{{short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Sylleste H. Davis | honorific_suffix = | image = Sylleste Davis (DVIDS 8814304) (cropped).jpg | caption = Davis in 2024 | alt = | state_house = South Carolina | district = 100th | term_start = June 13, 2016 | term_end = | predecessor = Edward Southard | successor = | prior_term = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|10|12}} | birth_place = Charlotte, North Carolina, United States | death_date = | death_place = | profession = | alma_mater = College of Charleston (B.S.)<br>Webster University (M.A.) | party=Republican }} '''Sylleste H. Davis''' (born October 12, 1961) is an American politician. She is a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 100th District, serving since 2016.<ref>{{cite web |title=South Carolina Legislature Online - Member Biography |url=https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=0456249946 |website=www.scstatehouse.gov |accessdate=June 2, 2020}}</ref> She is a member of the Republican party.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Voter's Self Defense System |url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/172947/sylleste-davis |website=Vote Smart |accessdate=June 2, 2020}}</ref>
Davis is Chair of the House Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee.<ref>"House Standing Committees". ''South Carolina Legislature''. December 7, 2022. Retrieved December 18, 2022.</ref>
In 2024, Davis was among the state legislators appointed to serve on the Robert Smalls Monument Commission.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Frazier |first=Herb |date=2024-08-23 |title=S.C. forms Smalls Monument Commission |url=https://charlestoncitypaper.com/2024/08/23/s-c-forms-smalls-monument-commission/ |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=Charleston City Paper |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Electoral history== {| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%" |+ '''South Carolina House of Representatives District 100''' !|Year ! !|Candidate !|Votes !|Pct ! !|Candidate !|Votes !|Pct ! !|Candidate !|Votes !|Pct ! |- |2016 Special General Election | |{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|'''Sylleste Davis'''}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="center" colspan=2 | {{small|Winner}} | |- |2016 Republican Primary | |{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|'''Sylleste Davis'''}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="center" colspan=2 | {{small|Winner}} | |{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Robbie Metts}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="center" colspan=2 | | |- |2016 General Election | |{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|'''Sylleste Davis'''}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" | 809 |{{Party shading/Republican}} | 97.4% | |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|Tonia Aiken-Taylor}} |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" | 6,294 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | 33.1% | |- |2018 Republican Primary | |{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|'''Sylleste Davis'''}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" | 2,534 |{{Party shading/Republican}} | 50.4% | |{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Tom Fernandez}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" | 2,489 |{{Party shading/Republican}} | 49.6 | |- |2018 General Election | |{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|'''Sylleste Davis'''}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" | 10,809 |{{Party shading/Republican}} | 62.5% | |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|Michael Yates}} |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" | 6,353 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | 36.7% | |{{Party shading/None}} |{{nowrap|Others/Write-in}} |{{Party shading/None}} align="right" | 127 |{{Party shading/None}} | 0.7% | |- |}
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