Nicole A. Williams

Williams was born on September 23, 1977, in Washington, D.C. She attended the University of Pittsburgh, where she earned a B.A. degree in history and communications in 1999, and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where she earned a J.D. degree in 2002. She was admitted into the Maryland Bar in 2002, the District of Columbia Bar in 2005, and the Virginia State Bar in 2015. After graduating, Williams worked as an attorney for several law firms, including Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver, Hileman & Williams, and Rees Broome.^[1]

Williams first became involved with politics in 2010, when she filed to run for the Maryland House of Delegates in District 23A.^[2] In 2012, she successfully ran for delegate to the Democratic National Convention, representing Barack Obama. In 2014, Williams graduated from a training course hosted by Emerge Maryland, an organization created to prepare potential female Democratic candidates for public office,^[1] and ran for the Prince George's County Democratic Central Committee, representing District 22.^[3] In September 2017, she announced that she would run for the Maryland House of Delegates in 2018.^[4] She came in fourth place in a field of five candidates, receiving 13.8 percent of the vote.^[5] In December 2018, Williams was elected to be the 3rd vice chair of the Maryland Democratic Party.^[6]

Since 2019, Williams has served on the board of directors of Emerge Maryland.^[1]

In October 2019, after state delegate Tawanna P. Gaines resigned from the Maryland House of Delegates after being indicted on wire fraud charges,^[7] Williams applied to serve the remainder of Gaines's term.^[8] Her candidacy was endorsed by state senator Paul G. Pinsky and state delegates Anne Healey and Alonzo T. Washington. The Prince George's County Democratic Central Committee voted to recommend Williams to Governor Larry Hogan to fill the vacant seat in October 2019.^[9] Hogan appointed her to the Maryland House of Delegates on November 15, 2019,^[10] and Williams was sworn in on December 6, 2019. She has been a member of the Judiciary Committee since 2020.^[1]

Williams ran as a delegate to the 2020 Democratic National Convention, pledged to Elizabeth Warren.^[11] She was an at-large delegate to the 2024 Democratic National Convention, pledged to Kamala Harris.^[12]

In February 2026, Williams announced that she would run for Maryland's 5th congressional district in 2026, seeking to succeed Steny Hoyer, who is retiring.^[13] During her campaign, Williams campaigned on a platform centered on preserving democracy and addressing affordability concerns, and criticized the second Trump administration for federal mass layoffs that affected thousands of the district's residents.^[14]

In January 2022, Williams attended a pro-choice rally at Lawyers Mall in Annapolis, Maryland.^[15] During the 2022 legislative session, Williams introduced legislation that would establish that civil or criminal charges can't be pursued against people who experience miscarriages, stillbirths, or from undergoing abortion services.^[16][17]

During the 2021 legislative session, Williams introduced a bill that would allow voters to cast ballots at curbside voting locations.^[18]

In July 2021, Williams attended a public hearing hosted by the Maryland Citizens Redistricting Commission to ask commission members to keep the state's current multi-member legislative district system in their proposed map.^[19]

During the 2026 legislative session, William introduced a bill to ban the sale of firearms that can be converted into automatic firearms through the use of a Glock switch.^[20]

In February 2022, Williams attended a rally to urge lawmakers to pass the Time to Care Act, legislation that would offer paid family leave to all Marylanders.^[21]

During the 2025 legislative session, Williams introduced a bill to repeal the prohibition of selling condoms in public school vending machines.^[22] After passing the House of Delegates, the bill died in the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee.^[23]

In May 2021, Williams attended a rally alongside a number of elected officials to protest a proposed Maglev train between Baltimore and Washington, D.C.^[24] Williams introduced legislation during the 2021 legislative session that would block the use of state funds to construct the maglev.^[25]

Williams attends religious services at the Metropolitan Baptist Church in Largo, Maryland.^[1]