Jamie Davis

Davis was born in Houston, Texas, and, according to his Ballotpedia survey, returned to the Louisiana Delta as a child and attended public schools; Ballotpedia lists Waterproof High School as his high school.[1] He enrolled at Louisiana State University to study electrical engineering, according to his survey response.[1] He then returned home to work at Davis Farms, which his father founded in 1977 and which he now owns and operates; he describes it as a more-than-2,000-acre farm producing sorghum, corn, soybeans and cotton, on land that includes acreage once worked by his grandfather as a sharecropper.[1]

Davis was elected Police Juror for District 7 in Tensas Parish in 2015, serving four years and holding the role of vice president of the Police Jury.[1] In 2023 he ran for State Representative in District 21, and he currently serves on the Louisiana Democratic State Central Committee.[1] He won the June 27, 2026 Democratic primary runoff for U.S. Senate over Gary Crockett, 79.9% to 20.1%.[1] He lives in Ferriday with his wife, Brenda, and near his children and grandchildren.[1] According to his Ballotpedia survey, he ran to lower the cost of living, expand access to affordable healthcare, and support public education.[1] He received 49.1% of the vote to Julia Letlow's 50.9%, according to unofficial results reported by NBC News.[2]