Representative · Illinois's 7th district

Danny K. Davis

Danny K. Davis is a Democratic representative for Illinois's 7th district, in Congress since 1997. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 28, and cast 465 of 466 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Democrat
Chamber
House
Current
In Congress since
Jan 7, 1997
Term ends
Jan 3, 2027
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Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives6754.1%28 of 675 · rank 97 of 439100%465 of 466 · rank 21 of 439220 became law14%84 of 610
118th CongressHouse of Representatives1,2224.7%57 of 1,222 · rank 103 of 44299%812 of 819 · rank 90 of 442400 became law15%87 of 572
117th CongressHouse of Representatives9973.0%30 of 997 · rank 74 of 443100%564 of 565 · rank 50 of 443470 became law4%25 of 694

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1−0.49+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. H.R. 1346: To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes.Yea
    May 13, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 218–203· Against party
  2. H.R. 4639: Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale ActYea
    Apr 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 219–199· Against party
  3. H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActYea
    Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 269–153· Against party
  4. H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActYea
    Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 212–212· Against party
  5. H.R. 4365: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024Nay
    Sep 27, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 240–191· Against party
  6. H.R. 3935: FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024Nay
    Jul 19, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 243–191· Against party
  7. H.R. 277: Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2023Nay
    Jun 14, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 151–285· Against party
  8. H.R. 1615: Gas Stove Protection and Freedom ActYea
    Jun 13, 2023· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 248–180· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
  2. H.R. 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
  3. H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
  4. H.J.Res. 213: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".Nay
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
  5. H.R. 10326: PROOF ActNay
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
  6. H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Nay
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72· Against party
  7. H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Nay
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
  8. H.Con.Res. 93: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
  9. H.J.Res. 210: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision".Nay
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
  10. H.R. 9500: Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActYea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
  11. H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
  12. H.R. 4646: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

109 sponsored · 0 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced10697%
  2. Reported by committee10.9%
  3. Passed one chamber21.8%

Policy areas

  1. Health28
  2. Taxation21
  3. Social Welfare10
  4. Families9
  5. Private Legislation9
  6. Education7
  7. Labor and Employment4
  8. Public Lands and Natural Resources4

Latest activity

  1. H.Res. 1577 Expressing support for the designation of September 2026 as "Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month" in order to educate communities across the United States about sickle cell disease and the need for research, early detection methods, effective treatments, and preventative care programs with respect to complications from sickle cell disease and conditions related to sickle cell disease.
    Introduced· Health· Sep 24, 2026
  2. H.R. 10429 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 901 Lake Street in Oak Park, Illinois, as the "Detective Allan Reddins Post Office Building".
    Introduced· Government Operations and Politics· Sep 16, 2026
  3. H.Res. 1432 Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the freeze on State-based Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Child Care and Development Fund, and Social Services Block Grant payments for California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, and New York.
    Introduced· Social Welfare· Jul 15, 2026
  4. H.Res. 1371 Expressing support for a "World Sickle Cell Awareness Day" in order to increase public awareness across the United States and global community about sickle cell disease and the continued need for empirical research, early detection screenings, novel effective treatments leading to a cure, and preventative care programs with respect to complications from sickle cell anemia and conditions relating to sickle cell disease.
    Introduced· Health· Jun 18, 2026
  5. H.R. 8887 Julius Rosenwald and Rosenwald Schools National Historical Park Act
    Introduced· Public Lands and Natural Resources· May 19, 2026
  6. H.R. 7529 Fresh Starts for Foster Youth Act
    Reported by committee· Families· May 11, 2026
  7. H.R. 7690 Dr. William W. Sullivan TRIO Upward Bound Student Stipend Support Act
    Introduced· Education· Feb 25, 2026
  8. H.R. 7689 Earl N. Williams, Sr., First Chance Act
    Introduced· Education· Feb 25, 2026

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Illinois's 7th district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026
$1.5B
Per resident
$1,950
Rank in Illinois
4 of 17
Contract actions
6,305
New awards: 3,553

By fiscal year

  1. 1.6BFY2017
  2. 1.7BFY2018
  3. 1.4BFY2019
  4. 1.6BFY2020
  5. 1.7BFY2021
  6. 2.8BFY2022
  7. 2.8BFY2023
  8. 2.3BFY2024
  9. 1.3BFY2025
  10. 1.5BFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Defense Logistics Agency$358.7M25%
    Department of Defense
  2. Department of Veterans Affairs$349.8M24%
  3. Department of the Army$302.5M21%
    Department of Defense
  4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$48.8M3.4%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  5. Public Buildings Service$47.4M3.3%
    General Services Administration
  6. Federal Acquisition Service$40.4M2.8%
    General Services Administration
  7. Office of Procurement Operations$40.3M2.8%
    Department of Homeland Security
  8. Environmental Protection Agency$36.4M2.5%

Top recipients

  1. BP PRODUCTS NORTH AMERICA INC.$343.3M24%
    16 awards
  2. DDB CHICAGO INC.$297.6M20%
    11 awards
  3. NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER$103.1M7.1%
    42 awards
  4. FEDEX SUPPLY CHAIN DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, INC.$71M4.9%
    2 awards
  5. FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION$37.2M2.6%
    12 awards
  6. INSURANCE AUTO AUCTIONS, INC.$36.2M2.5%
    27 awards
  7. UNIVERSAL PROTECTION SERVICE, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP$34.5M2.4%
    1 award
  8. CITADEL FEDERAL SOLUTIONS LLC$32.4M2.2%
    3 awards
  9. AMERITECH CONTRACTING LLC$29.4M2.0%
    3 awards
  10. MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.$19.2M1.3%
    64 awards
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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised
$93K
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$522
From committees
$26K
12 committees
From contractor PACs
$1,000
1 PACs · 4% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
american psychiatric associationamerican psychiatric association political action committee$1,000AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization$645K

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$93K$26K$1,0001 PACs · 4% of committee money
2024$933.4K$479.6K$80.3K31 PACs · 17% of committee money
2022$682.4K$480.6K$98.3K34 PACs · 20% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. House · Illinois's 7th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
  2. House · Illinois's 7th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
  3. House · Illinois's 7th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
  4. House · Illinois's 7th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
  5. House · Illinois's 7th districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
  6. House · Illinois's 7th districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
  7. House · Illinois's 7th districtJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
  8. House · Illinois's 7th districtJan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2013
  9. House · Illinois's 7th districtJan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2011
  10. House · Illinois's 7th districtJan 4, 2007 – Jan 3, 2009
  11. House · Illinois's 7th districtJan 4, 2005 – Jan 3, 2007
  12. House · Illinois's 7th districtJan 7, 2003 – Jan 3, 2005
  13. House · Illinois's 7th districtJan 3, 2001 – Jan 3, 2003
  14. House · Illinois's 7th districtJan 6, 1999 – Jan 3, 2001
  15. House · Illinois's 7th districtJan 7, 1997 – Jan 3, 1999

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website
davis.house.gov
Phone
202-225-5006
Office
2159 Rayburn House Office Building

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 8, 2026 · loaded Oct 8, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 8, 2026 · loaded Oct 8, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.