Overview
- NBC Chicago sources report Davis will use Thursday’s conference to retire and back State Rep. LaShawn Ford as his successor
- His office has confirmed the news conference on Chicago’s West Side without detailing the contents of his announcement
- Davis has represented Illinois’s 7th District since 1997 and is serving his 15th term in the U.S. House
- Throughout his nearly three decades in Congress he has championed voting rights, affordable healthcare and housing, and criminal justice reform
- In the 2024 Democratic primary he defeated challengers Kina Collins and Melissa Conyears-Ervin by comfortable margins, underscoring his enduring local support