Donald Gene Davis (born August 29, 1971)[1] is an American politician and former Air Force officer serving as the United States representative for North Carolina's 1st congressional district since 2023.

[8] After graduation, he was commissioned into the United States Air Force, serving for eight years and rising to the rank of captain.

[9] Davis began his teaching career as an assistant professor of aerospace studies at the Air Force ROTC department at East Carolina University starting in 1998.

[9] He was one of six Democratic candidates to compete for the position, which was being vacated by retiring senator John Kerr III.

[14] He went on to face North Carolina representative Louis Pate, a Republican from Wayne County, in the general election.

[19] He won the Democratic primary for the 2022 election for North Carolina's 1st congressional district, defeating former state senator Erica D.

In February 2023, Davis, along with representatives Randy Weber (R‑TX 14th), Lizzie Fletcher (D‑TX 07th), Nancy Mace (R‑SC 01st), Abigail Spanberger (D‑VA 07th), and Anna Eshoo (D‑CA 16th), introduced the Reinvesting in Shoreline Economies and Ecosystems Act, which aims to share federal offshore wind power revenue with states for coastal protection and restoration work.

[22][23]In 2024, Davis invited 109-year-old Cassie Smith from Battleboro, North Carolina, to attend the State of the Union address.

[24] That year, he was also the lone Democratic co-sponsor of a bill introduced by Republican representatives Greg Murphy and Brett Guthrie that would limit Medicare's ability to negotiate prices.

[28] In March 2024, Davis, Representative August Pfluger, and a news reporter wrote an opinion piece in the Washington Examiner, which criticized the push by many members of Congress to condition U.S. aid to Israel.