Dave Williams (Colorado politician)

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Dave Williams
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Williams in 2018.
Member of the Colorado House of Representatives
from the 15th district
Assumed office
January 11, 2017
Preceded byGordon Klingenschmitt
Personal details
BornAlbuquerque, New Mexico
NationalityAmerican
Political partyRepublican
ResidenceColorado Springs, Colorado
Alma materUniversity of Colorado at Colorado Springs
ProfessionManufacturing executive[1]
Websitedaveforcolorado.com/about.html

Dave Williams is an American politician from Colorado Springs, Colorado. A Republican, Williams represents Colorado House of Representatives District 15, which encompasses Colorado Springs and Cimarron Hills in El Paso County.

Career[]

Williams was first elected to the State House in 2016 after winning 67.84% of the vote.[2]

Previously, Williams served as Vice-Chairman of the El Paso County Republican Party. He works for his family-owned company as Vice President of Logistics.[3]

Williams was the first Latino elected to House District 15.[4] While his surname may not readily indicate his ethnicity, his mother's maiden name is "Sanchez" and their family has roots going back to Mexico and Southern California.[5]

Williams is considered part of the hardline right-wing faction within the Colorado Republican Party. He doesn't believe in compromising with Democrats and independents.[6] Since Joe Biden defeated Trump in the 2020 presidential election, Williams has questioned the results of the election and has promoted false claims of fraud.[6][7]

On December 7, 2020, Williams and 7 other Republicans demanded to the Speaker of the House KC Becker that a committee be formed on "election integrity" to conduct an audit of the Dominion Voting Systems used in Colorado's 2020 elections in spite of no evidence of issues. The request was rejected, with Becker criticizing it as a a promotion of "debunked conspiracy theories."[8]

On July 2021, Williams and Ron Hanks held a town hall at Colorado Springs in which both made multiple false claims of election fraud. Williams falsely claimed that 5,600 dead people voted in the 2020 Colorado elections and that fraud played a role in Democrat John Hickenlooper's victory against Republican Cory Gardner.[7]

On December 2021, Williams announced his campaign bid aimed at challenging Rep. Doug Lamborn.[9]

Colorado Politician Accountability Act[]

During the first year of his first term (2017), Williams introduced a bill (HB17-1134) titled the "Colorado Politician Accountability Act". The bill was designed to crack down on sanctuary cities by allowing public officials of sanctuary cities who had not sought to overturn the local sanctuary law to be sued by citizens if an illegal alien committed a crime, and also by making elected officials of sanctuary jurisdictions liable to penalties for "rendering assistance to an illegal alien".[10][11][12] The bill was defeated in the House but Williams and two Senate co-sponsors reintroduced it with few changes in 2018 as HB18-1178.[13][14]

References[]

  1. ^ Colorado General Assembly. Representative Dave Williams. Viewed: 2017-01-18.
  2. ^ "Official Certified Results November 8, 2016 General Election: State Representative - District 15". Secretary of State of Colorado. Retrieved 2018-06-10.
  3. ^ Williams, Dave. Meet Dave. Viewed: 2017-01-18.
  4. ^ "Rep. Dave Williams". www.cohousegop.com. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
  5. ^ Development, PodBean. "Peter Boyles Show - Feb 3, 2017 - Hr 3". Retrieved 2018-06-02.
  6. ^ a b Burness, Alex (2021-08-17). "Colorado's far-right pushes to close primaries, which would exclude millions of voters". The Denver Post. Retrieved 2021-08-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ a b Beedle, Heidi (5 August 2021). "El Paso County Republicans embrace the Big Lie". Colorado Springs Indy. Retrieved 2021-09-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ Hindi, Saja (2020-12-08). "GOP demand for probe of Colorado's Dominion voting system part of "debunked conspiracy theories," House speaker says". The Denver Post. Retrieved 2022-01-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ Paul, Jesse; Fish, Sandra (2021-12-14). "State Rep. Dave Williams launches primary challenge to Republican Congressman Doug Lamborn". The Colorado Sun. Retrieved 2021-12-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ Leyte, Ximena (February 16, 2017). "Immigration policies spark debate between Colorado state representatives". Boulder Weekly.
  11. ^ Eason, Brian (January 30, 2017). "Colorado lawmaker wants to let victims of crimes committed by immigrants sue politicians in 'sanctuary cities'". The Denver Post (subscription required).
  12. ^ "Hold Colorado Government Accountable Sanctuary Jurisdictions". Colorado General Assembly. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
  13. ^ Paul, Jesse (March 13, 2018). "Colorado's 'sanctuary city' officials would face lawsuits, felony charge in return of GOP lawmakers' longshot measure". The Denver Post (subscription required).
  14. ^ "Hold Colorado Governments Accountable Sanctuary Jurisdictions". Colorado General Assembly. Retrieved 2018-06-10.

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