Artur Davis
Bio | Artur Davis is an American politician and lawyer. He previously served as a U.S. Representative for Alabama’s 7th congressional district. |
Status and Position | Former US House of Representatives of Alabama |
Political Party and Jurisdiction | Democrat, Alabama |
Elections | Election Jurisdiction | Started Campaign | Campaign Status | Poll Rankings (of the vote) |
| none |
Campaign Financing | Raised $1.7 million dollars in 2008. |
Voting Rights | Davis supported Alabama's voter ID law, which will affect many African American's right to vote. |
Opinions on Issues
Issues | Stance | Summary |
| Universal Healthcare | Against | Davis indicated that a healthcare mandate on private businesses will hurt private businesses and middle class Americans. Davis does not support a healthcare mandate on private businesses. Unless there payroll is below a certain amount, because it will give private businesses an incentive to keep there payroll low or an incentive to keep the workforce low. Source: https://oanow.com/news/health-care-bill-a-no-for-artur-davis/article_9181a9c5-8d53-5f2f-8a2a-393c26b29322.html |
| Socialized Healthcare | Against | Davis indicated that Congress should focus on helping businesses and individuals afford the cost of insurance, therefore, he is opposed to a federal healthcare mandate. Source: https://www.al.com/breaking/2010/01/artur_davis_says_health_care_r.html |
| Private Healthcare | For | Davis indicates that he is against a federal healthcare mandate, therefore, he supports private healthcare. Source: https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2012/08/28/artur-davis-says-the-health-care-law-requires-people-to-buy-insurance-whether-they-can-afford-it-or-not/ |
| LGBT Rights | Against | Davis supported a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. Davis suggests that gay rights are not similar to the rights of African Americans. Therefore, African Americans do not consider them civil rights, because the injustice done to African Americans like the exclusion of the right to vote is not something that the LGBT community went through. Source: https://dailycaller.com/2012/07/15/artur-davis-most-blacks-dont-equate-gay-rights-with-civil-rights-video/ |
| Taxes | Against | Davis supports tax cuts for businesses and individuals. Davis supported tax cuts on private businesses. He voted on bills that would eleminate the marriage penalty and on tax releif and simplification. Source: https://www.al.com/sweethome/2009/01/artur_davis_endorses_obama_tax.html |
| Flat Tax Rate | Against | Davis opposes the flat tax rate, because it would burden middle income Americans. Source: https://www.thebalance.com/flat-tax-pros-cons-examples-compared-to-fair-tax-3306329 Davis supported tax cuts on private businesses. He voted on bills that would eleminate the marriage penalty and on tax releif and simplification. Source: https://www.al.com/sweethome/2009/01/artur_davis_endorses_obama_tax.html |
| Abortion | Against | In 2003, Davis voted yes on a bill that would ban partial birth procedure. Davis suggests that abortion should be permitted only if the life of the woman is in danger. Source: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2012/08/three-maps-that-explain-the-artur-davis-switch.html |
| Gun Control | Against | Davis voted yes on a bill that would prohibit suing gun mafacturers for product misuse. The bill on prohibiting lawsuits against gun manufacturers for product misuse prohibits civil liability lawsuits. Except individuals who sell firemarms, while knowing it is going to be used for a violent crime. Source: http://www.pointoflaw.com/archives/2009/08/lawyers-guns-an.php |
| Assisted Suicide | Unknown | The stance is unkown. The bill on prohibiting lawsuits against gun manufacturers for product misuse prohibits civil liability lawsuits. Except individuals who sell firemarms, while knowing it is going to be used for a violent crime. Source: http://www.pointoflaw.com/archives/2009/08/lawyers-guns-an.php |
| Government Interference | Against | Davis is a Republican and favors less government intervention. Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/artur-davis-who-backed-obama-in-2008-to-speak-at-gop-convention/2012/08/16/0bb097f6-e759-11e1-8487-64e4b2a79ba8_story.html |
| Planned Parenthood | Unknown | Davis' stance on planned parenthood is unkown. |
| Welfare | Against | Davis is opposed to the concept of the government giving welfare. Davis argues that the Democratic party is focused on inequality. He suggests that the focus in Congress should be on what can you do for the government not on what can the governent give you. Source: https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-xpm-2012-aug-28-la-pn-artur-davis-obama-romney-20120828-story.html |
| Welfare | For | Davis cosponsored a bill that received support from President Bush. The bill would provide $79 million dollars in federal money to increase the amount of umbilical cord blood for research and treatment and establish a national databse for patients looking for matches. Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/heated-debate-stem-cell-bill-opens-flna1c9442717 |
| Death Penalty | Unknown | Davis' stance on the death penalty is unkown. |
| Mandatory Prison Sentence | For | As a member in the judiciary committee. Davis passed a bill that will toughen sentencing on hate crimes. Source: https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/12579 |
| Military Spending | Unknown | Davis' stance on military spending is unkown. |
| War on Terrorism | Unknown | Davis has no known stance on the war on terrorism. |
| Foreign Policy International Interaction | Against | Davis called for trade protection. Particularly the steel industry. Davis called for tarrifs on steel exports, so that the United States will be more competitve with China. Source: https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/12579 |
| United Nations power | Unknown | Davis' stance on United Nations Powers is unkown. |
| Nationalism | For | Davis was a democrat, but he then identified himself with the Republican party. Source: https://news.yahoo.com/media-one-less-diassatisfied-dem-artur-davis-switches-174522316.html |
| Free Markets | For | Davis is against an agenda that would punish businesses with more taxes. Davis supports less government regulation on businesses. For example, he opposed increasing taxes on private businesse and called for instituting tarrifs on American steel exports to compete with China. Source: https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/12579 |
| Brexit | Unknown | Davis did not provide any remarks on Brexit |
| Affirmative Action | For | The NAACP rated Davis as 92% pro affirmitive action and he recognized Junteenth as the historical end of slavery. Source: http://www.issues2000.org/House/Artur_Davis_Civil_Rights.htm |
| Government Spending | For | Davis argued for less government intervention in terms of increasing taxes on privat businesses and on middle income Americans. Source: https://www.al.com/sweethome/2009/01/artur_davis_endorses_obama_tax.html |
| Charter Schools | For | Davis supports defunding public schools. Source: https://washingtonmonthly.com/2012/07/12/artur-davis-would-rather-switch-than-fight/ |
| Common Core | Unknown | Davis did not make any remarks on common core. |
| Clean Energy | Against | Davis voted against The American Clean Energy and Security Act. The American Energy and Security Act conflicts with the desires of coal and corn state legislatures. Source: https://www.theroot.com/debate-on-americas-energy-future-splits-obama-and-artur-1790882696 |
| Religious Freedom | Unknown | Davis' stance on religious freedom is not clear. |
| Separation of Church and State | Unknown | Davis has no clear stance on the seperation of church and state. |
| Slavery Reparations | Unknown | Davis' stance on slavery reparations is unkown. |
| Border Control | Nuance | Davis' stance on immigration is not clear. Davis supported local enofrcement of immigration laws, but voted once against increasing funding on border security. Source: https://www.colorlines.com/articles/how-artur-davis-voted-while-vying-be-alas-1st-black-gov |
| Passenger Profiling | Unknown | Davis did not indicate his views on passenger profilling. |
| DACA | Unknown | Davis' stance on DACA is unkown. |
| Sanctuary Cities | Unknown | Davis' stance on sanctuary cities is unkown. |
| Legalizing Marijuana | Against | Davis opposed legalizing marijuna during his campaign. Source: https://www.wvasfm.org/post/artur-davis-web-survey-seeks-ideas |