Ask yourself if these Democrats still speak for you. When they say we have a duty to grow government even when we can't afford it, does it sound like compassion to you - or recklessness?

He also began writing a column for the conservative National Review. 2006

In the Democratic primary he defeated political newcomer Eddison Walters 90%–9%. On May 29 2012 Artur Davis confirmed that he was changing his voter registration from Alabama to Virginia and that he would run as a Republican were he to seek political office in the future.

In May 2012 he confirmed that he was considering running for Congress as a Republican. He was also a candidate for governor of Alabama in the 2010 Democratic Gubernatorial Primary.