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|term_start=January 2016

|term_start=January 2016

|term_end=January 20, 2021

|term_end=January 20, 2021

|preceded=[[Mary Johnson Harris]]

|preceded=Mary Eleanor Johnson Harris

|succeeded=Pending [[special election]]}}

|succeeded=Pending [[special election]]}}

   

   

'''Tony Davis''' (full name unavailable) (born c. 1976) is the outgoing [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the [[Louisiana]] Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. He is stepping down from his position in District 4 effective January 20, 2021, because of personal business reason. He resides in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]] but expects to leave the state at some tim after he assumes a new position in February 2021 with the National Association of Manufactures.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/education/article_37e6e7d8-29e7-11eb-adb8-c761be465e3f.html|title=BESE leader quitting post; 2021 election to fill vacancy|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=November 19, 2020|author=Will Sentell|accessdate=December 2, 2020}}</ref>

'''Tony Davis''' (full name unavailable) (born c. 1976) is the outgoing [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the [[Louisiana]] Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. He is stepping down from his position in District 4 effective January 20, 2021, because of personal business reason. He resides in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]] but expects to leave the state at some tim after he assumes a new position in February 2021 with the National Association of Manufactures.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/education/article_37e6e7d8-29e7-11eb-adb8-c761be465e3f.html|title=BESE leader quitting post; 2021 election to fill vacancy|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=November 19, 2020|author=Will Sentell|accessdate=December 2, 2020}}</ref>

In November 2015, Davis initially was elected to the BESE seat for northwestern Louisiana,  63,610 votes (51 percent). His runoff opponent, interim member Mary Johnson Harris, a [[Shreveport]] Republican, polled 60,746 votes (49 percent). Despite his close victory, Davis was the only  BESE member to run unopposed in 2019. The board has eight elected members and three gubernatorial appointees.

In November 2015, Davis initially was elected to the BESE seat for northwestern Louisiana,  63,610 votes (51 percent). His runoff opponent, interim member Mary Eleanor Johnson Harris, a [[Shreveport]] Republican, polled 60,746 votes (49 percent). Despite his close victory, Davis was the only  BESE member to run unopposed in 2019. The board has eight elected members and three gubernatorial appointees.

Davis is a graduate of [[Northwestern State University]] in Natchitoches. and the "good government" group, Leadership Louisiana.  He is the former executive director of Natchitoches Community Alliance and a former president of the Natchitoches [[Chamber of Commerce]]. He also serves as vice chairman of the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts, also in Natchitoches.  Davis and his wife, Amy, a design consultant, have two children.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bese.louisiana.gov/about-bese/bese-members/bese-district-4-representative|title=BESE District 4 Representative: Tony Davis|publisher=Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education|accessdate=December 4, 2020}}</ref>

Davis is a graduate of [[Northwestern State University]] in Natchitoches. and the "good government" group, Leadership Louisiana.  He is the former executive director of Natchitoches Community Alliance and a former president of the Natchitoches [[Chamber of Commerce]]. He also serves as vice chairman of the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts, also in Natchitoches.  Davis and his wife, Amy, a design consultant, have two children.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bese.louisiana.gov/about-bese/bese-members/bese-district-4-representative|title=BESE District 4 Representative: Tony Davis|publisher=Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education|accessdate=December 4, 2020}}</ref>