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Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylania in 1933 Javk Davis earned a B.S. in Engineering in 1955. During his college years Davis joined the Marine Corps Reserve and then served in the Coast Guard. Davis worked jobs as a maintenance engineer for Chevrolet and as a sales engineer at Carborundum before starting his own company, I Squared R Element Company, in 1964.

Located in Akron, New York the company employs 85 people and according to the Web site they are a “manufacturer of silicon carbide heating elements, trade name Starbar® and molybdenum disilicide heating elements, trade name Moly-D®.” It is the only remaining US company that manufactures silicon carbide heating elements. The company lead to Davis’ fortune. Married to his third wife Davis is the father of six children and has thirteen grand children.

For 50 years Davis was a Republican who belonged to conservative groups like the CATO Institute and the Heritage Foundation. In 2003 Davis attended a fundraiser featuring Vice President Dick Cheney. Davis requested an audience with the VP to discuss free trade, an issue close to his business and personal heart and one he disagrees strongly with the Bush administration over. The request was denied leading to a verbal encounter with the VP and Davis being tossed out of the event.

After the incident Davis left the Republican Party and in 2004 launched a campaign against 26th District Representative Tom Reynolds first centering his attacks on the Congressman’s free-trade policies and then on a Congressional Page Scandal involving the Republican leader. In that election Reynolds held onto his seat winning 56% to 44%. However Davis was able to shatter the margin of defeat from the previous elections which saw Reynolds winning 75% to 25%.

Following the defeat Davis started the Save Jobs Party which funded candidates across Western, New York. In 2006 Davis revived his campaign this time closing the margin of defeat 52% to 48%.