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Mike Williams
Candidate, U.S. House Texas District 31
Elections and appointments
Last election
March 5, 2024
Next election
March 3, 2026
Personal
Birthplace
Woodbury, NJ
Religion
Christian
Profession
Firefighter
Contact

Mike Williams (Republican Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 31st Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the Republican primary scheduled on March 3, 2026.[source]

Biography

Mike Williams was born in Woodbury, New Jersey, and lives in Georgetown, Texas. Williams earned a degree in business administration from Austin Community College. His career experience includes working as a firefighter with the Beaumont and Austin Fire Departments, a community college teacher, and a communications officer at the Emergency Operations Center for hurricanes and tropical storms. He served as a volunteer leader with the Boy Scouts.[1][2][3]

Elections

2026

See also: Texas' 31st Congressional District election, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on March 3, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. Additional general election candidates will be added here following the primary.

General election for U.S. House Texas District 31

Greg Stoker is running in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 31 on November 3, 2026.


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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 31

Justin Early, Brian Trautner, and Stuart Whitlow are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 31 on March 3, 2026.


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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 31

The following candidates are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 31 on March 3, 2026.


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2024

See also: Texas' 31st Congressional District election, 2024

Texas' 31st Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)

Texas' 31st Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 31

Incumbent John Carter defeated Stuart Whitlow in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 31 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John Carter
John Carter (R)
 
64.4
 
229,087
Image of Stuart Whitlow
Stuart Whitlow (D) Candidate Connection
 
35.6
 
126,470

Total votes: 355,557
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 31

Stuart Whitlow defeated Brian Walbridge in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 31 on May 28, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Stuart Whitlow
Stuart Whitlow Candidate Connection
 
68.5
 
3,512
Image of Brian Walbridge
Brian Walbridge Candidate Connection
 
31.5
 
1,614

Total votes: 5,126
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 31

Stuart Whitlow and Brian Walbridge advanced to a runoff. They defeated Rick Von Pfeil in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 31 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Stuart Whitlow
Stuart Whitlow Candidate Connection
 
48.4
 
10,023
Image of Brian Walbridge
Brian Walbridge Candidate Connection
 
25.8
 
5,346
Image of Rick Von Pfeil
Rick Von Pfeil Candidate Connection
 
25.8
 
5,332

Total votes: 20,701
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 31

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 31 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John Carter
John Carter
 
65.3
 
55,092
Image of Mike Williams
Mike Williams
 
11.1
 
9,355
Image of Mack Latimer
Mack Latimer Candidate Connection
 
7.8
 
6,593
Image of Abhiram Garapati
Abhiram Garapati
 
7.4
 
6,256
Image of William Abel
William Abel Candidate Connection
 
5.2
 
4,362
Image of John Anderson
John Anderson
 
3.2
 
2,732

Total votes: 84,390
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 31

Caleb Ferrell advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 31 on March 23, 2024.

Candidate
Image of Caleb Ferrell
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: Texas' 31st Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 31

Incumbent John Carter won election in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 31 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John Carter
John Carter (R)
 
100.0
 
183,185

Total votes: 183,185
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Democratic primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 31

Incumbent John Carter defeated Mike Williams and Abhiram Garapati in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 31 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John Carter
John Carter
 
71.1
 
50,887
Image of Mike Williams
Mike Williams
 
19.7
 
14,115
Image of Abhiram Garapati
Abhiram Garapati Candidate Connection
 
9.2
 
6,590

Total votes: 71,592
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2020

See also: Texas' 31st Congressional District election, 2020

Texas' 31st Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Democratic primary)

Texas' 31st Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 31

Incumbent John Carter defeated Donna Imam, Clark Patterson, and Jonathan Scott in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 31 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John Carter
John Carter (R)
 
53.4
 
212,695
Image of Donna Imam
Donna Imam (D)
 
44.3
 
176,293
Image of Clark Patterson
Clark Patterson (L) Candidate Connection
 
2.2
 
8,922
Image of Jonathan Scott
Jonathan Scott (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
147

Total votes: 398,057
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 31

Donna Imam defeated Christine Eady Mann in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 31 on July 14, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Donna Imam
Donna Imam
 
56.6
 
21,026
Image of Christine Eady Mann
Christine Eady Mann
 
43.4
 
16,109

Total votes: 37,135
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 31

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 31 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Christine Eady Mann
Christine Eady Mann
 
34.7
 
24,145
Image of Donna Imam
Donna Imam
 
30.7
 
21,352
Image of Tammy Young
Tammy Young
 
14.3
 
9,956
Michael Grimes (Unofficially withdrew)
 
10.8
 
7,542
Image of Eric Hanke
Eric Hanke Candidate Connection
 
5.9
 
4,117
Image of Dan Janjigian
Dan Janjigian Candidate Connection
 
3.6
 
2,471

Total votes: 69,583
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 31

Incumbent John Carter defeated Mike Williams, Christopher Wall, and Abhiram Garapati in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 31 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John Carter
John Carter
 
82.3
 
53,070
Image of Mike Williams
Mike Williams Candidate Connection
 
8.6
 
5,560
Image of Christopher Wall
Christopher Wall Candidate Connection
 
4.9
 
3,155
Image of Abhiram Garapati
Abhiram Garapati Candidate Connection
 
4.2
 
2,717

Total votes: 64,502
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 31

Clark Patterson advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 31 on March 21, 2020.

Candidate
Image of Clark Patterson
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Campaign themes

2026

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2024

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2022

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Campaign website

Williams' campaign website stated the following:

Take Back America

Our founders reflected upon His creation and then formulated the American ideals of Liberty. These ordinary citizens conceived what was unheard of: a nation founded upon Individual Liberty, where the People are the sovereign and government restrained.They sought to establish a heritage that would transcend time, believing that each generation would pay installments to the ideals of Liberty for their posterity to enjoy. Payment is due; therefore, I am running for Congress to protect these ideals for my family and yours.

And if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORDyour God, the LORDyour God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. God Bless America.

Our Constitution

America is a Constitutional Republic, the foundation of a Republic is its rule of law, and we call that the Constitution. Our Constitution is the most brilliant governing principle ever conceived, its genius is most demonstrated by the presence of Article V. The founding generation being humble patriots with God in their hearts knew perfection was beyond human reach, therefore, the Constitution can be amended when found necessary. Article V provides for that amendment process.

Among the greatest concerns of the founders was the concentration of power in the hands of a few. The checks and balances they foresaw were believed adequate protection against abuses of power. The behavior of todays “ruling class” demonstrates otherwise.

As your Congressman

  • I will seek an amendment to the Constitution to enhance accountability of Congress to We the People. The Amendment will consist of five elements:
  1. Term Limits, no person shall be eligible to serve more than twelve years in the United States Congress.
  2. Revoke the Article I emoluments clause, gifts and legal bribery of any nature will no longer be permitted.
  3. Senate selection process, restore the principle of having three distinct procedures for electing our political class. This with a recall process for Senators will have lasting positive impact on Individual as well as States rights.
  4. Senate filibuster requirement when one party controls both chambers of Congress and the White House, thus protecting the blessing of liberty from the despotism of one-party rule.
  5. Campaign finance restriction for congressional candidates to instate private donations only, thus tapping the breaks on the plutocracy.
  • I will seek an amendment to the Constitution to enhance accountability of the Judicial Branch to We the People. The Amendment will consist of two elements:
  1. Constitutionally establish the Supreme Court at nine Justices.
  2. Institute a system for automatic removal of lower court judges who engage in unconstitutional judicial activism. Institute a system whereby the States will determine removal of Supreme Court Justices for decision that are repugnant to the Constitution, thus taking “ruling class” national political figures out of the process. The first phrase of the Constitution reads: We the People, not the Supreme Court says…
  • I will seek an amendment to the Constitution to empower the People to determine the formation of new States. Millions of our fellow Americans are living in despotism in their home states. Currently the ruling class of those states and congress in Washington determine their fate, this is not acceptable.

Our Direction

As your Congressman

  • I will protect Your Vote. Lack of voting integrity has place America on Dangerous ground. This issue alone will determine the direction of our country, not being serious about election integrity makes all else irrelevant and could end Freedom as we know it. Our Constitution has significant safeguards to ensure the “Citizens” right to vote is NOT abridged. I will use all those safeguards to make legal voting easy and cheating hard.
  • I will protect the unborn. Heartbeat legislation of an increasing number of States needs be brought to the national level. We must end the assault on the unborn and women who are deceived into destroying their unborn child and their peace of mind.
  • I will work to restore all regulatory authority to Congress so your elected officials will no longer be able to blame some unelected, unaccountable bureaucrat for interfering with your pursuit of happiness. You elect Representatives to secure your liberties, not create an unknown, unseen agent to infringe upon them.

Linked in Scope & Scale

As your Congressman

  • I will protect your Civil Liberties. The egregious violations that occurred in 2016, the government spying on political opponents and conflating persecution with prosecution, now is recognized as the beginning of tyranny. This destructive snowball is rapidly growing into an authoritarian avalanche bent on destroying our Republic. This will not happen on my watch.
  • I will protect Parental Rights. Your children are YOURS. Government has no right to any determination of their moral, ethical or spiritual education, that’s the Parents domain. Your daughter has an unalienable right to compete in girls’ sports against biological girls. Your expectation of public education to teach objective math, science, reading and writing skills, shall not be supplanted with progressive ideology directed at dooming your child to a life of ignorant servitude. School choice is the Parents choice.
  • I will require those who have a Duty to Act, to act in accordance with the law. Failing to serve as they are sworn to will have severe consequence. Abuse of power, official oppression, denial of rights under the color of law, and negligent dereliction of duty resulting in harm are crimes, and the cost of committing such crimes will be severe under my watch.

American 1st

As your Congressman

  • I will fight for border security and America 1stImmigration law. These are Federal responsibilities enumerated in the Constitution. The fiasco we see on the southern border today was predictable, orchestrated and preventable. I do not accept any explanation from an establishment politician to the contrary. I will seek to implement America 1stmeasures to secure the border and enact immigration law to enable legal immigration and assimilation and strongly discourage and prevent illegal immigration.
  • I will fight to codify American energy independence. Energy independence has been an issue since before I could drive a car. I remember the OPEC oil embargo, the Jimmy Carter years, and politicians proclaiming how they’ll save the day with energy independence. We were just there, for the first time in decades,what the hell happened? America 1stenergy independence is a national security issue. Consumer energy reliability is a responsibility that must become a national undertaking. How about tax dollars committed to infrastructure be directed to critical domestic energy capability rather than being laundered into progressive coffers.
  • I will seek Lawfare protection for Americans. Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP) is such a common weapon of the Left they named it. Our legal system is intended to protect law abiding citizen, not be used as a cudgel on them. Loser-pay for those bringing frivolous civil suits and prison time for those who hurl nefarious criminal allegations against another.[4]
—Mike Williams' campaign website (2022)[5]

2020

Candidate Connection

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Retired Firefighter, retired community college teacher and former volunteer Scout leader. Parent, Grandparent and life long tax paying voter who is not satisfied with business as usual establishment politicians and am therefore running for office.
  • Alarmed by the attacks on Civil Liberites, Civil Rights and Parental Rights, I'm taking a stand to push back against these attacks.
  • Dissatisfied with the level of accountability of the Legislative and Judicial braches and have proposed Constitutional solutions to address these issues.
  • Not content with the erosion of Constitutional principles being caused by the administrative state and I'm proposing solutions to this issue.
The immigration issue is off the front page but is not a problem solved. Finish the Wall and Fix the Law.
My father, he was the most important man in my life.
An America better than the one I was born into.
JFK assassination, six years old. First time I saw an adult cry uncontrollably, my kindergarten teacher.
Feed mill worker during high school, worked there for six months.
Being a better person today than I was yesterday.
The House of Representatives is the closest body of government to the people being served.
No, a diversity of life experiences, being openminded and a critical thinker are most beneficial.
My professional background is in emergency service and education, additionally I have close trusted friends with career experience in the military and my experience with local government practices would be valuable in an oversite role.
I'm a big supporter of term limits.
Current Louie Gohmert - Past Senators Kay Bailey Hutchison and Phil Gramm.

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Mike Williams campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2026* U.S. House Texas District 31Candidacy Declared primary$0 N/A**
2024* U.S. House Texas District 31Lost primary$1,900 $1,900
2022U.S. House Texas District 31Lost primary$201,227 $126,088
2020U.S. House Texas District 31Lost primary$59,079 $55,135
Grand total$262,206 $183,123
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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External links

Footnotes

  1. ’’Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 11, 2020’’
  2. Information submitted to Ballotpedia via email on June 24, 2021.
  3. Mike Williams for Congress, "About," accessed February 2, 2022
  4. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  5. Mike Williams for Congress, “Issues,” accessed January 18, 2022


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