Candidate · November 3, 2026

Nikema Williams

On the ballot for U.S. House · Georgia's 5th District

DemocratIncumbent
raised through Oct 14, 2026
$773K
cash on hand
$63K
issues with public statements
16
outside spending for or against
$2,000

§1On the ballot

Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.

OfficeU.S. House · Georgia's 5th District1,2,3,4,5
Party on the ballotDemocrat1,2,3,4
StatusIncumbent — Currently represents Georgia's 5th District in the U.S. House.6
How it's decidedIf no candidate wins a majority (more than half of the votes), the top two finishers meet in a runoff on December 1, 2026.5
Also on the ballot

§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.

Nikema Williams was born in Columbus, Georgia, raised in Smiths Station, Alabama, and graduated from Talladega College with a degree in biology.7,8 Her campaign website says she is a former public school teacher and served in the Georgia State Senate before Congress.7,9,10 She represents Georgia’s 5th Congressional District in her third term, succeeding the late Congressman John Lewis.8 She serves on the House Financial Services Committee and is Whip of the Democratic Women’s Caucus.8

Why they say they're running

Her campaign website says she is running to keep fighting to expand access to affordable health care, fully and equitably fund public schools and protect voting rights, so that every Georgian in the 5th District can live the promise of America.11

Service in Congress since 2023

Websites and accounts

§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.

Housing

Her campaign website says she supports the End Hedge Fund Control of American Homes Act, which it says would require companies to sell homes back to families and phase out hedge fund ownership of single-family homes over the next decade.10

  1. Tighten the ban, such as by covering smaller investors or ending exceptions
  2. Keep the 2026 law as passed
  3. Loosen or repeal the ban
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Abortion and Reproductive Health

Her campaign website says reproductive rights are human rights and that reproductive health care has always been a priority for her.10

Economy, Jobs and Trade

Her campaign website says she is fighting to open contracting opportunities, protect SBA programs and expand access to capital for small businesses through the Minority Entrepreneurship Grant Program Act.10

  1. Expand SBA loans, research awards and contracting help for small businesses
  2. Keep the programs near their current size
  3. Shrink the SBA or close it, leaving small business lending to private lenders
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Education

Her campaign website says she is fighting back against the Trump administration’s attacks on the Department of Education and on teachers.10

  1. Close the department and move or end its programs
  2. Shrink it and give states more control over federal school money
  3. Keep the department and its programs, or expand it
Marked: the option their statement matches.

An earlier issues page still on her campaign website says she will support all measures that lower or eliminate student debt in the country.9

  1. Narrow or end existing forgiveness programs, such as Public Service Loan Forgiveness
  2. Keep current forgiveness programs, with no new cancellation
  3. Add targeted relief, such as more forgiveness for public service workers or through income-based repayment
  4. Broad cancellation of student debt
Marked: the option their statement matches.

An earlier issues page still on her campaign website says that in the Georgia State Senate she voted against every effort to take money from public schools.9

Family and Social Policy

Her campaign website says she is fighting to end student hunger through a bill that would make sure students can access SNAP benefits they may need.10

  1. Undo the 2025 changes or expand benefits and eligibility
  2. Keep the program as changed in 2025
  3. Tighten eligibility and work rules further
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Her campaign website says she is fighting for a strong federal care infrastructure that includes paid family and medical leave, long-term care and support for unpaid caregivers.9,10

  1. Create a national paid leave program for all workers
  2. Expand tax credits for employers that offer paid leave, without a national requirement
  3. Keep current federal law, leaving paid leave to employers and states
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Her campaign website says she is leading the Care is an Economic Development Strategy Act, which requires Economic Development Districts to expand access to child care and other care services, and says quality child care should be part of a strong federal care infrastructure.9,10

Elections and Government Reform

Her campaign website says she led a package of legislation to limit wait times at the polls, protect the right to vote by mail and give workers time off to vote.10

An earlier issues page still on her campaign website says she has proposed measures to promote automatic voter registration, restoring voting rights for people convicted of a felony, same day voter registration, standardizing vote by mail and ranked choice voting.9

  1. Use ranked-choice voting in more elections
  2. Let each state or city decide
  3. Ban ranked-choice voting
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Courts, Rights and Civil Liberties

An earlier issues page still on her campaign website says she will keep demanding that the Senate pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.9

  1. Restore and widen protections by law, such as federal approval of voting changes in places with a history of discrimination (for example, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act)
  2. Keep current law, as the Supreme Court read it in 2026, without the federal approval requirement
  3. Stop applying the law to how district maps are drawn
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Health Care

An earlier issues page still on her campaign website says she supports Medicare for All, which it describes as a way to make sure every American can receive health care regardless of income or ZIP code.9

  1. One government plan for everyone (Medicare for All)
  2. Add a government plan that anyone can choose to buy
  3. Keep the current mix of private and public coverage, including the ACA
  4. Fewer federal insurance rules and more private plan choices, with aid paid to individuals
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Crime, Policing and Prisons

An earlier issues page still on her campaign website says she supports legalizing recreational marijuana use.9

  1. Keep recreational use against the law
  2. Reduce penalties for having small amounts, without legal sales
  3. Let each state decide, with no federal penalties where a state allows it
  4. Make it legal for adults to buy and use
Marked: the option their statement matches.

An earlier issues page still on her campaign website says she supports repealing qualified immunity.9

  1. End qualified immunity for police officers
  2. Keep qualified immunity as courts apply it now
  3. Write qualified immunity into federal law
Marked: the option their statement matches.

An earlier issues page still on her campaign website says she will advocate for ending the use of cash bail.9

  1. Require bail or jail before trial for more charges
  2. Keep current bail rules
  3. End or reduce cash bail, with judges deciding release based on risk
Marked: the option their statement matches.

§4Popular bills that never got a vote

Why this matters: Many bills with wide support from both parties never reach a vote, so no member of Congress is ever on record for or against them. Signing on as a sponsor or cosponsor is the only public record of support.

While Nikema Williams served, these bills had broad support from both parties but never reached a floor vote. No officeholder ever had to vote on them. Nikema Williams sponsored or cosponsored 29 of the 52. How bills die without a vote.

See all 52

§5Money

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, 2026.66

Raised$772,833
Spent$722,968
Cash on hand$63,107

Where the money came from

Individual donors$253K · 33%
PACs and other political committees$502K · 65%
Other receipts (other loans, refunds, interest)$18K · 2%

Outside spending

Groups spending independently reported $2,000 supporting and $0 opposing Nikema Williams this cycle, primary and general combined, in the 24- and 48-hour reports the law requires for larger expenditures, filed through October 24, 2026.67

Largest independent spenders, as named in their FEC filings.
GroupSupportingOpposing
Care in Action PAC$2,000—

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.

§6Financial 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.