28 Facts About Sharice Davids

1. Sharice Davids identifies as a lesbian, making her the first openly LGBT member of Congress from Kansas.

2. Sharice Davids is a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation and Haaland is an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Laguna, according to their respective campaigns.

3. Sharice Davids would be the first LGBTQ member of Congress from Kansas, a distinction that isn't lost on her critics from the left.

4. Sharice Davids is running for Congress in the 3rd district of Kansas.

5. Sharice Davids took her first fight in 2006, long before MMA was on national television and part of the mainstream consciousness.

6. Sharice Davids is hoping to be the first Native American woman elected to Congress.

7. Sharice Davids estimated net worth is $500,000 USD as appeared in financial magazines such as Forbes and Bloomberg 2018.

8. Sharice Davids was one of 16 people picked to work in the White House as a fellow during the transition period between Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump, according to her campaign website.

9. Sharice Davids won her first professional mixed martial arts fight in November 2013.

10. Sharice Davids worked as a lawyer for an Indian reservation in South Dakota before taking a job in the White House.

11. Sharice Davids holds an American nationality and belongs to a White ethnicity.

12. Sharice Davids was born on 22nd May 1980, United States of America.

13. Sharice Davids is a former attorney and former professional mixed martial arts fighter who won the Democratic nomination for a House seat in Kansas on 7th August 2018.

14. Sharice Davids is a 37-year-old Shawnee attorney who holds a degree from Cornell Law School, spent time working as a legal counsel for a development corporation on a reservation in South Dakota.

15. Sharice Davids has a history of competing in mixed martial arts tournaments.

16. Sharice Davids got the chance to begin learning karate when she was 19 years old.

17. Sharice Davids is a member of the Ho-Chunk nation, a tribe located in Wisconsin.

18. Sharice Davids was the first person in her family to attend college.

19. Sharice Davids competed against Republican incumbent Kevin Yoder, who has held the seat since 2011.

20. Sharice Davids would be the first openly gay congresswoman to represent Kansas on Capitol Hill.

21. Sharice Davids becomes one of the first Native American women to ever serve in Congress.

22. Sharice Davids is the member-elect from Kansas's 3rd district; she is a member of the Ho-Chunk nation, an openly gay woman and a professional mixed martial artist turned attorney before running for office.

23. Sharice Davids plans to cast one of her first votes for Nancy Pelosi as House speaker, saying Kansans didn't elect her to go to Washington "to play political games and take symbolic protest votes.

24. Sharice Davids said in a one-on-one interview Monday that she wants to make sure her party, and Congress knows that there's now a Democrat from Kansas in town.

25. Sharice Davids wants people to know there's a Democrat from Kansas in Congress.

26. Sharice Davids defeated incumbent Republican Kevin Yoder in the November 6, 2018, general election.

27. Sharice Davids began her legal career at SNR Denton in 2010.

28. Sharice Davids is an American attorney and politician from the state of Kansas.