Candidate · November 3, 2026
Lily Tang Williams
On the ballot for U.S. House · New Hampshire's 2nd District
- raised through Oct 14, 2026
- $1.4M
- cash on hand
- $472K
- issues with public statements
- 28
- outside spending for or against
- $8,016
§1On the ballot
Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.
| Office | U.S. House · New Hampshire's 2nd District1, |
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| Party on the ballot | Republican1, |
| Status | Challenger |
| Also on the ballot |
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§2Who they are
Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Lily Tang Williams was an assistant law professor at Fudan University in Shanghai before coming to the United States in 1988 to study at a graduate school.3,
Why they say they're running
Her campaign website says she is running because she fears the United States is becoming like the country she left and wants to defend the country and keep the American dream alive for the next generation.3,
Websites and accounts
- Campaign websitelilytangwilliams.com/congress4,
5, 6 - Facebookfacebook.com/lilytangwilliams4
- Instagraminstagram.com/lilytangwilliams4
- X (Twitter)twitter.com/Lily4Liberty4
- YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCDPh5TTtWO5PBxJadJbGN_Q4
§3What they've said on the issues
Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.
Elections and Government Reform
Her campaign website says she would sponsor or cosponsor and vote for a constitutional amendment limiting House members to three terms and senators to two terms.7
- Shorter limits, such as three House terms (six years) and two Senate terms (12 years)
- Longer limits, such as 12 to 18 years in each chamber
- No term limits
Her campaign website says members of Congress, along with their spouses and dependent children, should not be allowed to trade individual stocks while serving.7
- Ban members and their spouses and dependent children from owning or trading individual stocks
- Ban members themselves from trading individual stocks
- No ban; keep the reporting rules, with stronger penalties for late reports
Her campaign website says members of Congress should have to disclose their stock trades, campaign contributions and lobbying contacts to the public right away, so voters can hold them accountable.7
Taxes and Budget
Her campaign website calls for ending funding by continuing resolutions and requiring on-time, full-year budgets, which it says would end the cycle of last-minute crises and shutdown threats.7
Her campaign website says she supports amending the Constitution to make a balanced federal budget mandatory.7
- Add a balanced budget requirement to the Constitution
- No amendment; limit spending by law instead, such as with spending caps
- No constitutional requirement or new spending limits
Her campaign website says the federal government must reduce its spending and calls for implementing Senator Paul's Six Penny Plan, under which federal spending would fall by six percent each year until the budget balances in five years.7,
- Increase overall federal spending
- Hold overall spending near current levels
- Cut overall federal spending
- Cut spending enough to balance the budget within 10 years
Energy and Climate
Her campaign website says she supports nuclear power, including protecting and expanding Seabrook Station and advancing small modular reactors, and says she would work to accelerate federal support for them and to streamline their reviews.8
- Build no new reactors and rely on other energy sources
- Support new reactors under the current licensing process
- Speed up licensing further and expand federal support to build many new reactors
Her campaign website says she will fight federal green energy mandates and subsidies, which it says interfere with markets and raise costs for New England ratepayers.8
- End the remaining clean energy credits
- Keep the credits as the 2025 law left them
- Restore the credits the 2025 law ended or cut back
Her campaign website says she supports federal permitting reform to speed up the review of energy projects such as small modular reactors, natural gas infrastructure and power transmission.8
Her campaign website says she supports allowing increased oil leasing on public lands.9
- Stop or sharply limit new leases
- Continue leasing, but keep some coastlines and wildlife areas off-limits
- Lease more federal land and offshore areas for drilling
Housing
Her campaign website says she would back zoning reform led by local communities to cut red tape and allow more homes to be built, with those decisions left to towns rather than Washington.8
- Have states require cities to allow more types of housing, such as apartments near transit
- Give extra state or federal money to communities that allow more homes
- Leave zoning decisions to local governments
Her campaign website says she would investigate and act on large institutional and private equity buyers that, it says, treat homes as investments rather than as places for families.8
Immigration
Her campaign website says the border should be secured, current laws enforced and necessary barriers built to stop drug smuggling and human trafficking.7
Her campaign website says current immigration laws should be enforced, that ICE must be adequately funded and supported, and that people who cross the border illegally should be detained, identified and sent back, with catch-and-release ended.7,
Her campaign website says she supported a proposal to secure the border first and then give Dreamers, including DACA recipients without criminal records, legal status with a pathway to citizenship.10
Her campaign website says that, alongside strong borders, the country should offer refuge to people who seek political asylum and an efficient legal route to citizenship.10
Foreign Policy and Defense
Her campaign website says Congress has failed in one of its most important duties by not declaring war when the country has gone to war, and that Congress alone is responsible for ensuring citizens' consent before military conflicts abroad.7
- Let the president order military action without needing Congress's approval
- Let the president act first, but enforce the 60-day limit and end any action Congress doesn't approve
- Require Congress to approve military action in advance, except to defend against an attack
Her campaign website says that, as the administration works to keep Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, the country should pursue diplomatic, economic and technological solutions wherever it can.7
Courts, Rights and Civil Liberties
Her campaign website says censorship carried out when government works together with large technology companies or the media is dangerous, and that constitutional rights, including free speech, apply in both the physical and the digital town square.7
Her campaign website criticizes diversity, equity and inclusion programs run by governments and corporations and says she will oppose such policies in Congress.11
Guns
Her campaign website says she supports a national constitutional carry law and will work to repeal gun control laws she considers unconstitutional, including gun-free zones.7
- No permit needed for adults who can legally own a gun
- Require a permit, with a background check and training
- Require a permit and bar carrying in more places, such as parks, public transit and bars
Education
Her campaign website says education is a states' rights issue and that the federal Department of Education should be abolished and federal laws that govern K-12 schools repealed.7
- Close the department and move or end its programs
- Shrink it and give states more control over federal school money
- Keep the department and its programs, or expand it
Her campaign website says school choice should not be only for wealthy families, that she supports parents' right to choose a school for their children, and that funding should follow the child.12
Her campaign website says she rejects Critical Race Theory, criticizes the teaching of those ideas and of topics it calls age-inappropriate in public schools, and says parents should be able to know what their children are being taught.11,
Her campaign website says allowing biological males to compete against biological females threatens girls' sports.11
Abortion and Reproductive Health
Her campaign website has a page titled Promote Life that calls for supporting families, caring for the sick and elderly, working to reduce abortions, giving more support to pregnancy centers and women in crisis, and making adoption easier and less expensive.13
Her campaign website says that by overturning Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court returned abortion decisions to the people of each state, and urges respect for the Constitution, the legislative process and the independence of the courts.13
Her campaign website says women should have easy access to education, counseling and birth control.13
§4Money
Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left. Outside groups that spend on their own, without coordinating with the campaign, report that too.
Reported to the Federal Election Commission for the 2025–2026 election cycle, through October 14, 2026.14
| Raised | $1,443,796 |
|---|---|
| Spent | $1,101,045 |
| Cash on hand | $472,230 |
| Debts owed by the campaign | $120,000 |
Where the money came from
Outside spending
Groups spending independently reported $8,016 supporting and $0 opposing Lily Tang Williams this cycle, primary and general combined, in the 24- and 48-hour reports the law requires for larger expenditures, filed through September 10, 2026.15
| Group | Supporting | Opposing |
|---|---|---|
| America PAC | $8,016 | — |
Smaller expenditures that appear only on a group's regular monthly or quarterly report aren't in these totals, so the full amounts can be somewhat higher. When a group amends a report, only its latest version is counted.
§5Financial disclosures
Why this matters: Federal candidates and members of Congress must report their assets, income, debts and outside jobs, and members must report stock trades. These filings show possible conflicts of interest.
- Candidate financial disclosure report16filed May 14, 2026
- Candidate financial disclosure report17filed May 9, 2025
- Amended financial disclosure report18filed Sep 13, 2024
- Candidate financial disclosure report19filed Sep 13, 2024