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Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL) is set to announce his retirement from Congress after serving 15 terms.
Davis, 83, is one of the oldest members of Congress.
He intends to hold a news conference Thursday morning and make an endorsement in the mid-term elections.
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Davis is expected to endorse state Rep. La Shawn Ford.
West Side U.S. Rep. Danny Davis makes it official: he won’t seek reelection after nearly three decades in Congress. He’s endorsing state Rep. La Shawn Ford to succeed him. More from @TinaSfon — @Suntimes https://t.co/MpBvczQOZL pic.twitter.com/DNHwbLybxb
— Mitchell Armentrout (@mitchtrout) July 31, 2025
More from the Chicago Sun-Times:
With Davis’s exodus, there are now four open congressional seats in Illinois — a shuffle that began when Sen. Dick Durbin announced he wouldn’t be seeking another term and after longtime U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, who represents the 9th Congressional District, announced her retirement.
U.S. Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi, who represents the 8th Congressional District, and Robin Kelly, who represents the 2nd Congressional District, join Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton in vying for Durbin’s seat.
Davis has represented the 7th Congressional District since 1996. The district encompasses Chicago’s West Side, and stretches from west suburban Hillside into the Loop and down to the South Side.
Born in Arkansas, Davis moved to Chicago in 1961 and worked as a teacher. He became executive director of the Greater Lawndale Conservation Commission and was elected alderperson of the 29th Ward in 1979, which he served for 11 years. He was elected to the Cook County Board of Commissioners in 1990 and served eight years.
Davis ran unsuccessfully in the primary for the 7th Congressional District in 1984 and 1986. He has run for Chicago mayor three times — in the 1989 special election to replace the late Mayor Harold Washington, which he later withdrew from; in 1991, which he lost to Mayor Richard M. Daley in the primary; and in 2011, after Daley retired. Davis withdrew and ultimately endorsed former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun in the race that Rahm Emanuel ultimately won.
Davis currently serves on the Committee on Ways and Means and is chairman of the Worker and Family Support Subcommittee. He is known for his work on civil rights, voting rights, women’s rights, health care and criminal justice reform, among other key issues.
The race to replace Davis is expected to be highly competitive, with several individuals already declaring their candidacy.
IL CD-7. Fifteen-term Congressman Danny K Davis (D), 83, will announce his retirement today. A crowded field is already running for what had been his long anticipated open seat.
— Politics1.com (@Politics1com) July 31, 2025
POLITICO explained:
State Rep. La Shawn Ford has already announced he’s running and is expected to get an endorsement from Davis.
Others who have announced they’re running include former County Commissioner Richard Boykin, businessperson Jason Friedman and Marine Corps officer turned comedian John McCombs. Walter Burnett Jr., who until recently was a Chicago alderman, and state Rep. Kam Buckner are among many other potential candidates expected to enter the race.
Davis’ announcement adds to an already unusually turbulent 2026 congressional landscape in Illinois. Four of the state’s 17 House districts are poised to be open seats, with two Democratic incumbents — Reps. Robin Kelly and Raja Krishnamoorthi — running for the Senate seat being vacated by Dick Durbin.
Davis serves on the House Ways and Means Committee and has served in leadership roles in the Congressional Black Caucus. Before he was elected to Congress, he served as a Chicago alderman and a Cook County commissioner.