Samuel Williams Jr.
Samuel Williams Jr. (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 16th Congressional District. He withdrew before the Republican primary on March 1, 2022.
Biography
Samuel Williams Jr. served in the United States Army from July 1983 to March 2013. His organizational affiliations include the Veterans of Foreign Wars.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Texas' 16th Congressional District election, 2022
The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
The primary will occur on March 1, 2022. The general election will occur on November 8, 2022. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 16
Incumbent Veronica Escobar and Deliris Montanez Berrios are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 16 on March 1, 2022.
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Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 16
Irene Armendariz-Jackson is running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 16 on March 1, 2022.
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
2020
See also: Texas' 16th Congressional District election, 2020
Texas' 16th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Democratic primary)
Texas' 16th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary)
General election for U.S. House Texas District 16
Incumbent Veronica Escobar defeated Irene Armendariz-Jackson in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 16 on November 3, 2020.
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Veronica Escobar (D) |
64.7
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154,108 |
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Irene Armendariz-Jackson (R) |
35.3
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84,006 | |
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Total votes: 238,114 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Ben Leder (L)
Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 16
Irene Armendariz-Jackson defeated Samuel Williams Jr. in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 16 on July 14, 2020.
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Irene Armendariz-Jackson |
65.4
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5,170 |
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Samuel Williams Jr.
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34.6
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2,731 | |
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Total votes: 7,901 | |||
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Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 16
Incumbent Veronica Escobar advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 16 on March 3, 2020.
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Veronica Escobar |
100.0
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54,910 |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jorge Artalejo (D)
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 16
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 16 on March 3, 2020.
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Samuel Williams Jr.
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31.3
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5,097 |
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Irene Armendariz-Jackson |
25.4
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4,147 |
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Anthony Aguero
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13.4
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2,184 | |
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Jaime Arriola Jr. |
13.0
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2,115 | |
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Blanca Ortiz Trout |
10.2
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1,662 | |
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Patrick Hernandez-Cigarruista |
6.7
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1,100 | |
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Total votes: 16,305 | |||
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Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 16
Ben Leder advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 16 on March 21, 2020.
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2018
Williams Jr. ran as an independent write-in candidate.
General election for U.S. House Texas District 16
Veronica Escobar defeated Rick Seeberger and Ben Mendoza in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 16 on November 6, 2018.
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Veronica Escobar (D) |
68.5
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124,437 |
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Rick Seeberger (R) |
27.0
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49,127 | |
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Ben Mendoza (Independent) |
4.5
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8,147 | |
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43 | ||
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Total votes: 181,754 | |||
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Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 16
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 16 on March 6, 2018.
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Veronica Escobar |
61.4
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30,630 |
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Dori Fenenbock |
22.0
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10,992 | |
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Norma Chavez |
6.7
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3,325 | |
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Enrique Garcia |
5.3
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2,661 | |
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Jerome Tilghman |
3.0
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1,489 | |
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John Carrillo |
1.5
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771 | |
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Total votes: 49,868 | |||
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Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 16
Rick Seeberger defeated Alia Garcia-Ureste in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 16 on March 6, 2018.
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Rick Seeberger |
69.3
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7,273 |
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Alia Garcia-Ureste |
30.7
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3,216 | |
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Total votes: 10,489 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Samuel Williams Jr. did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
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| Video submitted to Ballotpedia Released November 5, 2019 |
Samuel Williams Jr. completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Williams' responses.
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Born May 1, 1964 in St Petersburg Fl to Samuel and Carol Williams. My father was an import auto mechanic and my mother a beautician. I am the oldest of 4 children I have 1 brother and 2 sisters. In 1977 we moved from St Petersburg to Arcadia Florida a small town 80 miles southeast of St Petersburg. After graduating high school in June 1982, I moved to Franklin NC to attend Western Carolina University. After 2 semesters in computer programing I enlisted in the United States Army. I attended Basic Training at FT Knox KY on July 19th, 1983 starting my military career that spanned 3 decades, 5 Continents and 15 different countries. During my military service I accumulated 95 month of Combat and served almost 14 years overseas. I have 3 children Scott, Brian, and Jennie. My wife Hae Yon (Grace) were married April 24, 1987 in Seoul, South Korea. I have 4 grandchildren Isabella, Elijah, Joseph and Jameson. I was assigned to FT Bliss in June of 2011 after volunteering for an assignment to deploy to Iraq in support of operation New Dawn with the intent of retiring to the El Paso area upon redeployment from Iraq. On March 31st 2013 I retired from the United States Army in El Paso TX.
- World Class Medical care for Veterans of El Paso by bringing in a full service VA hospital
- Strengthen our borders by building a physical wall in areas that CBP directs first. Increase ISR assests along border to reduce response times
- Get the Federal Goverment out of Education
States rights have been restricted by the ratification of the 17th Amendment. I will propose legislation to repeal the 17th Amendment to end popular vote for Senators and return the responsibility to the State Legislators. By doing so the States would then have their voice back at a Federal level ending much of the Federal Governments over reach.
Revise the immigrations and asylum laws requiring anyone that does not enter the United States via a Port of Entry to be removed immediately. Move Federal Immigration Judges back under the Judicial branch . Currently removal orders and warrants are not legally binding to State and local Law Enforcement. Doing so will make entering the United States illegally an enforceable crime. Anyone that enters the United States illegally be deported within 7 days of apprehension. No path to Citizenship for DACA only resident alien status.
GEN George S Patton his candor was beyond reproach. He was a great leader of men he lead from the front and took responsiblity for his actions.
Integrity Honesty Fortitude High Moral standards Socialblity Determination Self confidance
Elected officials are responsible to the people and to complete the work of the people for the improvement of those peoples lives.
The first big historical event I remember was the 1969 Apollo 11 mission to the moon.
My first job was with DeSoto Sod Company as a laborer laying sod in new housing developments for about 2 months in 1980.
The U.S. House of Representatives is intended to give the average citizen a voice as to how the government should operated. We currently have many represenatives that have forgotten that they are employees of the people.
The greatest threat to the U.S. House of Representatives is that career politians that are out of touch with the people. Experience in government or politics is not a qualifcation and should not be required. People that have long political careers tend to be the most corrupt bring those bad habits with them. I do think that military experiance should be a requirement. Most people that have served in the military have learned to work with people that they may not agree with or even like but because they look for the most efficant way to complete a task and are able to work through their differance for the greater good.
Maintaining our Soverignty as an independant nation. The globalist threat to the United States is constant.
Armed Services Committee Veteran Affairs Foreign Affairs Oversight
A two year term is to short currently we only get about 9 months of work from a represenative in the span of the term. After the end of their first year in office they begin spending the bulk of their time campaigning for reelection. A 3 or 4 year term would force them to actually have to work for the people. If they decide to run for a higher office they must resign to run for that office.
Term limits must be enacted for all elected officials people in positions of power become corrupt as time goes on. Limiting all offices to 12 years including appointed offices like the Supreme Court.
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Note: Williams submitted the above survey responses to Ballotpedia on December 19, 2019.
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Samuel Williams Jr. completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Williams' responses.
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
IMMIGRATION/DACA • Propose border resoultions that promote security and respect for human rights • Reject a border wall within El Paso city limits but support for border walls where required • Push for DACA recipients to acquire legal status VETERANS • Push for adequate funding to fully staff our local VA clinic • Allow VA to hire and fire staff as done in the private sector to improve quality • Eliminate needless bureaucracy which causes delays in benefits and care HEALTH CARE • Get government out of private health care • Lower health insurance costs by allowing competition • Stop reducing social security benefits to pay for Medicare
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?
ECONOMY • Bring better paying jobs to El Paso to improve the standard of living • Improve efforts to promote local talent to attract bigger companies • Lower the tax burden on small businesses and tax payers IMMIGRATION/DACA • Propose border resoultions that promote security and respect for human rights • Reject a border wall within El Paso city limits but support for border walls where required • Push for DACA recipients to acquire legal status VETERANS • Push for adequate funding to fully staff our local VA clinic • Allow VA to hire and fire staff as done in the private sector to improve quality • Eliminate needless bureaucracy which causes delays in benefits and care HEALTH CARE • Get government out of private health care • Lower health insurance costs by allowing competition • Stop reducing social security benefits to pay for Medicare EDUCATION • Get government out of education • Eliminate Common core and government mandated annual testing • Cap College Loans at 2% and increase financial threshold for Pell grants FOREIGN AFFAIRS • Cut Foreign Aid to nations who do not support our values • End meddling in other countries that are no threat to us or our allies • Stop needless wars to allow our military time to recover and save billions of tax dollars
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?
General George S. Patton lead from he front. His leadership has been an inspiration to me throughout my military career. He believed that respect was earned from the bottom up as well as well as from the top down.
What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?
Honesty, self conviction, integrity, set the example, fortitude, personal accountability
What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?
Represent the people that elected them. Be the peoples voice first and for-most.
What legacy would you like to leave?
A veterans affairs that can serve our veterans as they served.
Do you believe that two years is the right term length for representatives?
Representatives should be elected to a four year term with a two term limit.
What are your thoughts on term limits?
Senators should be limited to two terms Representatives should be limited to eight years Supreme Court should not be a lifetime appointment twelve years appointments
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I am running for Congress as an Independent because I have heard the concerns of the people of El Paso and am tired of both the Democrats and Republicans letting us down. Let's face it, neither the Democrats nor Republicans have our best interests at heart. The parties only pretend to care about the people at election time and are more concerned about the party platform or what the lobbyists desire. We have been promised change for the better from almost everyone involved in government with none of them ever coming through for us. They hold us hostage on every issue. Whether it's taxes, immigration, or veteran's concerns, it's all ignored until election season rolls around. To sink even lower, both parties are too busy insulting each other and voting down party lines instead of coming together with a real solution for America. Finally, after the bickering has toned down, all that we are left with is higher taxes and more wars. These games are not what made America the country we all love. This needs to stop. I and millions of Americans believe it is time for us to take back control of our country. As an Independent I will work directly for you the people. I will do everything in my power to present to the people of El Paso every piece of legislation that is to voted upon and then take action. When was the last time a member of Congress asked you which way to vote on a particular piece of legislation and followed through? During this congressional session there have been over 6000 pieces of legislation drafted by members of Congress. Of those proposed, less than 200 have been voted into a law. My best estimate is that 75% of the bills introduced are not necessary are are designed to bog the system down and stall any real progress resulting in passing legislation that only benefits the special interests. We can't allow this to continue. I will strive to end the strife between the parties and work to get real results for the people of El Paso and the rest of the United States. El Paso, the Democrats have represented us in Congress for decades and all that we have to show for it is high taxes and poorly paid jobs. Our military veterans are not receiving the proper care that they need, our largest school district is nearly bankrupt, our children are not being properly educated, and our border is riddled with issues. I want for my family the same thing that you want for yours; an opportunity in my own city to prosper and watch my family grow and be successful. Voting for the Democrats and Republicans will prove to change nothing for our beautiful city. Voting for an Independent will mean that you are voting for a representative who works to satisfy a party's requirements, but instead works directly for you, the people who own the government. We have a chance to make real changes to our city. Let's not waste another opportunity on voting for a career politician who only seeks personal gain. Vote for someone who wants to make El Paso a place of prosperity for all of us! Vote for me, Sam Williams for Congress. Together we can take El Paso to another level![2] |
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See also
2022 Elections
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