Davids, Sharice, 1980-

Sharice Lynnette Davids (born May 22, 1980) is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she has served as the U.S. Representative from Kansas's 3rd congressional district since 2019. Davids is the first openly LGBT Native American elected to the U.S. Congress, the first openly lesbian person elected to the U.S. Congress from Kansas, and one of the first two Native American women elected to Congress, along with Deb Haaland of New Mexico.

Born in Frankfurt, Germany, she attended Leavenworth High School, Haskell Indian Nations University, the University of Kansas, Johnson County Community College, and the University of Missouri–Kansas City, graduating from the last with a bachelor's degree in business administration in 2007; she would go on to earn a J.D. from Cornell Law School in 2010. Davids began competing in mixed martial arts (MMA) as an amateur in 2006, and went professional in 2013. She tried out for The Ultimate Fighter but did not make it onto the show, leading her to shift her focus away from MMA to travel the U.S. and live on Native American reservations to work with the communities on economic and community development programs. Davids began her legal career at SNR Denton in 2010. She later directed community and economic development for the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and opened her own business, Hoka Coffee Company. In 2016, Davids worked as a White House Fellow in the Department of Transportation during the transition between the Obama and Trump administrations.

In the 2018 elections, Davids ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in Kansas's 3rd congressional district. After defeating incumbent Republican Kevin Yoder, Davids has centered her work in office on putting Kansans first, fighting to limit the influence of special interests and make health care more affordable and accessible to everyone. Davids serves as co-chair of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus, vice chair of the Congressional Native American Caucus, and is a member of the centrist New Democrat Coalition.