Former member of Congress · last served 111th Congress
Artur Davis
Artur Davis was a Democratic U.S. representative from Alabama, first elected to Congress in 2003.
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.Res. 1054 Commending and congratulating the University of West Alabama on the occasion of its 175th anniversary.Feb 23, 2010 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
- H.Res. 972 Commending University of Alabama Running Back Mark Ingram on winning the 2009 Heisman Trophy.Feb 23, 2010 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
- H.R. 4345 Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area ActDec 23, 2009 · Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
- H.R. 4340 Main Street Survival ActDec 16, 2009 · Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- H.R. 3623 To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to provide funding for successful claimants following a determination on the merits of Pigford claims…Oct 19, 2009 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Top bills sponsored
- H.Res. 389 (108th) Honoring the young victims of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing, recognizing the historical significance of the tragic event, and commending the…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 1148 (110th) Providing additional amounts for the expenses of the select committee established under House Resolution 611.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1937 (110th) Timber Revitalization and Economic Enhancement (TREE) Act of 2007122 cosponsors
- H.R. 721 (110th) Timber Tax Act of 2007104 cosponsors
- H.R. 1190 (110th) Community Cancer Care Preservation Act of 200789 cosponsors
- H.R. 1677 (111th) Empowerment Zone, Renewal Community and Enterprise Community Enhancement Act of 200958 cosponsors
- H.R. 1229 (110th) Nonmarket Economy Trade Remedy Act of 200757 cosponsors
- H.R. 2578 (110th) Empowerment Zone and Renewal Community Enhancement Act of 200755 cosponsors
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 (2002–2008). Of the contested races, margins ran from 50.0 to 85.2 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 Alabama’s 7th district done while Rep. Davis served?
2005 to 2010 in AL-7: 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 up 3.5 points.
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 Alabama’s 7th district during Davis’s time representing it (2003 to 2011). 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. AL-7 was redrawn in 2012, 2022 and again in 2024 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Davis’s term so far (2005 to 2010) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
111th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 18 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 18 | 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 111th 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.