Nikema Natassha Williams was born on July 30,1978 and is an American politician and political executive serving as the representative for.
21 Facts About Nikema Williams
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Nikema Williams was a member of the Georgia State Senate for the 39th district before her House campaign.
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Nikema Williams is the chair of the Democratic Party of Georgia.
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Nikema Williams was born in Columbus, Georgia, and raised in Smiths Station, Alabama.
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Nikema Williams's father was a neighborhood leader, and her great-aunt Autherine Lucy integrated the University of Alabama.
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Nikema Williams graduated from Talladega College, where she became a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in biology.
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Nikema Williams then served as vice president for public policy at Planned Parenthood Southeast.
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Nikema Williams served as the party's interim chair in 2013, after Mike Berlon resigned.
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In 2018, Nikema Williams became the State Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance.
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Nikema Williams supported Barack Obama's presidential campaigns and served as a member of the Obama Victory Fund in 2012.
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Nikema Williams was recognized as one of Obama's top bundlers during that campaign cycle, raising over $50,000 for the campaign.
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In 2017, Nikema Williams was elected to the Georgia State Senate, in a special election after Vincent Fort resigned to run in the Atlanta mayoral election.
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On November 13,2018, Nikema Williams was one of 15 people arrested during a protest at the Georgia State Capitol against the handling of the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election.
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In January 2019, Nikema Williams was elected to lead the Georgia Democratic Party.
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Nikema Williams became the first Black woman, the third woman, and second African American to chair the party.
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Nikema Williams was a delegate to the 2008,2012 and 2016 Democratic National Conventions.
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Nikema Williams was one of several Georgia General Assembly members to test positive for COVID-19 after being exposed by fellow member Brandon Beach.
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On July 20,2020, after the death of John Lewis, Nikema Williams was selected to replace him on the November ballot for Georgia's 5th congressional district in the 2020 election.
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The 5th is so heavily Democratic that Nikema Williams had been all but assured of a seat in Congress when she was selected to replace Lewis on the ballot.
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Nikema Williams opted to not run in the special election, choosing instead to focus on her role as party chair.
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Nikema Williams's husband, Leslie Small, is a former aide to John Lewis.