Travis Wayne Childers (born March 29, 1958) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Mississippi's 1st congressional district from 2008 to 2011.

A member of the Democratic Party,[1] Childers previously served as Chancery Clerk of Prentiss County from 1992 until his election to Congress.

In high school, Travis worked nights and weekends at a convenience store in Booneville to help his mother, Betty, and sister, Tammy.

After graduating from college, he joined Robert Davis' real estate business in Booneville and worked there throughout the 1980s.

In October, 2016, Childers was inducted into the Northeast Mississippi Community College Hall of Fame.

[5] While Childers did vote against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, he is against full repeal of the law.

[6] However, in his 2014 bid for Senate, he stated that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is the law, and he supports it.

The seat was held by Democrat Jamie Whitten of Charleston for 54 years, the longest tenure of any congressman until Michigan representative John Dingell passed the mark on February 11, 2009.

The district has a decided conservative bent; Wicker had won his first race for the seat with 63 percent of the vote and had faced no serious opposition since then.

He was challenged by Republican State Senator Alan Nunnelee (who held the state senate seat Wicker held before being elected to Congress), Constitutionalist Gail Giaramita, Libertarian Harold Taylor, Reformist Barbara Dale Washer, and Independent Wally Pang.

Childers describes himself as pro-life and pro-gun,[18] and he was endorsed by the National Right to Life Committee[19] and the NRA Political Victory Fund[20][21] in his 2010 reelection campaign.

Childers said he supports job creation, increasing the minimum wage and is a strong advocate for public education.