Wendy Davis

Wendy Davis
Texas State Senate, District 10
Incumbent
In office
2009 - Present
Term ends
January 13, 2015
Years in position	4
Party	Democratic
Compensation
Base salary	$7,200/year
Per diem	$150/day
Elections and appointments
Last election	November 6, 2012
First elected	2008
Next election	November 4, 2014
Term limits	N/A
Personal
Profession	Attorney
Websites
Office website
Campaign website

Wendy R. Davis has been a Democratic member of the Texas State Senate since 2009.

Davis graduated from Texas Christian University and also graduated with a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

In addition to being a senator, Davis is also an attorney. Prior to her position in the state senate, Davis was on the Fort Worth City Council, where she worked closely with the Texas Legislature.

Issues

Campaign themes

Davis's website highlights the following campaign themes:

Job Creation – Economic Stability

• Excerpt:"Job creation, job retention and stability for local economies are priorities for Senator Wendy Davis."

Education

• Excerpt:"Senator Davis believes providing an excellent public education system is the state’s most-important responsibility."

Easing family budgets

• Excerpt:"Senator Davis continues to lead the charge against predatory lending in Texas, an industry that siphons money from our local economies and keeps many hard-working families trapped in a cycle of debt."

Veterans – Our Nation’s Heroes

• Excerpt:"As a member of the Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs & Military Installations, Senator Davis is a recognized champion on behalf of our nation’s heroes living in Texas."

Truth in Budgeting, Honesty With Taxpayers

• Excerpt:"Last session, Senator Davis fought the diversion of over $5 billion of funds that were collected from taxpayers for a specific purpose, and yet were diverted to the general fund to balance the budget, a diversion that betrayed Texas taxpayers’ expectations that money collected for a specific purpose should be used for that purpose."

Committee assignments

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Davis served on the following committees:

Texas Committee Assignments, 2013
• Economic Development
• Transportation
• Veteran Affairs & Military Installations

2011-2012

Davis served on the following Texas Senate committees:

Texas Committee Assignments, 2011
• International Relations and Trade, Vice-chair
• Education
• Transportation & Homeland Security
• Veteran Affairs & Military Installations

2009-2010

Texas Committee Assignments, 2009
• Education
• International Relations and Trade
• Transportation & Homeland Security
• Veteran Affairs & Military Installations

Elections

2014

See also: Texas elections, 2014

Davis is considered a potential Democratic candidate for statewide office in 2014. Offices reportedly being explored are lt. governor, and U.S. Senate.

2012

See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2012

Davis ran in the 2012 election for Texas State Senate, District 10. Davis ran unopposed in the May 29 primary election and defeated Mark Shelton (R) in the general election which took place on November 6, 2012.

Senate District 10 drew Republican interest in 2012, prompting large contributions to both candidates in District 10. In the last six months of 2011, Davis reported raising $569,162 in donations while her opponent, District 91 Republican incumbent Mark Shelton, raised $273,518.

Texas State Senate, District 10, General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Wendy Davis Incumbent	51.1%	147,103
	Republican	Mark Shelton	48.9%	140,656
Total Votes				287,759

2008

On Nov. 4, 2008, Davis won election to the 10th District Seat in the Texas State Senate, defeating opponents Kim Brimer and Richard Cross.

Davis raised $2,185,654 for her campaign while Brimer raised $1,891,603 and Cross raised $0.

Texas State Senate, District 10 (2008)
Candidates		Votes	Percent
Wendy Davis (D)		147,832	49.91%
Kim Brimer (R)		140,737	47.52%
Richard Cross (L)		7,591	2.56%

Campaign donors

2012

Campaign donor information is not yet available for this year.

2008

In 2008, a year in which Davis was up for election, she collected $2,185,654 in donations.

Her four largest contributors in 2008 were:

Donor	Amount
Annies List	$148,000
Texas Values in Action Coalition	$93,000
Wendy Davis for city Council	$55,066
John Mostyn	$54,257

Scorecards

Empower Texans Fiscal Responsibility Index

Empower Texans produces the Fiscal Responsibility Index as "a measurement of how lawmakers perform on size and role of government issues." The index uses "exemplar votes on core budget and free enterprise issues that demonstrate legislators' governing philosophy." Legislators are graded along a standard grading scale, receiving grades A through F based on their performance during the legislative session.

2011

Wendy Davis received a grade of F on the 2011 Fiscal Responsibility Index.

External links

Suggest a link

• Wendy Davis Personal Website
• Official website of Wendy Davis
• Biography from Project Vote Smart
• Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
• Campaign contributions: 2012, 2008

References

Political offices
Preceded by Kim Brimer	Texas Senate District 10 2009-present	Succeeded by NA

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