Tom Davis (South Carolina politician)

Tom Davis
Member of the South Carolina Senate
from the 46th district
Assumed office
January 14, 2009
Preceded by Catherine C. Ceips
Personal details
Born (1960-05-31) May 31, 1960
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Political party South Carolina Republican Party
Spouse(s) Reid Davis
Profession Attorney

Thomas C. Davis (born May 31, 1960) is a Republican member of the South Carolina Senate since January 14, 2009. His district (the 46th) includes part of Beaufort County.[1]

Education and law career

Davis graduated magna cum laude in 1982 from Furman University, where he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. He was a member of the Order of the Coif with highest honors at the University of Maryland School of Law, whence he graduated in 1985.[2][3]

He has worked at the Harvey & Battey law firm in Beaufort, South Carolina since 1985 and is the managing partner of its Real Estate Department.[3]

Political activity

Davis has been involved in local and state government for many years.[1]

Local government

Davis' activities in the Beaufort area have included service on a four-county council of governments,[4] the county planning board, the Historic Beaufort Foundation, and the local water & sewer authority.[1][2]

State of South Carolina

Executive

Davis served as Chief of Staff to Governor Mark Sanford and as co-campaign-manager in both of Sanford's elections to the office of Governor.[2] He led the initiative by Sanford’s office to pass South Carolina’s charter school reform bill in the legislature. He has also been a member of the South Carolina State Ports Authority board and successfully led South Carolina's negotiations to build a deep water port with Georgia on his state's side of the Savannah River in Jasper County.[1]

Legislative

In the June 10, 2008 Republican primary election for the District 46 Senate seat, Davis defeated the incumbent senator Catherine Ceips, 56% to 44%,[5] then went on to defeat Democrat Kent Fletcher in the general election November 4, 2008, winning 65% of the vote.[6] Davis is currently assigned to the Agriculture and Natural Resources, Banking and Insurance, Education, Judiciary, and Rules Committees of the Senate.[2]

National politics

In January 2012, Davis endorsed U.S. Rep. Ron Paul for the Republican nomination for U.S. President.[7]

Davis was elected as a South Carolina Republican delegate to the 2012 Republican National Convention.[8]

Possible 2014 Senate Candidacy

It had been widely speculated that Davis would challenge incumbent Republican Senator Lindsey Graham in 2014 for the Republican Senate nomination, based on his own numerous statements.[9] Two Super PAC organizations also indicated that they would support Graham's challenger: the Club for Growth and the Liberty For All PAC.[10][11]

Personal life

Davis has three daughters with his wife Reid, whom he married in 1985.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Tom Davis. "Tom’s Bio". senatortomdavis.com. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Senator Tom Davis". South Carolina Senate. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Thomas C. Davis". Harvey & Battey, PA. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Home page of Low County Council of Governments". Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  5. ↑ Jeremy Hsieh. "Davis ousts Ceips in state Senate race". Retrieved January 17, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Tom Davis". ballotpedia.org. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Tom Davis To Endorse Ron Paul". fitsnews. January 15, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Our National Delegates and Alternates are…". www.charlestongop.org. May 20, 2012. Retrieved August 23. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  9. ↑ http://www.goupstate.com/article/20120826/WIRE/120829748/1001/sports02?Title=SC-notes-from-the-Republican-National-Convention-
  10. ↑ http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/09/club-names-target-lindsey-graham-136104.html
  11. ↑ http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/power-players-abc-news/brat-pac-super-young-super-pac-spending-millions-105716002.html

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