Former representative · New York's 22nd district

Brandon Williams

Brandon Williams served in Congress from 2023 to 2025, last as a Republican representative for New York's 22nd district. In the 118th Congress, 1,222 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 80, and cast 680 of 798 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Republican
Chamber
House
Former
In Congress since
Jan 3, 2023
Last term ended
Jan 3, 2025
Photo: Government Publishing Office (public domain)

Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
118th CongressHouse of Representatives1,2226.5%80 of 1,222 · rank 61 of 44285%680 of 798 · rank 403 of 442170 became law18%63 of 348

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 118th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1+0.31+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. Nov 12, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Failed 175–225· Against party
  2. Jul 24, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 173–243· Against party
  3. Jul 24, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 185–231· Against party
  4. Jul 24, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 207–211· Against party
  5. Jul 24, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 148–267· Against party
  6. Jul 24, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 156–236· Against party
  7. Jul 23, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 147–269· Against party
  8. Jul 23, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 145–268· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. Dec 20, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 366–34
  2. Dec 19, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Failed 174–235
  3. Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 381–20
  4. Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 404–1
  5. Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 369–37
  6. Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 373–33
  7. Dec 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 311–96· Against party
  8. Dec 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 402–12
  9. Dec 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 210–201
  10. Dec 16, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 348–39
  11. Dec 16, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 382–12
  12. Dec 16, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 390–0

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

17 sponsored · 0 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced1376%
  2. Reported by committee212%
  3. Passed one chamber212%

Policy areas

  1. Armed Forces and National Security3
  2. International Affairs3
  3. Science, Technology, Communications3
  4. Education2
  5. Energy2
  6. Labor and Employment2
  7. Environmental Protection1
  8. Transportation and Public Works1

Latest activity

  1. H.R. 3745 Unemployment Trust Fund Accountability Act
    Introduced· Labor and Employment· Dec 17, 2024
  2. H.R. 9671 Department of Energy Artificial Intelligence Act of 2024
    Introduced· Science, Technology, Communications· Sep 25, 2024
  3. H.R. 8674 Milestones for Advanced Nuclear Fuel Act
    Reported by committee· Energy· Sep 18, 2024
  4. H.R. 9345 Safe Housing Assistance for Veterans Act
    Introduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Aug 9, 2024
  5. H.R. 8579 Onondaga Lake Watershed Improvement Act
    Introduced· Environmental Protection· May 28, 2024
  6. H.R. 8466 Affordable Connectivity Program Improvement and Extension Act of 2024
    Introduced· Science, Technology, Communications· May 24, 2024
  7. H.R. 8242 No Bailouts for Campus Criminals Act
    Introduced· Education· May 10, 2024
  8. H.R. 7683 Respecting the First Amendment on Campus Act
    Reported by committee· Education· Apr 26, 2024

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

No committee seats are listed.

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to New York's 22nd district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026
$1.3B
Per resident
$1,671
Rank in New York
2 of 26
Contract actions
7,881
New awards: 5,527

By fiscal year

  1. 2BFY2017
  2. 1.7BFY2018
  3. 1.7BFY2019
  4. 1.7BFY2020
  5. 1.6BFY2021
  6. 1.9BFY2022
  7. 3BFY2023
  8. 3BFY2024
  9. 2.2BFY2025
  10. 1.3BFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of Defense
  2. General Services Administration
  3. Department of Defense
  4. Department of Defense
  5. Department of Transportation
  6. Department of Defense

Top recipients

  1. 216 awards
  2. 9 awards
  3. SAAB INC$124.1M9.7%
    13 awards
  4. SRC INC$84.3M6.6%
    55 awards
  5. 18 awards
  6. 64 awards
  7. SAAB, INC$38.1M3.0%
    47 awards
  8. 6 awards
  9. C SPEED LLC$18.3M1.4%
    2 awards
  10. SRCTEC, LLC$18.1M1.4%
    17 awards
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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised
$2,292
through Sep 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$0
From committees
$0
0 committees
From contractor PACs
$0
0 PACs · — of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$2,292$0$00 PACs · — of committee money
2024$4.2M$1.1M$127.8K38 PACs · 12% of committee money
2022$941.4K$214.5K$9,5004 PACs · 4% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. House · New York's 22nd districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.