Craig Williams | |
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Member of the PennsylvaniaHouseofRepresentatives from the 160th district | |
Assumed office January 5, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Stephen Barrar |
Personal details | |
Born | Selma,Alabama,U.S. | November 7,1965
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Jennifer |
Children | 4 |
Education | Duke University (BA) University of Florida (JD) Columbia University (LLM) |
Military service | |
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Rank | Colonel |
Battles/wars | Persian Gulf War War in Iraq |
Wendell Craig Williams is a former federal prosecutor,Assistant United States Attorney,member of the United States Marine Corps,and member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 160th district. He received his bachelor's degree from Duke University in 1987,his J.D. degree from the University of Florida Levin College of Law in 1997 and his master's degree from Columbia University in 2001. [1]
Williams served as second lieutenant during the Persian Gulf War. He was later promoted to colonel in the United States Marine Corps.
Craig Williams lives in Glen Mills,Pennsylvania,with his wife,Jennifer Arbittier Williams,an Assistant United States Attorney, [2] and their four children:Emma,Clayton,Cole,and Charlotte.
In 1987,he was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant. During the 1991 Persian Gulf War,he flew 56 combat missions in the F/A-18D Hornet. In 1996,he became a Marine Judge Advocate and joined the Reserves. In 2005,he was mobilized to active duty to serve as Deputy Legal Counsel to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He was later selected for promotion to the rank of colonel in the Marine Corps.
Williams worked as a federal prosecutor,and served on the Joint Terrorism Task Force. During active duty,he served as deputy legal counsel to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Williams clerked with the Honorable J.L. Edmondson,the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He has served as an assistant U.S. Attorney in Colorado and Pennsylvania,and worked under former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard B. Myers and General Peter Pace.
Craig Williams announced his candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives in Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district (map). on January 16, 2008. [3] He was endorsed by several high-profile organizations, [4] including The Philadelphia Inquirer. [5] He also received endorsements from, among others, vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, [6] Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter, former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, all of whom also campaigned for Williams. [7] [8] His campaign was ultimately unsuccessful, losing to the incumbent Joe Sestak. [9]
Williams was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 2020.
In November 2023, Williams announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the 2024 Pennsylvania Attorney General election. Williams was refused an endorse from both the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) and the Pennsylvania Republican Party, who both endorsed York County District Attorney Dave Sunday instead. The snubs came after Williams boasted before entering the race that he would earn the RAGA endorsement. He has since bucked party support, claiming the endorsements are the work of "Harrisburg insiders" propping up Sunday, [10] [11] "a[n] inactive prosecutor who is as progressive as Larry Krasner in Philadelphia," according to Williams. [12] Williams lost to Sunday 70-30. [13]
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