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Warren Davidson
Candidate, U.S. House Ohio District 8
U.S. House Ohio District 8
Tenure
2016 - Present
Term ends
2027
Years in position
9
Predecessor: John A. Boehner (R)
Compensation
Base salary
$174,000
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 5, 2024
Next election
May 5, 2026
Education
Bachelor's
West Point
Graduate
Notre Dame
Military
Service / branch
U.S. Army
Years of service
1988 - 2000
Contact

Warren Davidson (Republican Party) is a member of the U.S. House, representing Ohio's 8th Congressional District. He assumed office on June 9, 2016. His current term ends on January 3, 2027.

Davidson (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the U.S. House to represent Ohio's 8th Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the Republican primary scheduled on May 5, 2026.[source]

Biography

Davidson graduated from Sidney High School in Sidney, Ohio. He earned his bachelor's degree from West Point and his master's degree in business administration from Notre Dame. He served in the Old Guard, 75th Ranger Regiment and 101st Airborne Division of the U.S. Army.[1]

Committee assignments

U.S. House

2025-2026

Davidson was assigned to the following committees:[Source]

2023-2024

Davidson was assigned to the following committees:[Source]

2021-2022

Davidson was assigned to the following committees:[Source]

2017-2018

At the beginning of the 115th Congress, Davidson was assigned to the following committees:[2]

Elections

2026

See also: Ohio's 8th Congressional District election, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on May 5, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 8

Madaris Grant (D) is running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 8 on May 5, 2026.


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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 8

Incumbent Warren Davidson (R) is running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 8 on May 5, 2026.

Candidate
Image of Warren Davidson
Warren Davidson

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Endorsements

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2024

See also: Ohio's 8th Congressional District election, 2024

Ohio's 8th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 19 Republican primary)

Ohio's 8th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 19 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Ohio District 8

Incumbent Warren Davidson defeated Vanessa Enoch in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 8 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Warren Davidson
Warren Davidson (R)
 
62.8
 
237,503
Image of Vanessa Enoch
Vanessa Enoch (D) Candidate Connection
 
37.2
 
140,625

Total votes: 378,128
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 8

Vanessa Enoch defeated Nathaniel Hawkins and David Gelb in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 8 on March 19, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Vanessa Enoch
Vanessa Enoch Candidate Connection
 
72.0
 
15,650
Image of Nathaniel Hawkins
Nathaniel Hawkins Candidate Connection
 
17.0
 
3,689
Image of David Gelb
David Gelb Candidate Connection
 
11.1
 
2,407

Total votes: 21,746
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 8

Incumbent Warren Davidson defeated Kay Rogers in the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 8 on March 19, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Warren Davidson
Warren Davidson
 
80.0
 
59,712
Image of Kay Rogers
Kay Rogers Candidate Connection
 
20.0
 
14,933

Total votes: 74,645
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Endorsements

Davidson received the following endorsements.

Pledges

Davidson signed the following pledges.

  • Taxpayer Protection Pledge, Americans for Tax Reform
  • U.S. Term Limits

2022

See also: Ohio's 8th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Ohio District 8

Incumbent Warren Davidson defeated Vanessa Enoch in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 8 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Warren Davidson
Warren Davidson (R)
 
64.6
 
180,287
Image of Vanessa Enoch
Vanessa Enoch (D)
 
35.4
 
98,629

Total votes: 278,916
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 8

Vanessa Enoch advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 8 on May 3, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Vanessa Enoch
Vanessa Enoch
 
100.0
 
18,290

Total votes: 18,290
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 8

Incumbent Warren Davidson defeated Phil Heimlich in the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 8 on May 3, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Warren Davidson
Warren Davidson
 
72.4
 
50,372
Image of Phil Heimlich
Phil Heimlich
 
27.6
 
19,230

Total votes: 69,602
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2020

See also: Ohio's 8th Congressional District election, 2020

Ohio's 8th Congressional District election, 2020 (April 28 Democratic primary)

Ohio's 8th Congressional District election, 2020 (April 28 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Ohio District 8

Incumbent Warren Davidson defeated Vanessa Enoch and Isaac Reed in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 8 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Warren Davidson
Warren Davidson (R)
 
69.0
 
246,277
Image of Vanessa Enoch
Vanessa Enoch (D) Candidate Connection
 
31.0
 
110,766
Image of Isaac Reed
Isaac Reed (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
114

Total votes: 357,157
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 8

Vanessa Enoch defeated Matthew Guyette in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 8 on April 28, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Vanessa Enoch
Vanessa Enoch Candidate Connection
 
79.5
 
24,297
Image of Matthew Guyette
Matthew Guyette Candidate Connection
 
20.5
 
6,269

Total votes: 30,566
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 8

Incumbent Warren Davidson defeated Edward Meer in the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 8 on April 28, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Warren Davidson
Warren Davidson
 
91.3
 
53,542
Image of Edward Meer
Edward Meer Candidate Connection
 
8.7
 
5,125

Total votes: 58,667
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2018

See also: Ohio's 8th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Ohio District 8

Incumbent Warren Davidson defeated Vanessa Enoch in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 8 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Warren Davidson
Warren Davidson (R)
 
66.6
 
173,852
Image of Vanessa Enoch
Vanessa Enoch (D)
 
33.4
 
87,281

Total votes: 261,133
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 8

Vanessa Enoch defeated Ted Jones, Matthew Guyette, and Bill Ebben in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 8 on May 8, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Vanessa Enoch
Vanessa Enoch
 
57.9
 
11,587
Image of Ted Jones
Ted Jones
 
16.3
 
3,258
Image of Matthew Guyette
Matthew Guyette
 
13.6
 
2,728
Bill Ebben
 
12.2
 
2,437

Total votes: 20,010
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 8

Incumbent Warren Davidson advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 8 on May 8, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Warren Davidson
Warren Davidson
 
100.0
 
52,351

Total votes: 52,351
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2016

General election

See also: Ohio's 8th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Warren Davidson (R) defeated Steve Fought (D) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Corey Foister ran unopposed in the Democratic primary but withdrew from the race in July. Fought won a special primary on September 13, 2016, to replace Foister on the ballot. Davidson defeated 14 other challengers to win the Republican primary on March 15, 2016.[3][4]

U.S. House, Ohio District 8 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngWarren Davidson Incumbent 68.8% 223,833
     Democratic Steve Fought 27% 87,794
     Green Derrick Hendricks 4.3% 13,879
Total Votes 325,506
Source: Ohio Secretary of State


U.S. House, Ohio District 8 Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngWarren Davidson 32.2% 42,701
Timothy Derickson 23.9% 31,685
Bill Beagle 19.6% 26,049
Jim Spurlino 7.2% 9,602
J.D. Winteregg 4.1% 5,375
Scott George 2.3% 3,094
Terri King 2.2% 2,970
Kevin F. White 1.8% 2,384
Michael Smith 1.5% 2,009
Matthew Ashworth 1.2% 1,637
John Robbins 1.2% 1,579
Eric Haemmerle 1% 1,386
George Wooley 0.8% 1,045
Edward Meer 0.5% 633
Joseph Matvey 0.4% 548
Total Votes 132,697
Source: Ohio Secretary of State

Special election

See also: Ohio's 8th Congressional District special election, 2016

Warren Davidson (R) won election in a special election to serve the remainder of former United States Speaker of the House John Boehner’s (R) term of office. Boehner resigned from the U.S. House on October 31, 2015. Davidson defeated Corey Foister (D) and James Condit, Jr. (Green) in the special general election on June 7, 2016.[5] Both Foister and Condit were unopposed in their respective primaries. Davidson defeated 14 other challengers to win the Republican primary on March 15, 2016, for the special election. The special election was held on June 7, 2016.[3]

U.S. House, Ohio District 8 Special General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngWarren Davidson 76.8% 21,618
     Democratic Corey Foister 21.1% 5,937
     Green James Condit 2.2% 607
Total Votes 28,162
Source: Ohio Secretary of State


U.S. House, Ohio District 8 (special) Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngWarren Davidson 32.5% 43,602
Timothy Derickson 24.3% 32,578
Bill Beagle 19.7% 26,424
Jim Spurlino 6.9% 9,253
J.D. Winteregg 4% 5,316
Scott George 2.3% 3,069
Terri King 2.1% 2,879
Kevin F. White 1.7% 2,314
Michael Smith 1.5% 1,995
Matthew Ashworth 1.1% 1,490
John Robbins 1.2% 1,560
Eric Haemmerle 1% 1,345
George Wooley 0.8% 1,008
Edward Meer 0.5% 609
Joseph Matvey 0.4% 566
Total Votes 134,008
Source: Ohio Secretary of State

Campaign themes

2026

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2024

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2022

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2020

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2016

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

  • Representing the District: Our founders envisioned servant, citizen-leaders stepping forward from among us to be our voice in Congress. Warren Davidson grew up in Ohio and moved back after twelve years on active duty. He chose to raise his family and grow his businesses here in Ohio’s 8th District. In Congress, Warren will help ensure that our government functions properly, insist the needs of the 8th District are met, and demand our values shape federal policy. Warren will fight for you!
  • National Security: Warren Davidson loves this country with a soldier’s passion. He has a proven willingness to sacrifice everything in our defense. While serving as an Army Ranger, Warren was exasperated when the Clinton administration responded to radical Islamic terrorism with the FBI, rather than with lethal force from elite units. September 11, 2001 showed that we cannot allow sanctuaries for jihadists. We can and must destroy them without spending another $4 trillion dollars occupying and rebuilding more of the Middle East.
  • Healthcare: Warren Davidson is serious about fixing healthcare. Repeal and replace is a pretty slogan, but replace with what? Ending Obamacare is long past due, but so are solutions. Warren will hold Congress’ feet to the fire by insisting that they have the same healthcare as the Veterans Administration (VA). The federal government can’t manage healthcare for 3 million veterans, and they want to inflict their solution on 300 million citizens.
  • Taxes & Spending: Reagan said it well, “You can’t be for big government, big taxes, and big bureaucracy and still be for the little guy.” There is no way to tax the economy into good health. Warren Davidson will work aggressively for a simpler, flatter tax code. And, he will work to spend less on fewer and more focused programs.
  • Immigration: America is indeed the land of opportunity, and Warren wants to help restore the meaning of the phrase. However, immigration is a vital national security issue. Warren will apply his military leadership experience to help secure our borders, ensure we have an invulnerable immigration process, and end the perverse incentives that continue making the problems worse. We need to end birthright citizenship, cut federal funds to sanctuary cities and states, and limit access to the rights of citizenship to citizens and legal guests.

[6]

—Warren Davidson's campaign website, https://www.davidsonforcongress.com/issues/

Campaign finance summary


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Warren Davidson campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2026* U.S. House Ohio District 8Candidacy Declared primary$307,490 $269,823
2024* U.S. House Ohio District 8Won general$1,152,789 $1,095,556
2022U.S. House Ohio District 8Won general$976,170 $1,043,417
2020U.S. House Ohio District 8Won general$1,029,942 $854,735
2018U.S. House Ohio District 8Won general$780,309 $661,174
2016U.S. House, Ohio District 8Won $968,339 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Notable endorsements

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This section displays endorsements this individual made in elections within Ballotpedia's coverage scope.

Notable candidate endorsements by Warren Davidson
EndorseeElectionStageOutcome
Donald Trump  source  (Conservative Party, R) President of the United States (2024) PrimaryWon General
Barry Moore  source  (R) U.S. House Alabama District 1 (2024) PrimaryWon General
John McGuire  source  (R) U.S. House Virginia District 5 (2024) PrimaryWon General
Bernie Moreno  source  (R) U.S. Senate Ohio (2024) PrimaryWon General
Scott Parkinson  source  (R) U.S. Senate Virginia (2024) PrimaryLost Primary
Frank LaRose  source  (R) Ohio Secretary of State (2022) PrimaryWon General
Harriet Hageman  source  (R) U.S. House Wyoming At-large District (2022) PrimaryWon General
Notable ballot measure endorsements by Warren Davidson
MeasurePositionOutcome
Ohio Issue 1, Right to Make Reproductive Decisions Including Abortion Initiative (2023)  source OpposeApproved

Personal finance disclosures

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117th Congress (2021-2023)

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116th Congress (2019-2021)

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115th Congress (2017-2019)

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114th Congress (2015-2017)

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Noteworthy events

Electoral vote certification on January 6-7, 2021

See also: Counting of electoral votes (January 6-7, 2021)

Congress convened a joint session on January 6-7, 2021, to count electoral votes by state and confirm the results of the 2020 presidential election. Davidson voted against certifying the electoral votes from Arizona and Pennsylvania. The House rejected both objections by a vote of 121-303 for Arizona and 138-282 for Pennsylvania.

House Freedom Caucus

Davidson was listed as a member of the House Freedom Caucus according to reports by CNN and Roll Call released in March 2017. The House Freedom Caucus does not have an official membership list. Caucus membership was estimated to be roughly 29 members in March 2017.[7][8]

Ballot measure activity

The following table details Davidson's ballot measure stances available on Ballotpedia:

Ballot measure support and opposition for Warren Davidson
Ballot measure Year Position Status
Ohio Issue 1, Right to Make Reproductive Decisions Including Abortion Initiative (2023) 2023 Opposed[9] Approveda Approved

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
John A. Boehner (R)
U.S. House Ohio District 8
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