Susan Davis (politician)

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Susan Davis
File:Susan Davis Cropped.jpg
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 53rd district
Assumed office
January 3, 2003
Preceded by New district
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 49th district
In office
January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003
Preceded by Brian Bilbray
Succeeded by Darrell Issa
Personal details
Born Susan Carol Alpert
(1944-04-13) April 13, 1944 (age 80)
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Spouse(s) Dr. Steven J. Davis
Residence San Diego, California
Alma mater University of California, Berkeley
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Occupation Social worker
Religion Judaism

Susan Carol Alpert Davis (born April 13, 1944) is the U.S. Representative for California's 53rd congressional district, serving since 2001. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes central and eastern portions of the city of San Diego, as well as eastern suburbs such as El Cajon, La Mesa, Spring Valley and Lemon Grove.[1]

Early life, education and career

Davis was born Susan Carol Alpert in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the daughter of Dorothy M. "Dora" (née Wexler) and Dr. George R. Alpert. All of her grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Russia.[2] She has spent most of her life in California. She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley where she was a member of Delta Phi Epsilon sorority.[3] She earned a master's degree in social work from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her husband Steve Davis was a doctor in the Air Force during the Vietnam War. After returning to California, she became a social worker in San Diego.[4]

Early political career

Davis was elected to the San Diego School Board in 1983. She served there until 1992, spending eight years of the time as president or vice president of the body. In 1994, she was elected to the California State Assembly, and was reelected in 1996 and 1998. In the Assembly, Davis chaired the Committee on Consumer Protection, Government Efficiency and Economic Development. She authored a state law giving women direct access to their OB/Gyn doctors without requiring a referral from their primary care physicians.

U.S. House of Representatives

Official 109th Congressional photo
Susan Davis marching in the 2014 San Diego LGBT Pride Parade

In 2000, Davis challenged three-term Republican incumbent Brian Bilbray in what was then the 49th District, winning with 50 percent of the vote. Her district was renumbered the 53rd District after the 2000 Census redistricting. She has been reelected six times without much difficulty. She is the first Democrat to represent what is now the 53rd district for more than one term in over half a century. The only other Democrat to represent this district since the Harry Truman administration, Lynn Schenk, was toppled by Bilbray in the 1994 Republican wave.

Davis has introduced a federal version of the California OB/Gyn law she authored at the start of every Congress since she was elected. Provisions of her OB/Gyn bill were included in the health care reform bill enacted into law.

In 2011, Davis voted for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 as part of a controversial provision that allows the government and the military to indefinitely detain American citizens and others without trial.[5]

Davis is a member of the New Democrat Coalition and portrays herself as working across party lines. She serves on the House Armed Services Committee, where she is the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. She also serves on the Education and Workforce Committee and the Committee on House Administration.

In 2012, Davis filed a lawsuit to recover over $150,000 in campaign funds from her former campaign treasurer, Kinde Durkee.[6] Durkee was later sentenced to eight years in prison for fraud after pleading guilty to stealing seven million dollars from more than fifty people.[7]

Earlier photo of Davis

Committee assignments

Caucus memberships

  • Congressional Friends of Animals Caucus
  • Congressional Mental Health Caucus
  • House Mentoring Caucus (Co-Chair)
  • International Conservation Caucus
  • Pro-Choice Caucus
  • Congressional COPD Caucus
  • Congressional EOD Caucus (Co-Chair)

Personal life

Davis and her husband Steve have two children and three grandchildren.

References

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  2. ↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Ebattle/reps/davissusan.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.dphie.org/distinguished.cfm
  4. ↑ http://www.house.gov/susandavis/bio.shtml
  5. ↑ http://www.ibtimes.com/ndaa-bill-how-did-your-congress-member-vote-384362
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Campaign treasurer get 8 years for fraud

External links

California Assembly
Preceded by California State Assemblywoman, 76th District
1994-2000		 Succeeded by
Christine Kehoe
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 49th congressional district
2001-2003		 Succeeded by
Darrell E. Issa
Preceded by
District Created
 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 53rd congressional district
2003-Present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
United States order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded by United States Representatives by seniority
101st		 Succeeded by
Sam Graves
R-Missouri
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