Английская Википедия:Dave Williams (Colorado politician)

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox officeholder David Alan Williams (born July 20, 1986) is an American politician from Colorado Springs, Colorado who has served as Chair of the Colorado Republican Party since 2023, having previously represented Colorado House of Representatives District 15 from 2017 to 2023, which encompassed Colorado Springs and Cimarron Hills in El Paso County. Williams is a candidate for Colorado's 5th congressional district in the 2024 elections, running to replace the retiring Doug Lamborn. He has been widely described as a far-right politician.

Career

Williams was first elected to the State House in 2016 after winning 67.84% of the vote.

Previously, Williams served as vice-chairman of the El Paso County Republican Party. He works for his family-owned company as Vice President of Logistics.

Williams was the first Latino elected to House District 15. His mother's maiden name is "Sanchez" and their family has roots going back to Mexico and Southern California.

Williams is considered part of the hardline right-wing faction within the Colorado Republican Party. He doesn't believe in compromising with Democrats and independents. Since Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election, Williams has questioned the results of the election and has promoted unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud.

On December 7, 2020, Williams and 7 other Republicans requested to the Speaker of the House KC Becker that a committee be formed on "election integrity" to conduct an audit of the Dominion Voting Systems used in Colorado's 2020 elections in spite of no evidence of issues. The request was rejected, with Becker criticizing it as a promotion of "debunked conspiracy theories."

In July 2021, Williams and Ron Hanks held a town hall at Colorado Springs in which both made multiple false claims of election fraud. Williams claimed that 5,600 dead people voted in the 2020 Colorado elections and that fraud played a role in Democrat John Hickenlooper's victory against Republican Cory Gardner.

In December 2021, Williams announced his campaign bid aimed at challenging Rep. Doug Lamborn. He attempted to get listed on the ballot as Dave "Let's Go Brandon" Williams, but this was rejected by Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold. In the 2022 Republican primary election for Colorado's 5th congressional district, incumbent representative Doug Lamborn defeated Williams and two other Republican Party challengers.

During the 2022 legislative session, Williams and the majority of Republicans rejected a resolution passed by the state house meant to urge congress to pass voting right legislation. Williams proposed two failed amendments to the resolution which included calling for an audit of the 2020 election, thanking the pro-Trump rioters that stormed the Capitol and decertifying the election results in favor for Trump.

On March 11, 2023, Williams was elected chair of the Colorado Republican Party for a two-year term. Williams' position as chairman of the party has been controversial among several other Republicans. Under his leadership, the party has faced a significant loss of funding, an increase in infighting, and the party veering further to the right.

On January 8, 2024, Williams announced that he was again running for Colorado's 5th congressional district in the 2024 elections, running for the seat of retiring congressman Doug Lamborn.

Colorado Politician Accountability Act

During the first year of his first term (2017), Williams introduced a bill (HB17-1134) titled the "Colorado Politician Accountability Act". The bill was designed to crack down on sanctuary cities by allowing public officials of sanctuary cities who had not sought to overturn the local sanctuary law to be sued by citizens if an illegal alien committed a crime, and also by making elected officials of sanctuary jurisdictions liable to penalties for "rendering assistance to an illegal alien". The bill was defeated in the House but Williams and two Senate co-sponsors reintroduced it with few changes in 2018 as HB18-1178.

External links

• Campaign website
• State House website
• Colorado House Republicans: profile page