Susan A. Davis Democrat · CA-53
House of Representatives · former member · serving since 2001 · born April 13, 1944
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In plain language
Of 28 disclosed trades, 0 were flagged by the site's published rules.
None of these trades met the flagging rules. That is the ordinary result — most trades, by most members, are unremarkable.
Across the whole database, congressional trading beats the market by close to nothing on average, and only slightly more trades look unusual than chance alone would produce. Most members, most of the time, are unremarkable. That is the backdrop for anything you read here. A flag is a prompt to look at the record, never a finding about a person.
Seat & district history
| Seat | Congresses | Served | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA-53 | 108th–116th | 2003–2021 | district renumbered from 49 |
| CA-49 | 107th | 2001–2003 | first seat |
District numbers change when a state is redistricted, so a renumbering here is not necessarily a move — the boundaries were redrawn around the member. Term records come from the public congress-legislators dataset.
Committees
No current committee assignments on file (former member).
Earlier Congresses
| Congress | Committee | Position | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 116th | House Committee on Armed Services | Member | 2019-01 → 2020-12 |
| 116th | House Committee on Education and Workforce | Member | 2019-01 → 2020-12 |
| 116th | House Committee on House Administration | Member | 2019-02 → 2020-12 |
| 115th | House Committee on Armed Services | Member | 2017-01 → 2018-12 |
| 115th | House Committee on Education and Workforce | Member | 2017-01 → 2018-12 |
| 114th | House Committee on Armed Services | Member | 2015-02 → 2016-12 |
| 114th | House Committee on Education and Workforce | Member | 2015-02 → 2016-12 |
| 113th | House Committee on Armed Services | Member | 2013-01 → 2014-11 |
| 113th | House Committee on Education and Workforce | Member | 2013-01 → 2014-11 |
| 112th | House Committee on Armed Services | Member | 2012-11 → 2012-11 |
| 112th | House Committee on Education and Workforce | Member | 2012-11 → 2012-11 |
The published roster covers only the sitting Congress, so earlier assignments are reconstructed from the dated version history of that same public dataset, sampled monthly back to 2012. Observed is the span across which we actually saw the seat held — it is evidence of tenure, not a precise start and end date, and a seat that changed hands between two monthly samples may be dated up to a month out. Committees with no history recorded are absent because no snapshot showed them, which is not evidence the member held no seat.
Currently trading — last 6 months
No transactions disclosed in the last 6 months.
Previously traded
Securities with disclosed transactions before this window and none since. A security leaving this list means no reported trading — not that a position was closed. Holdings themselves are not disclosed in these filings.
| Ticker | Security | Sector | Trades | Buys / Sells | Total value | Active |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTNT | Fortinet, Inc. - Common Stock (FTNT) | Technology Hardware | 3 | 2 / 1 | $73,002 | 2020-02 → 2020-10 |
| VSAT | ViaSat, Inc. - Common Stock (VSAT) | Telecommunications | 3 | 3 / 0 | $48,502 | 2020-02 → 2020-10 |
| CSIQ | Canadian Solar Inc. - common shares (CS… | — | 1 | 1 / 0 | $32,501 | 2020-10 → 2020-10 |
| F | Ford Motor Company Common Stock (F) | Automotive | 1 | 1 / 0 | $32,501 | 2020-10 → 2020-10 |
| LEVI | levi Strauss & Co Class A (lEVI) | — | 2 | 1 / 1 | $16,001 | 2020-03 → 2020-09 |
| LUV | Southwest Airlines Company Common Stock… | Transportation | 1 | 0 / 1 | $32,501 | 2020-09 → 2020-09 |
| FB | Meta Platforms, Inc. - Class A (FB) | — | 2 | 2 / 0 | $23,002 | 2019-01 → 2020-03 |
| BIDU | Baidu, Inc. - American Depositary Share… | Software & IT Services | 2 | 2 / 0 | $40,501 | 2020-02 → 2020-03 |
| EXC | Exelon Corporation (EXC) | Utilities | 1 | 1 / 0 | $8,001 | 2020-03 → 2020-03 |
| RCL | Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. Common Sto… | Transportation | 2 | 0 / 2 | $16,001 | 2019-10 → 2020-02 |
| ALK | Alaska Air Group, Inc. Common Stock (AL… | Transportation | 1 | 0 / 1 | $32,501 | 2020-02 → 2020-02 |
| VWDRY | Vestas Wind Systems AS American Deposit… | — | 1 | 1 / 0 | $32,501 | 2020-02 → 2020-02 |
| CHL | China Mobile Limited (CHL) | — | 2 | 1 / 1 | $30,002 | 2019-03 → 2019-10 |
| EA | Electronic Arts Inc. - Common Stock (EA) | Software & IT Services | 2 | 1 / 1 | $40,501 | 2019-01 → 2019-03 |
| SNH | Senior Housing Properties Trust - Commo… | — | 1 | 1 / 0 | $32,501 | 2019-03 → 2019-03 |
| ILMN | Illumina, Inc. - Common Stock (ILMN) | Medical Devices | 1 | 1 / 0 | $32,501 | 2019-01 → 2019-01 |
The Spread by year
| Year | Spread | Trades priced | Disclosed value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +5.2% | 13 | $282,507 |
| 2019 | +2.5% | 4 | $81,002 |
Transaction timing versus the market over 90 trading days — not portfolio return, which these filings cannot support. See Methodology and the Scoreboard for the population baseline.
All transactions
| Date | Ticker | Asset | Action | Amount (as filed) | Owner | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-10-28 | VSAT | ViaSat, Inc. (VSAT) | buy | $1,001 – $15,000 | spouse | record |
| 2020-10-28 | FTNT | Fortinet, Inc. (FTNT) | buy | $1,001 – $15,000 | spouse | record |
| 2020-10-28 | F | Ford Motor Company (F) | buy | $15,001 – $50,000 | spouse | record |
| 2020-10-28 | CSIQ | Canadian Solar Inc. - common shares (CSIQ) | buy | $15,001 – $50,000 | spouse | record |
| 2020-09-29 | LUV | Southwest Airlines Company (luV) | sell | $15,001 – $50,000 | joint | record |
| 2020-09-29 | LEVI | levi Strauss & Co Class A (lEVI) | sell | $1,001 – $15,000 | joint | record |
| 2020-04-15 | VSAT | ViaSat, Inc. (VSAT) | buy | $1,001 – $15,000 | spouse | record |
| 2020-03-16 | LEVI | levi Strauss & Co Class A (lEVI) | buy | $1,001 – $15,000 | self | record |
| 2020-03-16 | FTNT | Fortinet, Inc. (FTNT) | buy | $15,001 – $50,000 | spouse | record |
| 2020-03-16 | FB | Facebook, Inc. - Class A (FB) | buy | $15,001+ | self | record |
| 2020-03-16 | EXC | Exelon Corporation (EXC) | buy | $1,001 – $15,000 | spouse | record |
| 2020-03-16 | BIDU | Baidu, Inc. - American Depositary Shares, each representing one tenth Class A ordinary share (BIDu) | buy | $1,001 – $15,000 | spouse | record |
| 2020-02-11 | VSAT | ViaSat, Inc. (VSAT) | buy | $15,001 – $50,000 | spouse | record |
| 2020-02-11 | VWDRY | Vestas Wind Systems AS American Depositary Shares (VWDRY) | buy | $15,001 – $50,000 | self | record |
| 2020-02-11 | RCL | Royal Caribbean Cruises ltd. (RCl) | sell | $1,001 – $15,000 | self | record |
| 2020-02-11 | FTNT | Fortinet, Inc. (FTNT) | sell | $15,001 – $50,000 | spouse | record |
| 2020-02-11 | BIDU | Baidu, Inc. - American Depositary Shares, each representing one tenth Class A ordinary share (BIDu) | buy | $15,001 – $50,000 | spouse | record |
| 2020-02-11 | ALK | Alaska Air group, Inc. (AlK) | sell | $15,001 – $50,000 | spouse | record |
| 2019-10-31 | RCL | Royal Caribbean Cruises ltd. (RCl) | sell | $1,001 – $15,000 | self | record |
| 2019-10-31 | CHL | China Mobile limited (CHl) | sell | $15,001+ | spouse | record |
| 2019-07-05 | — | Charles Schwab Corporation | sell | $15,001+ | spouse | record |
| 2019-06-06 | — | Senior Housing Properties Trust - | sell | $15,001+ | spouse | record |
| 2019-03-08 | SNH | Senior Housing Properties Trust - Common Shares of Beneficial Interest (SNH) | buy | $15,001 – $50,000 | spouse | record |
| 2019-03-08 | EA | Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) | sell | $15,001 – $50,000 | spouse | record |
| 2019-03-08 | CHL | China Mobile limited (CHl) | buy | $15,001+ | spouse | record |
| 2019-01-11 | ILMN | Illumina, Inc. (IlMN) | buy | $15,001 – $50,000 | self | record |
| 2019-01-11 | FB | Facebook, Inc. - Class A (FB) | buy | $1,001 – $15,000 | self | record |
| 2019-01-11 | EA | Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) | buy | $1,001 – $15,000 | spouse | record |