Lisa Davey

Lisa Davey is the Democratic candidate for South Carolina House of Representatives District 67, facing Republican incumbent G. Murrell Smith Jr. in the November 3, 2026 general election.[1] In a Ballotpedia survey, she described 24 years of military service followed by about ten years of work helping formerly incarcerated people return to their communities.[2]

Lisa Davey served in the U.S. Army from 1981 to 2005.[1] Davey graduated from Lindsborg High School, earned a bachelor's degree from Kansas State University in 1988 and a graduate degree from Webster University in 1992, and attended Walden University.[1] In a Ballotpedia survey, Davey said that after her military service she spent another ten years on reentry work in South Carolina, worked at the Sumter Police Department as a digital forensic analyst, and served at the Richland County Sheriff's Department as operations manager for the 911 transition.[2] She also listed service as a public member commissioner in South Carolina and as the Sumter County Democratic Party executive committeewoman.[2]

Davey's survey responses named crime reduction and public safety, quality education and workforce readiness, and women's reproductive rights and personal freedoms as her key campaign messages.[2] She also listed second chances for formerly incarcerated people as a policy area of personal passion.[2]

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21. Not yet independently fact-checked.