Steve Williams (Minnesota)

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Steve Williams

Republican Party

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Last election

August 14, 2018

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Steve Williams (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Minnesota's 1st Congressional District. Williams lost in the Republican primary on August 14, 2018.

Williams was a 2016 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 1st Congressional District of Minnesota. Williams was defeated by Jim Hagedorn in the Republican primary on August 9, 2016.

Williams was a 2014 Independence Party of America candidate who sought election to the U.S. Senate from Minnesota. Williams lost to Steve Carlson in the Independence primary on August 12, 2014.

Williams was previously a 2012 Independence candidate who sought election to the U.S. Senate from Minnesota.

Elections

2018

See also: Minnesota's 1st Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 1

Jim Hagedorn defeated Dan Feehan in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 1 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jim Hagedorn (R)	50.1	146,200
		Dan Feehan (D)	49.7	144,885
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	576

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 291,661 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 1

Dan Feehan defeated Colin Minehart in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 1 on August 14, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dan Feehan	83.1	39,252
	Submit photo	Colin Minehart	16.9	7,979

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 47,231
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Vicki Jensen (D)
• Rich Wright (D)
• Regina Mustafa (D)
• Johnny Akzam (D)
• Joe Sullivan (D)
• Bob Ries (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 1

Jim Hagedorn defeated Carla Nelson, Steve Williams, and Andrew Candler in the Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 1 on August 14, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jim Hagedorn	60.1	25,431
		Carla Nelson	32.2	13,631
		Steve Williams	5.1	2,144
		Andrew Candler	2.6	1,107

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 42,313
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2016

See also: Minnesota's 1st Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Tim Walz (D) narrowly defeated Jim Hagedorn (R) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Walz faced no primary challenger, while Hagedorn defeated Steve Williams in the Republican primary on August 9, 2016.

U.S. House, Minnesota District 1 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Tim Walz Incumbent	50.3%	169,074
	Republican	Jim Hagedorn	49.6%	166,526
	N/A	Write-in	0.1%	277
Total Votes				335,877
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State

U.S. House, Minnesota District 1 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Jim Hagedorn	76.5%	10,851
Steve Williams	23.5%	3,330
Total Votes		14,181
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State

2014

See also: United States Senate elections in Minnesota, 2014

Williams ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. Senate, to represent Minnesota. Williams sought the Independence nomination in the primary on August 12, 2014, but was defeated by Steve Carlson.

U.S. Senate, Minnesota Independence Party Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Steve Carlson	33.9%	2,148
Kevin Terrell	21.7%	1,376
Jack Shepard	17.8%	1,130
Stephen Williams	13.6%	862
Tom Books	12.9%	820
Total Votes		6,336
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State

2012

See also: United States Senate elections in Minnesota, 2012

Williams ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. Senate, representing Minnesota. He defeated Glen R. Anderson Menze in the Independence primary but lost in the general election on November 6, 2012.

U.S. Senate, Minnesota General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Amy Klobuchar Incumbent	65.2%	1,854,595
	Republican	Kurt Bills	30.5%	867,974
	Independence	Stephen Williams	2.6%	73,539
	Grassroots	Tim Davis	1.1%	30,531
	Progressive	Michael Cavlan	0.5%	13,986
Total Votes				2,843,207
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State, "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" (dead link)

Campaign themes

2016

The following issues were listed on Williams' campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

“	Stewardship: Stewardship is the responsible management of resources whether they be economic, natural, or human resources. This ethic is severely lacking in both our culture and our economy and is the antithesis of the buy votes now and let someone else pay later politics that dominate our government. More than any other nation we have the resources to build a prosperity that is both just and enduring. But to do this we must evolve from a consumer economy to a stewardship economy. Taxes: To help create jobs, increase wages and strengthen the economy I would eliminate payroll taxes. We must recognize that taxes specifically targeting labor are an economic abomination and place the American worker and the American employer at a great disadvantage in the global economy! Also I would increase the standard deduction, the personal exemption and eliminate the double taxation of dividends at the corporate level. To offset these tax cuts I would implement a national sales tax on consumer discretionary items and eliminate the income tax breaks for dividends, capitol gains and itemized deductions. Special Interest Money: We have a government of special interests that wield excessive influence over both political parties, where each party has its own group of dominating interests, and where super special interests like the financial industry have control of both parties. The only way to end this corruption is to elect candidates who like myself are free from the corruption of special interest money. The Economy, Jobs, and Healthcare: A healthy economy is one that creates lots of good jobs without relying on massive amounts of monetary stimulus as we have been doing for last eight years. In order to achieve a truly healthy economy we must remove the the biggest obstacle to job creation and that is the employer based healthcare system...It is time for a single payer healthcare system or Medicare for all. Both common sense and justice demand that we remove the cost of healthcare from the backs of the American worker, to support our workers and strengthen our economy.	”
—Steve Williams' campaign website, http://www.minnesota1st.com/steve_williams_for_congress_003.htm

See also

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• United States House of Representatives
• Minnesota's 1st Congressional District election, 2016
• Minnesota's 1st Congressional District election, 2018
• Minnesota's 1st Congressional District

External links

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• Campaign website
• Facebook page

Footnotes

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Minnesota's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Amy Klobuchar (D)

Tina Smith (D)

Representatives

District 1

Brad Finstad (R)

District 2

Angie Craig (D)

District 3

Kelly Morrison (D)

District 4

Betty McCollum (D)

District 5

Ilhan Omar (D)

District 6

Tom Emmer (R)

District 7

Michelle Fischbach (R)

District 8

Pete Stauber (R)

Democratic Party (6)

Republican Party (4)