U.S. Congress, 7^th Congressional District

Chris Davis  

Party: Democratic

Age: 50

Residence: Smithfield

Political experience: Has worked for elected officials and political candidates; member of Congressional Black Caucus Leadership Class, 2007.

Professional experience: Field director for Montgomery County, Maryland, County Executive Steve Silverman, 2004; office of Rep. Elijah Cummings, Baltimore, and Capitol Hill staff, 2005-2007; outreach coordinator for clergy and elected officials Obama for America Campaign for the state of Maryland, 2007; executive office of the mayor of Washington, DC, 2009-2010; clerk, Alexander Shunnarah, 2014; director of business development, Walker Law, LLC, 2015-2017; BHM Law Group, director of business development, director of government affairs, 2018-present.

Civic experience: Smithfield Neighborhood Association; Vulcan Kiwanis, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc.

Education: Birmingham School of Law, juris doctorate, 2020; UAB, bachelor’s in political science, international affairs, 2005; Huffman High.

Main issues: There are 435 Congressional Districts in the U.S. Of those, we are 435th in life expectancy, dead last in living. Many areas of the 7th suffer serious environmental injustice. The poor living environments of people is a major contributor to our shared poor life span. Most, if not all, of the rural hospitals are closed. People are dying because they live too far from emergency and preventative medical sites.

Campaign: Campaign website, Facebook.

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