By Rita Cook
Correspondent
Texas Metro News
Aicha Davis took her seat in the Texas House of Representatives on January 14, 2025 representing District 109, replacing former State Representative Carl Sherman who did not seek reelection.
While Davis might be new to this particular seat, she is by no means new to the political workings of Texas.
She said she decided to run for District 109, “After serving on the State Board of Education for six years and seeing the challenges we faced in terms of supporting our schools, teachers, and families.”
Davis said she knew she had to take her service to the next level.
“The last two years, the House has engaged in fierce debate about school vouchers, while failing to increase school funding or teacher pay,” she explained. “I’m committed to working with my colleagues to find common ground on productive solutions to strengthen our neighborhood schools.”
The freshman lawmaker also said she wants to focus on increasing much-needed and long overdue funding while “building out our teacher pipeline.”
We have an opportunity, and a responsibility, to hire more teachers, prepare more folks to become teachers and making people excited to join the profession.”
Davis’s priorities surround education and fully funding public schools, but she also has an eye toward lowering the cost of healthcare and prescriptions and increasing opportunities for workforce and economic development.
“House District 109 is a vibrant region full of possibility,” Davis said. “We are a community of diverse hard working Texans and I’m excited to secure resources to foster our growth and positive development, to strengthen our bustling small businesses, increase housing while lowering costs, and ensure every person has the opportunity to get ahead.”
Davis said she is also aware her constituents are counting on her to support
small businesses and historically underutilized businesses (HUBs).
“Small businesses are the heart of Texas’ economy and I’m working to get more resources for my constituents to open and grow their own small business,” she added.
For the 89th legislative session, Davis is serving on the House Committee on Higher Education and the Committee on Human Services.
She also said there have been some unexpected wins in other areas too.
“One of the most unexpected things so far has been building positive relationships
very early with my fellow House members and Senators,” Davis explained. “We come from different areas of the state, we represent very different communities, and we have really different ideas a lot of the time. I’ve really enjoyed getting to know my colleagues on a personal level and being able to find common ground and shared values. Many of our communities face the same problems and I’m excited to come together as a legislative body to propose, debate, and pass solutions into law.”
Davis was born in Los Angeles and moved to Mississippi as a teenager. She graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi with a degree in Biology and Chemistry and then moved to Baton Rouge to teach in Title I schools after Hurricane
Katrina.
In 2010, she said she was blessed to move to Texas, received her M. Ed from University of North Texas and taught in Irving and DeSoto public schools.
“I love living in DeSoto it’s perfectly located with great schools, great growth and development and loving communities,” she said. “DeSoto is one of the best places in the nation to worship, work and play.”
While the District 109 team headed by Davis is still searching for its district
home, she said “Our office is identifying prospective locations across the district to identify a location that is accessible to our constituents in need and in a central location nearby public transit options and other support services.”
Either way, she concluded, “I want my constituents to know that I always have their best interests at heart, that I will faithfully serve them and work diligently to improve their daily lives. I didn’t just take an oath, I took a job — to represent the people of House District 109, to fight for our shared values and the policies that will support a strong, healthy, and thriving community full of limitless opportunities. I work for each and every person in all four corners of my district.”
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