Davis represented the 80th Assembly District (2004–10). In private life he was a realtor during his terms in the Assembly.
On September 17, 2009, he announced that he was filing the paperwork for a potential run for Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin. However the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor ultimately went to Rebecca Kleefisch. In January 2011, Davis was named Wisconsin's Medicaid Director, appointed by then Secretary Dennis Smith.
Davis received his degree in Business administration from the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh and served as a legislative aide and Chief of Staff for State Senator Joe Leibham (R-WI) before working as an advisor to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson.
