Former member of Congress · last served 110th Congress
Jo Ann Davis
Jo Ann Davis was a Republican U.S. representative from Virginia, first elected to Congress in 2001, who sponsored 7 bills that became law (107th–110th Congress).
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
Recent votes
No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.
5 most recent bills
- H.Con.Res. 222 Commending NASA Langley Research Center in Virginia on the celebration of its 90th anniversary on October 26 and 27, 2007.Oct 19, 2007 · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- H.Res. 16 Recognizing Virginia's James River as "America's Founding River".Jul 30, 2007 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- H.R. 105 Northern Neck National Heritage Area Study ActJul 12, 2007 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- H.R. 112 G.I. Advanced Education in Science and Technology ActJun 21, 2007 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- H.R. 2565 Working Waterfront Preservation Act of 2007Jun 11, 2007 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1914 (108th) Jamestown 400th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act of 2004Became law
- H.R. 1749 (107th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 685 Turnberry Road in Newport News, Virginia, as the "Herbert H. Bateman Post Office…Became law
- H.R. 3449 (107th) To revise the boundaries of the George Washington Birthplace National Monument, and for other purposes.Became law
- H.R. 2751 (108th) GAO Human Capital Reform Act of 2004Became law
- H.R. 5466 (109th) Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail Designation ActBecame law
- H.R. 4326 (109th) To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to enter into a contract for the nuclear refueling and complex overhaul of the U.S.S. Carl Vinson (CVN-70).Became law
- H.R. 978 (108th) To amend chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that certain Federal annuity computations are adjusted by 1 percentage point relating to…Became law
- H.Con.Res. 117 (110th) Commemorating the 400th Anniversary of the settlement of Jamestown.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Davis has won
Rep. Davis has won 4 U.S. House elections (2000–2006). Of the contested races, margins ran from 20.5 to 58.5 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
How has Virginia’s 1st district done while Rep. Davis served?
2005 to 2006 in VA-1: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was about the same.
Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Virginia’s 1st district during Davis’s time representing it (2001 to 2007). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
One set of district lines. VA-1 was redrawn in 2012, 2016 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Davis’s term so far (2005 and 2006) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
110th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 30 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 30 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 0 | None listed |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 110th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.