Danny is a native of western North Carolina. 

Danny previously worked as an attorney. Before that, he stocked warehouses, cleaned buildings, and worked trade jobs. 

Danny served as a district court judge for 33 years. He also served as chairman of the Haywood County Board of Elections. 

2026 North Carolina General Election

DANNY’S PLAN
Expand childcare access so parents can work without going into debt.
Push for wages that reflect today’s cost of living.
Fight for tax fairness that benefits working families and small businesses.
Support policies that help young people afford to stay in WNC.
Support housing strategies that increase affordability and stability.

Cost of Living & Wages

DANNY’S PLAN
Support tax policies that benefit small businesses and family farms.
Invest in infrastructure that attracts and retains good jobs.
Strengthen rural broadband and utilities to support growth.
Promote job training for trades and local industries across WNC.

Local Economy

DANNY’S PLAN
Fight for full funding to rebuild homes, businesses, and infrastructure.
Support long-term recovery programs, not short-term fixes.
Promote resilience planning so WNC is better protected from future storms.
Ensure rural communities are not forgotten in state allocations.

Disaster Recovery

Advocates for wages that reflect the current cost of living.

Advocates for tax fairness that benefits working families and small businesses.

Supports housing strategies to increase affordability and stability.

Supports tax policies benefiting small businesses and family farms.

Supports infrastructure investment to attract and retain jobs.

Supports strengthening rural broadband and utilities to support growth.

Promotes job training for trades and local industries in western North Carolina.

Wants rural communities included in state allocations.

- Advocates for wages that reflect the current cost of living.
- Advocates for tax fairness that benefits working families and small businesses.
- Supports housing strategies to increase affordability and stability.
- Supports tax policies benefiting small businesses and family farms.
- Supports infrastructure investment to attract and retain jobs.
- Supports strengthening rural broadband and utilities to support growth.
- Promotes job training for trades and local industries in western North Carolina.
- Wants rural communities included in state allocations.

Economy

Advocates for full funding to rebuild homes, businesses, and infrastructure after disasters.

Supports long-term disaster-recovery programs rather than short-term fixes.

Promotes resilience planning to better protect western North Carolina from future storms.

- Advocates for full funding to rebuild homes, businesses, and infrastructure after disasters.
- Supports long-term disaster-recovery programs rather than short-term fixes.
- Promotes resilience planning to better protect western North Carolina from future storms.

Energy & the Environment

DANNY’S PLAN
Expand access to affordable healthcare and mental health treatment.
Push back against harmful privatization that leaves families behind.
Support funding for substance abuse programs and recovery efforts.
Strengthen rural healthcare so people in WNC get care close to home.

Affordable, Accessible Healthcare

Supports expanding access to affordable healthcare and mental-health treatment.

Opposes healthcare privatization, which he describes as harmful to families.

Supports funding substance-abuse programs and recovery efforts.

Supports strengthening rural healthcare so western North Carolina residents can receive care close to home.

- Supports expanding access to affordable healthcare and mental-health treatment.
- Opposes healthcare privatization, which he describes as harmful to families.
- Supports funding substance-abuse programs and recovery efforts.
- Supports strengthening rural healthcare so western North Carolina residents can receive care close to home.

Healthcare

As of January 5, 2026, Danny E. Davis’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Voting & Elections

DANNY’S PLAN
Support law enforcement with resources and practical policies.
Advocate for clear legal standards and consistent application of the law.
Uphold judicial independence and oppose political interference.
Strengthen services for people who need supervision, treatment, or support.

Public Safety & Justice

Supports providing law enforcement with resources and practical policies.

Advocates for clear legal standards and consistent application of the law.

Supports judicial independence and opposes political interference.

Supports strengthening services for people needing supervision, treatment, or support.

- Supports providing law enforcement with resources and practical policies.
- Advocates for clear legal standards and consistent application of the law.
- Supports judicial independence and opposes political interference.
- Supports strengthening services for people needing supervision, treatment, or support.

Public Safety

DANNY’S PLAN
Expand childcare and pre-K options for working parents.
Promote pathways that help students afford college or enter trades.
Support increased funding for public schools.
Ensure lottery funding reaches the classrooms it was intended to support.
Work to reduce tuition and costs for higher education so citizens of WNC can pursue opportunity without being buried in debt.

Education & Opportunity

Supports expanding child care and prekindergarten options for working parents.

Promotes pathways that help students afford college or enter trades.

Supports increased funding for public schools.

Wants lottery funding to reach the classrooms it was intended to support.

Advocates for reducing tuition and higher-education costs.

- Supports expanding child care and prekindergarten options for working parents.
- Promotes pathways that help students afford college or enter trades.
- Supports increased funding for public schools.
- Wants lottery funding to reach the classrooms it was intended to support.
- Advocates for reducing tuition and higher-education costs.

Education

Foreign Policy and Immigration

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Danny E. Davis

- Advocates for wages that reflect the current cost of living.
- Advocates for tax fairness that benefits working families and small businesses.
- Supports housing strategies to increase affordability and stability.
- Supports tax policies benefiting small businesses and family farms.
- Supports infrastructure investment to attract and retain jobs.
- Supports strengthening rural broadband and utilities to support growth.
- Promotes job training for trades and local industries in western North Carolina.

Education
Graduate, Tuscola High School
B.S. in political science, Western Carolina University (1975)
J.D., Campbell University School of Law (1979)[2]

Danny E. Davis - Ballotpedia

Elections
2012
See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2012

Davis ran in the 2012 election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 119. He lost to Joe Sam Queen in the Democratic primary on May 8, 2012.[3][4][1]

Elections
2012
See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2012

Davis ran in the 2012 election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 119. He lost to Joe Sam Queen in the Democratic primary on May 8, 2012.[3][4][1]

North Carolina House of Representatives District 119 Democratic Primary, 2012
CANDIDATE	VOTE %	VOTES
Joe Sam Queen	50.1%	4,993
Danny E. Davis	49.9%	4,975
Total Votes	9,968

Danny is a candidate for the North Carolina House of Representatives, District 118. He previously served as a district court judge for the 30A and 30B Judicial Districts of North Carolina for 26 years, including six years as chief district court judge, retiring in 2010.

Danny E. Davis previously ran for the North Carolina House of Representatives District 119 in 2012 but did not win.

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