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Warren Davidson
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]
- Committee on Financial Services
- Committee on Financial Services
- Committee on Financial Services
- Committee on Financial Services, Chair
- Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Committee on Foreign Affairs
2023-2024
Davidson was assigned to the following committees:[Source]
- Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Indo-Pacific
- Western Hemisphere
- Committee on Financial Services
- Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion, Vice Chairman
- Housing and Insurance, Chairman
2021-2022
Davidson was assigned to the following committees:[Source]
- Committee on Financial Services
- Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship and Capital Markets
- Subcommittee on National Security, International Development and Monetary Policy
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.
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Endorsements
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- President Donald Trump (R)
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 | ||
| ✔ | Warren Davidson (R) | 62.8 | 237,503 | |
Vanessa Enoch (D) ![]() | 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 | ||
| ✔ | Vanessa Enoch ![]() | 72.0 | 15,650 | |
Nathaniel Hawkins ![]() | 17.0 | 3,689 | ||
David Gelb ![]() | 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 | ||
| ✔ | Warren Davidson | 80.0 | 59,712 | |
Kay Rogers ![]() | 20.0 | 14,933 | ||
| Total votes: 74,645 | ||||
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Endorsements
Davidson received the following endorsements.
Pledges
Davidson signed the following pledges.
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 | ||
| ✔ | Warren Davidson (R) | 64.6 | 180,287 | |
| 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 | ||
| ✔ | 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 | ||
| ✔ | Warren Davidson | 72.4 | 50,372 | |
| 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 | ||
| ✔ | Warren Davidson (R) | 69.0 | 246,277 | |
Vanessa Enoch (D) ![]() | 31.0 | 110,766 | ||
| 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 | ||
| ✔ | Vanessa Enoch ![]() | 79.5 | 24,297 | |
Matthew Guyette ![]() | 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 | ||
| ✔ | Warren Davidson | 91.3 | 53,542 | |
Edward Meer ![]() | 8.7 | 5,125 | ||
| Total votes: 58,667 | ||||
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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 | ||
| ✔ | Warren Davidson (R) | 66.6 | 173,852 | |
| 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 | ||
| ✔ | Vanessa Enoch | 57.9 | 11,587 | |
| Ted Jones | 16.3 | 3,258 | ||
| Matthew Guyette | 13.6 | 2,728 | ||
| Bill Ebben | 12.2 | 2,437 | ||
| Total votes: 20,010 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Stephen D. Shaw (D)
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 | ||
| ✔ | Warren Davidson | 100.0 | 52,351 | |
| Total votes: 52,351 | ||||
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2016
General election
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]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 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 | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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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 |
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Special election
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]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 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 | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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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 |
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Campaign themes
2026
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2024
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2022
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2020
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2016
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Campaign finance summary
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Noteworthy events
Electoral vote certification on 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] | |
See also
2026 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted through Ballotpedia's biographical submission form on January 25, 2016
- ↑ U.S. House Clerk, ""Official Alphabetical List of the House of Representatives of the United States One Hundred Fifteenth Congress,"" accessed February 2, 2017
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ohio Secretary of State, "Ohio 2016 March Primary Candidate List," accessed March 11, 2016
- ↑ Cincinnati.com, "Democrats tap Toledo man to run for John Boehner's former seat in Congress," July 28, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, “Congressional Record – Resignation from the House of Representatives,” November 2, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ CNN, "What is the House Freedom Caucus and what does it want?" March 23, 2017
- ↑ Roll Call, "Republican Members Opposed to GOP Health Care Bill," March 22, 2017
- ↑ Twitter, "Warren Davidson," October 27, 2023
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| Preceded by John A. Boehner (R) |
U.S. House Ohio District 8 2016-Present |
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