Roger Williams

Republican Incumbent

On ballot as: Roger Williams
Current role: U.S. Representative, Texas' 25th Congressional District (since January 2013; first elected 2012)
Background: Bachelor's degree in education, Texas Christian University, played baseball at TCU
Played in the Atlanta Braves farm system and was later head baseball coach at TCU
Run a family-owned car dealership and a cow-calf operation in North Texas
Experience: Texas Secretary of State, appointed in 2005 by Gov. Rick Perry
First elected to the U.S. House in 2012
Chairs the House Committee on Small Business and serves on the House Financial Services Committee
Top priorities: His "seven pillars": "lower taxes, less governance, cutting spending, defending our borders, listening to your generals, understanding the 10th amendment, and always standing with Israel"
Guns: "I will forever be a champion for the Second Amendment"
Abortion: "Life is a precious gift that begins at conception"
Health care: "protecting and strengthening Medicare and Medicaid by cutting waste, fraud, and abuse"
Tidbits: Abortion: Pro-life
Immigration: Says the One Big Beautiful Bill "secures historic funding to finish the border wall, increase technology and surveillance capabilities, hire critical personnel"
Guns: Pro Gun Rights and second-amendment
Health care: "We are committed to protecting and strengthening Medicare and Medicaid by cutting waste, fraud, and abuse"
Claims and the record
2015 auto dealer amendment: He owns a car dealership and in 2015 offered an amendment letting auto dealers rent or loan vehicles under recall. The Office of Congressional Ethics referred the matter in 2016; the House Ethics Committee cleared him in 2017. He told committee staff he had no indication it could be seen as unethical.
2020 PPP loan: A car dealership he owns received a Paycheck Protection Program loan in 2020, Nothing barred lawmakers from the program. The dealership said its "first priority has always been our employees."
Endorsements: Texas Values Action
President Donald Trump (primary)
Tarrant County Patriots PAC (primary)
Campaign website: rogerforcongress.com

Roger Williams

U.S. Representative, District 25

Roger Williams