Nikema Williams
Democrat · GA-5 · U.S. House
GA-5 — U.S. House
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Bio
Nikema Natassha Williams is an American politician serving as the representative for Georgia's 5th congressional district. The district includes almost three-quarters of Atlanta. She was a member of the Georgia State Senate for the 39th district from 2017 to 2021, and served as Chair of the Democratic Party of Georgia from 2019 to 2025. Williams served as one of 16 electors for Georgia in the Electoral College following the 2020 United States presidential election.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 5.7 years
- First took office
- 2021 (3 terms)
- Seniority
- 253 of 439 by time served
- Age
- 48
- Atlanta, GA · 404-659-0116
Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.
Reported net worth
- Assets
- $55k – $175k
- Liabilities
- $350k – $750k
- Net worth
- −$695k – −$175k
- Since 2021
- −$215k
Largest holdings in the 2025 filing · 6 assets reported
Largest first, capped at 40 line items. Each is the asset's reported value bracket, not the income it produced.
From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →
Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)
Issue profile
Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.
How they score against the parties
Nikema Williams's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.
On the political map
Nikema Williams (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.
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Caucuses & committees
Where Williamssits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.
Caucuses
- Congressional Progressive Caucusstrongly left · 95 members
- New Democrat Coalitionstrongly left · 109 members
- Congressional Black Caucusstrongly left · 63 members
- Congressional Equality Caucusstrongly left · 153 members
Committees
- House Committee on Financial Servicescenter · 53 members
Most and least aligned members
Treating Williams's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.
Recent notable votes
Latest news
- House Democrats file 5 impeachment articles against Hegseth
House Democrats will introduce five articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday, accusing him of war crimes in connection with the Iran war, abuse of power and mishandling of the Department of Defense (DOD).Rep. Yassamin Ansari…
Freerepublic.com · April 15, 2026 
Democrats Officially File Articles of Impeachment Against Pete HegsethDemocrats are mounting a formal opposition to oust Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Arizona Representative Yassamin Ansari filed six articles of impeachment against the Pentagon chief Wednesday, accusing Hegseth of repeatedly violating his constitutional oath.…
The New Republic · April 15, 2026
Hegseth Impeachment Articles Land as Thousands More US Troops Deploy for Iran WarHouse Democrats officially unveiled five articles of impeachment against Pentagon Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday as US military announced a deployment of thousands of additional troops to the Middle East, even as President Donald Trump claims his war of …
Common Dreams · April 15, 2026
Rick Ross Honored by Congresswoman Ahead of Annual Car & Bike ShowRick Ross received a proclamation from Georgia Congresswoman Nikema Williams this week ... the MMG rapper may hail from Miami but his philanthropic and business arm extends well into Peach State state lines!!! Rozay was front and center for a…
TMZ · June 3, 2025
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