Sharice Davids
Democrat Representative of Kansas's 3rd district
Representative
Kansas, district 3
January 3, 2019 - January 3, 2021
Representative
Kansas, district 3
January 3, 2021 - January 3, 2023
Representative
Kansas, district 3
January 3, 2023 - January 3, 2025
3
Congresses Served
3
House Terms
May 22, 1980 (44 years old)
Birthday
- American attorney and former mixed martial artist
- Serving as a U.S. representative since 2019
- First Democrat elected to represent her district in a decade
- First openly LGBT Native American elected to the U.S. Congress
- First openly lesbian person elected to the U.S. Congress from her state
- One of the first two Native American women elected to Congress
- Defeated incumbent Kevin Yoder in the 2018 election
- Second Native American to represent her state in Congress
- Educated at the University of Missouri–Kansas City and Cornell Law School
- Professional mixed martial artist in the 2010s with a record of 1–1 as a professional and 5–1 as an amateur
- Born in Frankfurt, West Germany, and a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin
- Raised by a single mother who served in the U.S. Army
- Worked as a White House Fellow in the Department of Transportation during the Obama-Trump transition
- Advocates for single-payer health care, allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices, and getting generics to market faster
- Voted to impeach President Donald Trump in 2019
- Named a vice-chair of the 2020 Democratic National Convention
- Voted with President Joe Biden’s stated position 100% of the time in the 117th Congress
- Supported the America COMPETES Act of 2022 to authorize government spending on American manufacturing and scientific research
- Voted to provide Israel with support following the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel
- Holds committee assignments on Small Business, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Agriculture
- Leadership roles include Chief Deputy Whip
- Caucus memberships include Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus (Co-chair), Congressional Native American Caucus (Vice Chair), New Democrat Coalition (Vice Chair for 118th Congress), House Pro-Choice Caucus, and Congressional Coalition on Adoption
- Recognized for her contributions to LGBTQ rights and equality