Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

Donald G. Davis

Official portrait of Donald G. Davis
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
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)
Map of North Carolina with the current district highlighted

North Carolina, District 1

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. House · North Carolina District 1ChallengerWon the general election (52.4%)

FEC candidate ID H2NC02287 · Principal campaign committee: DON DAVIS FOR NC

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · North Carolina District 1$5,572,578.37General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · North Carolina District 1$6,061,265.18Won the general election (49.5%)
2021–2022U.S. House · North Carolina District 1$1,876,018.87Won the general election (52.4%)
Total raised$1,876,018.87
Total spent$1,858,045.79
Cash on hand$17,973.08
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$19,000.00

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: $1,382,463.01PACs and other committees: $465,559.78Party committees: $3,239.07Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $21,900.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $2,532.07Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $324.94
  • 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

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.

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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.

The race

North Carolina U.S. House, District 1, 2022 · 9 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Don Davis (D)$1,876,018.87$17,973.082022-12-31
Sandy Smith (R)$2,187,047.47$12,791.012022-12-31
Sandy Roberson (R)$1,183,531.84$5,507.922022-12-31
Erica Danette Smith (D)$960,472.91$22,203.072022-12-31
Billy Joel Strickland II (R)$422,382.00$2,500.922022-12-31
George Kenneth Butterfield (D)$244,911.87$258,790.192022-12-31
Brad Allen Murphy (R)$195,133.42$0.002022-07-14
Charles Brent Roberson (R)$91,985.00$0.002022-11-15
William Aiken (R)$6,887.39$1,653.982022-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
GQR Research (D)October 10–13, 2022402 (LV)–Don Davis 54% · Sandy Smith 39%
RMG ResearchJune 4–6, 2022500 (LV)± 4.5%Don Davis 45% · Sandy Smith 39%
GQR Research (D)October 10–13, 2022402 (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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