While in college, Davis was hired as a legislative intern by the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives. In a February 2011 article on
Black History Month, the
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review highlighted him as "a veteran at the politics of helping others." Davis previously served as executive assistant to
Allegheny County executive
Rich Fitzgerald. In 2014, Davis became the youngest and the first black vice chair at the Allegheny County Democratic Committee.
Pennsylvania House of Representatives Davis ran for the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives in the 35th district in a 2018 special election. Davis defeated
Republican candidate Fawn Walker-Montgomery with over 73% of the vote and became the first African American to serve as State Representative for the district.
Committee assignments (2021–2022) • Appropriations • Consumer Affairs Pennsylvania law requires that a lieutenant gubernatorial candidate must run independent of the gubernatorial candidate in the primary. On November 8, 2022, Shapiro and Davis handily defeated the
Republican ticket of
Doug Mastriano and
Carrie DelRosso in the general election. Davis became the first
African American to be elected lieutenant governor and the first
millennial to win statewide office in Pennsylvania.
Tenure Upon his swearing in at age 33, Davis became the youngest lieutenant governor in Pennsylvania history. He is also the youngest current lieutenant governor in the United States. In 2024, Davis was chosen as the chair of the Democratic Lieutenant Governors Association. == Personal life ==