Colleen Davis launches campaign for Congress

Delaware State Treasurer Colleen Davis has launched a campaign for Congress, aiming to fill the seat being vacated by Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, who is seeking the Senate seat of Sen. Tom Carper, who recently announced his retirement.

Davis said she is running because Congress needs more representatives who come from the working class and are focused on fighting for families. In a press release, Davis said she will continue her work to keep Delaware families safe and secure, and fight for their children’s future by combating climate change, getting dangerous weapons off the streets, and protecting democracy and a woman’s right to choose.

“When I was a little girl, my dad’s business went bankrupt, and my family lost our home and possessions, all the way down to my dollhouse,” she said. “We moved to Delaware to start over, and went from rental home to rental home and school to school, and through the kindness of neighbors, teachers and parents, we got through. That struggle doesn’t define me, but it has driven me to help prevent other families from falling through the cracks.

“Serving as Delaware’s treasurer has meant fighting for hardworking families, seniors and the vulnerable, to help keep them safe and secure. Now I’m running for Congress because we need leaders who know what families go through, who will protect our fundamental rights and fight for our children’s future.”

Davis has been Delaware’s state treasurer since 2018. She said that experience has given her a deep understanding of what middle- and working-class families go through, and she has fought to lower the cost of living in Delaware.

Touting her accomplishments, Davis said she’s worked to expand everyone’s ability to save for retirement through the creation of the Delaware EARNS program, expanded access to savings accounts and banking across underprivileged and vulnerable communities through her work to grow ABLE accounts, and supported the Banking Desert Initiative, among other things.

Davis is a former ambulance driver and physician assistant in neurosurgery and obstetrics. In those capacities, she said she’s cared for a child killed by a violent gunman, single parents without insurance and women in need of critical reproductive care. She said healthcare must be accessible and affordable for everyone, and no one should take away a person’s right to make their own medical decisions.

Davis lives in Sussex County with her husband Anthony and her three children, who are 17, 14 and 7 years old.