 | 2022-12-31 |
| Billy Joel Strickland II (R) | $422,382.00 | $2,500.92 | 2022-12-31 |
| George Kenneth Butterfield (D) | $244,911.87 | $258,790.19 | 2022-12-31 |
| Brad Allen Murphy (R) | $195,133.42 | $0.00 | 2022-07-14 |
| Charles Brent Roberson (R) | $91,985.00 | $0.00 | 2022-11-15 |
| William Aiken (R) | $6,887.39 | $1,653.98 | 2022-12-31 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GQR Research (D) | October 10–13, 2022 | 402 (LV) | – | Don Davis 54% · Sandy Smith 39% |
| RMG Research | June 4–6, 2022 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.5% | Don Davis 45% · Sandy Smith 39% |
| GQR Research (D) | October 10–13, 2022 | 402 (LV) | – | Generic Democrat 52% · Generic Republican 43% |
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.
Sources and updates
- Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: DON DAVIS FOR NC.
- Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.
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