Sharice Davids is looking to make history. Davids, a former professional mixed martial artist, became the Democratic nominee in the Third Congressional District in Kansas on Wednesday, Aug. 8 after she made the decision to turn her attention to politics. Davids retired from MMA after failing to make The Ultimate Fighter 20: A Champion Will Be Crowned cast which crowned the UFC’s first-ever strawweight champion.
Now, the 37-year-old Democrat is aiming to make a difference in her community by reaching Congress and breaking down barriers as the first Indigenous woman in Congress.
Davids is a member of the Ho-Chunk nation.
“It’s 2018, and women, Native Americans, gay people, the unemployed, and underemployed have to fight like hell just to survive,” Davids said, via Elite Daily. “And it’s clear: Trump and the Republicans in Washington don’t give a damn about anyone like me or anyone that doesn’t think like them. That’s why I’m running for Congress.
“When people see a black woman or a native woman or a Latina or an LGBT person, it should be part of the norm that they look and see a leader.”
Davids will face incumbent Representative Kevin Yoder after winning the Democratic primary. Among those she defeated to earn the Democratic nod was Brent Welder, who had support from many of the star politicians on the left like Senator Bernie Sanders and Democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
She also used her past as a professional MMA fighter in her very first campaign ad.
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