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Candidates › GA-05 race › 2025–2026
Nikema Williams
D Democratic nominee for U.S. House, GA-05
Representative since 2021
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- On the ballot
- Won the general electionNov 3, 2026 · 200,262 votes (77.9%)
- Where to vote
- Find your polling place (opens in a new tab) · More ways to vote
- Top priorities
- AFFORDABLE HOUSING & HOME OWNERSHIP
- HEALTHCARE & REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM
- CLOSING THE RACIAL WEALTH GAP
- SUPPORT FOR SMALL BUSINESS
- ACCESS TO EDUCATION
- In Congress
- Representative since 2021 · votes with their party 98% of the time. See the record · Office phone 202-225-3801
- Money
- $772.8K raised, $723K spent, $63.1K cash on hand (through Oct 14, 2026). Where it comes from
- Who gives
- 14% of individual money from donors at $200 or less · 71% from Georgia · largest committee giver COX ENTERPRISES PAC (COXPAC) INC., $10K
- Outside groups
- $2.1K supporting Williams
- Backed by
- Stacey Abrams · Pete Buttigieg · Bernie Sanders and 88 more. As the campaign lists them
- Sponsored most in
- Government Operations and Politics, Health, Transportation and Public Works
7 priorities from nikemaforcongress.com, in the order they are listed there. Every heading and the text under it is copied exactly, as one passage for each page it is from, and links to that place on the page; hover a source to see which passage it opens.
Congresswoman Nikema Williams is working hard to ensure Georgians can afford to buy, keep, and pass down their home to the next generation.
Middle-class Atlantans are being priced out of the single-family home market by big corporations driving up costs, making purchasing a home unattainable for so many first-time buyers. Home ownership is foundational to building intergenerational wealth and closing the racial wealth gap.
Congresswoman Williams is champions three key pieces of legislation to help: ↗ (opens nikemaforcongress.com/issues-2026 at this heading)
First, she plans to stop corporate buy up. The End Hedge Fund Control of American Homes Act to stop corporate hoarding of housing, require these companies to sell homes back to families, and phase out hedge‑fund ownership of single‑family homes over the next decade.
Second, once families get in the door, she is going to help them stay there: The bipartisan Whole Home Repairs Act creates a grant program to help low- and middle-income Americans make critical repairs and weather financial emergencies.
Third, she wants to protect the ability to pass homes down through generations. The Heirs' Estate Inheritance Resolution and Succession Act helps families pass down a home intergenerationally without a formal deed.
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Congresswoman Nikema is fighting to 1) fund research, especially in support of women's health and conditions like colorectal cancer and 2) support access to care that meets patients where they are.
The Fighting Fifth is a public health powerhouse — with institutions like Morehouse School of Medicine, Emory, and the CDC calling our district home. Yet, Atlanta faces deep health disparities.
Congresswoman Nikema Williams’ Health Access Innovation Act supports faith and community-based organizations that deliver care to address the social determinants of health and reduce racial health disparities.
Reproductive rights are human rights. From her time at Planned Parenthood to her work in Washington, DC, reproductive health care has always been a priority. As co-chair of the Bipartisan Congressional Endometriosis Caucus, Congresswoman Williams is fighting to expand research, treatment, and access for the one-in-ten women living with pain, infertility, fatigue and other debilitating symptoms.
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For too long, Black families have faced systemic barriers that made it harder to buy a home, grow a business, or pass down assets. Closing this gap is essential to creating a fair economy where every family has a real chance to build wealth and pass it on.
Congresswoman Williams is fighting for an economy where every family has a fair shot at building lasting wealth.
- Expanding access to capital. The Minority Entrepreneurship Grant Program Act ensures Black‑ and minority‑owned businesses can access the funding and technical support they’ve historically been denied.
- Stopping corporate control of housing. The End Hedge Fund Control of American Homes Act prevents corporate investors from buying up single‑family homes and pricing families out of the market.
- Helping families stay in their homes. The bipartisan Whole Home Repairs Act provides grants for essential repairs and emergencies so homeowners aren’t pushed out by unexpected costs.
Protecting intergenerational wealth. The HEIRS Act helps families secure clear title to inherited homes, making it easier to keep and pass down property.
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Congresswoman Nikema Williams is making real investments in Atlanta entrepreneurs so they can grow, hire, and build lasting wealth to close the wealth gap.
Small businesses are the heartbeat of the Fighting Fifth — creating jobs, anchoring neighborhoods, and turning dreams into generational wealth. But Black and minority-owned businesses have been locked out of capital, federal contracts, and the resources that help businesses grow.
Congresswoman Williams is in Congress to close that racial wealth gap.
The Minority Entrepreneurship Grant Program Act expands access to capital, strengthens technical assistance, and ensures federal investments actually reach entrepreneurs who have historically been shut out. She is fighting to open contracting opportunities, protect SBA programs, and make sure our small businesses have a real seat at the table.
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Congresswoman Nikema Williams is fighting back against the Trump Administration's attacks on the Department of Education and our teachers.
We must not allow our education system to fail our students or our teachers. Students shouldn’t suffer based on their zip code, and we must fight the inequities that exist in our education systems.
Public education is absolutely critical to fulfilling the promise of every young person, and I will continue to fight against the destruction of our schools tooth and nail.
Congresswoman Wiliams believes higher education must be accessible to all.
She proudly supports TRIO programs, which provide low-income and first-generation college students with the mentorship and support they need to be successful in college.
She is also fighting to end student hunger through the Overcoming Higher Education Hunger Through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Act to support students by making sure students can access the SNAP benefits they may need.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · nikemaforcongress.com/issues-2026
As a mom, a graduate of public schools, and a former public school teacher, I am a strong supporter of public education. We must do more to provide access to quality education at all stages of life. Not only are our teachers consistently overworked and underpaid, but our students’ needs are too often left unmet.
Formerly in the State Senate, I voted against every effort to take money from our public schools.
In Congress, I promise that I will never forget the challenges my students faced day in and day out. I will work arduously to undo the damage caused by President Trump’s reckless secretary of education, and I will support all measures which lower or eliminate overwhelming student debt in this country. Our students should not be penalized for receiving an education.
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Congresswoman Nikema Williams is fighting for free and fair elections with universal access to the ballot box.
Inspired by John Lewis and her own family's civil rights legacy, Congresswoman Williams fights for a wide range of legislation to expand access to the ballot box.
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Congressman John Lewis showed our country that the fight for voting rights is not over until every single American is able to cast a ballot and have their vote counted. Coming from a family of civil rights advocates, free and fair elections with universal access to the ballot box has been one of my top priorities as a member of Congress.
In Congress I fight for a wide range of legislation to expand access to the ballot box. I will continue to demand that the Senate pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act - ensuring protections to our sacred right to vote. I have proposed measures to promote automatic voter registration, restoring voting rights for those who have been convicted of a felony, same day voter registration, standardizing our vote by mail system, and ranked choice voting.
Georgia is unfortunately known for rampant voter suppression which disproportionately impacts Black and Brown people at alarming rates.
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The precinct closures, Exact-Match laws, broad voter purges, and other unchecked fear tactics must be stopped.
She led on a broad packaging to limit your wait time at the polls, protect your right to vote by mail, and give workers the time off they need to get to the polls.
She was arrested causing “Good Trouble” on November 13, 2018 standing with her constituents demanding that every vote be counted in the wake of the disastrous 2018 gubernatorial election. She was removed from the state Capitol where she served as a state senator with zip ties on my wrists to the Fulton County Jail, simply for demanding we count every vote.
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The right to vote is so important to me that I got arrested fighting for it. On November 13, 2018 I put the lessons of “Good Trouble” to work as I was arrested at the State Capitol while standing with my constituents speaking out and demanding that every vote be counted in the wake of the disastrous 2018 gubernatorial election. I was taken out of the very same Capitol where I served as a state senator with zip ties on my wrists to the Fulton County Jail, simply for demanding we count every vote.
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Congresswoman Nikema Williams is fighting for CARE — from early childhood, through adulthood, to elder care — our country must do better in providing access to health care.
Families in our country are overworked, underpaid, and forced to choose between caring for their loved ones and paying their bills. Childcare is a building block to economic prosperity, especially for moms like Nikema, but it is also just the beginning.
Congresswoman Williams is ensuring every family has the tools and resources to thrive.
She is proudly leading with the Care is an Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) Act, which requires Economic Development Districts to expand access to childcare and other care‑based services so families can fully participate in our growing economy.
She is fighting for a strong federal care infrastructure that includes paid family and medical leave, long‑term care, and support for the millions of unpaid caregivers who keep their families afloat.
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We must acknowledge that the murders of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and so many other Black lives were a continuation of centuries of unfair and unjust treatment of Black Americans.
As a mother to my son Carter, I want him to have the best chance to live a fulfilling life. I want to know that he is safe while jogging, or sleeping in his car - and will not be robbed by hands of white supremacy.
Our criminal justice system must not be used as a tool of oppression. For too long - our society has focused solely on punishment and not on rehabilitation. We need a holistic justice system that allows those in it to improve their own lives and learn from their mistakes. I support legalizing recreational marijuana use, repealing qualified immunity, and expanding funding toward rehabilitation and diversion programs.
In Congress, I will advocate for ending the use of cash bail, and the measures in the Breathe Act - for a more just and fair system of policing.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · nikemaforcongress.com/issues-new