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D'Nese Davis

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Last election

June 12, 2018

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D'Nese Davis was a 2018 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 1st Congressional District of Nevada.[1] Davis did not appear on the candidate list following the March 16 filing deadline.[2]

Davis was a 2016 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. Senate from Nevada. Davis was defeated by Joe Heck in the Republican primary.[3]

Elections

2018

See also: Nevada's 1st Congressional District election, 2018

The filing deadline was on March 16, 2018, and the primary election took place on June 12, 2018.



2016

See also: United States Senate election in Nevada, 2016

The race for Nevada's open U.S. Senate seat was one of Ballotpedia's nine competitive battleground races in 2016. Former Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto (D) defeated U.S. Rep. Joe Heck (R), a doctor and brigadier general in the Army Reserve who served in Iraq, and four third-party candidates in the general election to win retiring Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid’s (D) seat. Her victory on November 8, 2016, made her the first-ever Latina elected to the United States Senate.[4][5][6]

Reid’s seat was the Republican Party’s only chance to pick up a Senate seat this cycle. Cortez Masto’s biggest ally was Reid, who used his get out the vote resources to make sure his seat stayed under Democratic control. Reid and outside groups heavily influenced the race and were partially responsible for the negative tone and numerous attack ads. According to USA Today, “The race was anything but cordial. Outside money flooded the state bringing the total spending to nearly $100 million. All that cash washed away nearly any real policy discussion, as attacks flew claiming Cortez Masto was incompetent and corrupt while Heck was a stooge for the billionaire Koch Brothers.”[7]

In her victory speech, Cortez Masto commented on her status as the first Latina elected to the Senate, saying, "It's not just about making history. Don't you think it is about time that we had diversity in the U.S. Senate? Don't you think it's about time that our government mirrors the people we serve every day?"[8]

U.S. Senate, Nevada General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngCatherine Cortez Masto 47.1% 521,994
     Republican Joe Heck 44.7% 495,079
     N/A None of these candidates 3.8% 42,257
     Independent American Tom Jones 1.5% 17,128
     Independent Thomas Sawyer 1.3% 14,208
     Independent Tony Gumina 1% 10,740
     Independent Jarrod Williams 0.6% 6,888
Total Votes 1,108,294
Source: Nevada Secretary of State


U.S. Senate, Nevada Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngJoe Heck 64.9% 74,524
Sharron Angle 22.8% 26,146
None of these candidates 3.4% 3,903
Tom Heck 3.1% 3,567
Eddie Hamilton 1.8% 2,057
D'Nese Davis 1.7% 1,938
Bill Tarbell 1% 1,179
Robert Leeds 0.6% 662
Juston Preble 0.5% 582
Carlo Poliak 0.2% 279
Total Votes 114,837
Source: Nevada Secretary of State
U.S. Senate, Nevada Democratic Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngCatherine Cortez Masto 80.6% 81,971
Allen Rheinhart 5.6% 5,650
None of these candidates 5.4% 5,501
Liddo O'Briant 4.8% 4,842
Bobby Mahendra 3.7% 3,764
Total Votes 101,728
Source: Nevada Secretary of State

Campaign themes

2016

The following issues were listed on Davis' campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

  • Our Constitution: First, and foremost, the United States of America is a Constitutional Republic! Our Constitution is the supreme law of the land . . . Follow it!
  • In regards to Obamacare: Congress passed this healthcare act without having read the bill and then exempted themselves from following this new law. Members of Congress are subject to the same laws as all Americans, with one exception. Article 1, Section 6 of the Constitution.
  • Federal government overreach, and unlawful land grabs: Article I, section 8, clause 17 of the U.S. Constitution gives the feds control of 10 square miles of Washington DC. It further states that land within the boundaries of a state may only be acquired if they first have the consent of the state legislature. The federal government is limited in it’s acquisition of land to four purposes, military forts, arsenals, dock-yards, and other needful buildings. Nowhere in the constitution does it grant the federal government the power to “own” millions of acres. The so called “public lands” that they currently control must be returned to the states.
  • Term Limits for members of Congress: Congress passed a term limit law, for the President, in 1947 (the 22nd amendment). It was ratified by the requisite 36 of the then-48 states on February 27, 1951. If 8 years is sufficient enough for a president, it should be sufficient enough for all members of congress. Our founding fathers did not intend for the leaders of our country to remain in elected office for long periods of time.
  • End Common Core: Common Core . . . end it! The education of our children should not be left in the hands of the incompetent, federal government. Common Core is not about education, but more of an indoctrination.

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—D'Nese Davis' campaign website, http://www.dnesedavis.com/positions/#1454103568566-d97f6a80-fed6

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