Representative Ted Davis

Ted Davis Jr. is a member of the Republican Party and represents District 20 in the North Carolina House of Representatives. He assumed office on January 1, 2021, and his current term ends on January 1, 2025. He is running for re-election to the North Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 20 and is on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Ted Davis Jr. graduated from New Hanover High School, UNC-CH with a degree in Political Science, and Wake Forest University Law School with a JD degree. He served as an Assistant New Hanover County Attorney, Assistant State District Attorney, and Assistant United States Attorney before establishing his solo law practice in 1984. He retired from the practice of law in July of 2016.

He was elected to the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners in 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008. He served as Chairman in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2008, and 2011. He was appointed by former Governor Beverly Purdue to the House of Representatives, District 19, during September of 2012; elected during November of 2012; re-elected in 2014; re-elected in 2016; and re-elected in 2018. He was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives, District 20, during November of 2020; and re-elected in 2022.

As of the 2020 Census, North Carolina state representatives represented an average of 87,116 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 79,715 residents. Members of the North Carolina House of Representatives serve two-year terms and are not subject to term limits. North Carolina legislators assume office on January 1 the year after their election.

Ted Davis Jr.’s professional experience includes working as an attorney. He has been assigned to various committees throughout his tenure, including Appropriations Committee, Vice Chair House Appropriations on Justice and Public Safety Committee, Chair Education - Universities Committee Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform Environment Committee, Vice Chair Ethics Committee Judiciary I Committee, Chair Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Committee UNC BOG Nominations Committee, Vice Chair Disaster Recovery and Homeland Security.