John Williams

Democratic Party

Candidate, West Virginia State Senate District 13

West Virginia House of Delegates District 80

Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

3

Prior offices:

West Virginia House of Delegates District 51

Years in office: 2016 - 2022

Compensation

Base salary

$23,000/year

Per diem

$75/day for members who commute daily. $175/day for members who do not commute daily.

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Next election

May 12, 2026

Education

Bachelor's

West Virginia University

Personal

Birthplace

Morgantown, WV

Religion

Catholic

Profession

Financial Advisor

Contact

Official website

Personal LinkedIn

John Williams (Democratic Party) is a member of theWest Virginia House of Delegates, representingDistrict 80. He assumed office on December 1, 2022. His current term ends on December 1, 2026.

Williams (Democratic Party) is running for election to theWest Virginia State Senate to representDistrict 13. He declared candidacy for the Democratic primary scheduled onMay 12, 2026.^[source]

Biography

John Williams was born inMorgantown, West Virginia. Williams earned a bachelor’s degree from West Virginia University. His career experience includes working as a financial advisor.^[1]

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Williams was assigned to the following committees:

• House Banking and Insurance Committee,Minority Vice-Chair
• House Finance Committee,Minority Vice Chair
• Political Subdivisions,Minority Chair
• Technology & Infrastructure Committee,Minority Chair

2021-2022

Williams was assigned to the following committees:

• House Banking and Insurance Committee,Minority vice chair
• House Finance Committee
• Political Subdivisions Committee,Minority chair

2019-2020

Williams was assigned to the following committees:

• House Banking and Insurance Committee,Minority Chair Insurance
• House Finance Committee
• Political Subdivisions Committee
• Senior Citizen Issues Committee

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Sponsored legislation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according toBillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2026

See also: West Virginia State Senate elections, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on May 12, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for West Virginia State Senate District 13

John Williams (D) is running in the Democratic primary for West Virginia State Senate District 13 on May 12, 2026.

		Candidate
		John Williams

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Republican primary

Republican primary for West Virginia State Senate District 13

IncumbentMike Oliverio (R) is running in the Republican primary for West Virginia State Senate District 13 on May 12, 2026.

		Candidate
		Mike Oliverio

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Endorsements

2024

See also: West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2024

General election

General election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 80

IncumbentJohn Williams defeatedSummer Hartley in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 80 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Williams (D)	58.8	3,283
		Summer Hartley (R)	41.2	2,304

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,587
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 80

IncumbentJohn Williams advanced from the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 80 on May 14, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Williams	100.0	1,257

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,257
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 80

Summer Hartley advanced from the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 80 on May 14, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Summer Hartley	100.0	876

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 876
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Endorsements

2022

See also: West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2022

General election

General election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 80

IncumbentJohn Williams defeatedJustin White in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 80 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Williams (D)	62.5	2,427
		Justin White (R)	37.5	1,458

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,885
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 80

IncumbentJohn Williams advanced from the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 80 on May 10, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Williams	100.0	900

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 80

Justin White advanced from the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 80 on May 10, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Justin White	100.0	540

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2020

See also: West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2020

General election

General election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 51 (5 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 51 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Barbara Fleischauer (D)	11.8	19,718
✔		Evan Hansen (D)	11.3	18,800
✔		Joe Statler (R)	11.0	18,304
✔		Danielle Walker (D)	10.8	17,931
✔		John Williams (D)	10.7	17,737
		Cindy Frich (R)	10.6	17,704
		Rodney Pyles (D)	10.6	17,689
		Justin White (R)	8.5	14,187
	Submit photo	Todd Stainbrook (R)	7.3	12,204
		Zach LeMaire (R)	7.3	12,134

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 166,408
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 51 (5 seats)

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 51 on June 9, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Danielle Walker	20.6	9,685
✔		Barbara Fleischauer	20.5	9,626
✔		Evan Hansen	19.8	9,300
✔		John Williams	17.2	8,065
✔		Rodney Pyles	14.7	6,889
		Jeffrey Budkey	7.1	3,343

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 46,908
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 51 (5 seats)

Joe Statler,Cindy Frich,Justin White,Todd Stainbrook, andZach LeMaire advanced from the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 51 on June 9, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joe Statler	24.8	5,151
✔		Cindy Frich	23.9	4,965
✔		Justin White	18.3	3,801
✔	Submit photo	Todd Stainbrook	17.6	3,660
✔		Zach LeMaire	15.4	3,200

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 20,777
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2018

See also:West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2018

General election

General election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 51 (5 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for West Virginia House of Delegates District 51 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Barbara Fleischauer (D)	12.2	16,357
✔		Evan Hansen (D)	11.6	15,558
✔		John Williams (D)	11.2	15,045
✔		Danielle Walker (D)	11.0	14,725
✔		Rodney Pyles (D)	10.6	14,240
		Joe Statler (R)	9.7	13,051
		Cindy Frich (R)	9.4	12,601
		Debbie Warner (R)	8.3	11,058
		Roger Shuttlesworth (R)	6.6	8,885
	Submit photo	Aaron Metz (R)	6.3	8,464
		Buddy Guthrie (L)	2.2	3,011
	Submit photo	Harry Bertram (American Freedom Union Party)	0.7	942

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 133,937 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 51 (5 seats)

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 51 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Barbara Fleischauer	21.5	6,116
✔		Evan Hansen	19.9	5,639
✔		Danielle Walker	18.0	5,104
✔		John Williams	17.6	4,994
✔		Rodney Pyles	13.9	3,952
	Submit photo	Cory Kennedy	9.1	2,585

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 51 (5 seats)

IncumbentJoe Statler, incumbentCindy Frich,Debbie Warner, andRoger Shuttlesworth advanced from the Republican primary for West Virginia House of Delegates District 51 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joe Statler	27.2	3,160
✔		Cindy Frich	25.8	3,004
✔		Debbie Warner	24.1	2,799
✔		Roger Shuttlesworth	22.9	2,665

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2016

See also:West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2016

Elections for theWest Virginia House of Delegates took place in 2016. The primary election took place on May 10, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was January 30, 2016.IncumbentWilliam Flanigan (R) did not seek re-election.

The following candidates ran in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 51 general election.^[2][3]

West Virginia House of Delegates District 51, General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Barbara FleischauerIncumbent	11.84%	16,269
	Democratic	John Williams	10.47%	14,386
	Democratic	Rodney Pyles	9.48%	13,025
	Republican	Cindy FrichIncumbent	11.78%	16,182
	Republican	Joe StatlerIncumbent	11.15%	15,318
	Democratic	Evan Hansen	9.45%	12,988
	Democratic	Nancy Jamison	9.04%	12,426
	Republican	Michael Acevedo	7.09%	9,742
	Republican	Eric Finch	7.16%	9,832
	Republican	Roger Shuttlesworth	9.03%	12,407
	Libertarian	Eddie Wagoner	3.51%	4,824
Total Votes				137,399
Source:West Virginia Secretary of State

The following candidates ran in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 51 Democratic primary.^[4][5]

West Virginia House of Delegates District 51, Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Barbara FleischauerIncumbent	20.12%	9,702
	Democratic	Evan Hansen	13.30%	6,414
	Democratic	John Williams	13.35%	6,438
	Democratic	Nancy Jamison	12.73%	6,136
	Democratic	Rodney Pyles	12.12%	5,842
	Democratic	John G. Lucas	8.51%	4,105
	Democratic	Billy Smerka, Jr.	11.62%	5,603
	Democratic	Barry L. Wendell	8.24%	3,971
Total Votes				48,211

Michael Acevedo,Eric Finch, incumbentCindy Frich, incumbentBrian Kurcaba and incumbentJoe Statler were unopposed in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 51 Republican primary.^[4][5]

West Virginia House of Delegates District 51, Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Michael Acevedo
	Republican	Eric Finch
	Republican	Cindy FrichIncumbent
	Republican	Brian KurcabaIncumbent
	Republican	Joe StatlerIncumbent

2014

See also:West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2014

Elections for theWest Virginia House of Delegates took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 13, 2014. The general election was held onNovember 4, 2014. Thesignature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was January 25, 2014. District 51 is represented by five delegates. IncumbentsTony Barill,Barbara Fleischauer, andCharlene Marshall andJohn Williams andNancy Jamison defeatedMichael Safcsak andMarti Shamberger in the Democratic primary. IncumbentsCindy Frich andAmanda Pasdon andBrian Kurcaba,Joe Statler andBill Flanigan defeatedTodd Stainbrook andRoger Shuttlesworth in the Republican primary. Fleischauer, Frich, Kurcaba, Pasdon and Statler defeated Barill, Marshall, Williams, Jamison, Flanigan andEd Olesh (L) in the general election.^[6][7]

West Virginia House of Delegates District 51, General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Brian Kurcaba	11.3%	9,040
	Republican	Amanda PasdonIncumbent	11.2%	9,006
	Republican	Cindy FrichIncumbent	11%	8,782
	Republican	Joe Statler	10.9%	8,772
	Democratic	Barbara Evans FleischauerIncumbent	10.7%	8,543
	Democratic	Charlene MarshallIncumbent	10.1%	8,133
	Democratic	John Williams	9.5%	7,622
	Democratic	Tony BarillIncumbent	9.2%	7,378
	Republican	Bill Flanigan	7.5%	5,995
	Democratic	Nancy Jamison	7.2%	5,769
	Libertarian	Ed Olesh	1.4%	1,093
Total Votes				80,133

West Virginia House of Delegates, District 51 Democratic Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Barbara Evans FleischauerIncumbent	19.6%	3,346
Charlene MarshallIncumbent	18.4%	3,149
Tony BarillIncumbent	14.1%	2,407
John Williams	13%	2,223
Nancy Jamison	12.8%	2,183
Marti Shamberger	11.4%	1,955
Michael Safcsak	10.8%	1,846
Total Votes		17,109

West Virginia House of Delegates, District 51 Republican Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Cindy FrichIncumbent	20%	1,946
Amanda PasdonIncumbent	19.7%	1,916
Brian Kurcaba	19.4%	1,896
Joe Statler	16.2%	1,576
Bill Flanigan	12.4%	1,211
Roger Shuttlesworth	7.6%	737
Todd Stainbrook	4.8%	467
Total Votes		9,749

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2026

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2024

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2022

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2020

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2016

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