# Brian Williams

Brian Williams is a Democratic member of the Missouri Senate for district 14.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Missouri Senate, district 14
- Serving since: 2019-01-09
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4f5340d3-7637-4eb2-be68-890073af50af

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4f5340d3-7637-4eb2-be68-890073af50af (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

The policy areas Williams talks about and legislates on agree at 0.31 on a 0–1 scale, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Democrats.

## What Williams says (MO 2025–26 session)

536 classified statements: 536 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Williams | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.6% | 2.4% | 142 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 13.6% | 10.3% | 101 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 36.9% | 42.9% | 206 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.2% | 3.4% | 175 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 4.3% | 16.1% | 271 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.2% | 0.8% | 115 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 54% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Crime and Law Enforcement 22% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Armed Forces and National Security 12% (State Senate Democrats 3.5%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 12% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Government Operations and Politics 7.6% (State Senate Democrats 14%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.65 (standard error 0.05), from 28 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 50% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 16 bills: 16 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 3. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri Senate 11.0%; rank 33 of 33).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1788: Creates provisions relating to revenues of airports (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1788/
- SB 1625: Prohibits the transfer of any balance at the end of a biennium in certain state funds to the state general revenue fund (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1625/
- SB 1624: Modifies authority of the St. Louis City Register of Deeds (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1624/
- SB 946: Modifies provisions relating to dissolution of marriage or legal separation and pregnancy status (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB946/
- SB 853: Modifies provisions relating to property tax assessments (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB853/
- SB 854: Creates provisions relating to expungement (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB854/
- SB 855: Requires the State Board of Education to convene a work group to develop a curriculum framework of instruction on the dehumanization of marginalized groups (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB855/
- SB 815: Repeals certain provisions relating to the Radioactive Waste Investigation Fund (in committee, 2025-03-27) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/SB815/
- SB 661: Establishes the Restoring Artistic Protection Act, which provides for the admissibility of evidence of a defendant's creative or artistic expression (in committee, 2025-04-02) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/SB661/
- SB 660: Modifies provisions relating to dissolution of marriage or legal separation and pregnancy status (in committee, 2025-03-24) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/SB660/

## Campaign money (2022 cycle)

Itemized receipts $107.2K (State Senate Democrats median $64.8K). 79% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/BHWilliamsMD/status/2114705017768677526
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/BHWilliamsMD/status/2114752384467701805
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/BHWilliamsMD/status/2114861490671153458
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/BHWilliamsMD/status/2114343169303171169
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/BHWilliamsMD/status/2114364587466518540
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/BHWilliamsMD/status/2114400157370319275
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/BHWilliamsMD/status/2114455314024292853
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/BHWilliamsMD/status/2113786187903078586
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/BHWilliamsMD/status/2113815115598352435
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/BHWilliamsMD/status/2113996447041396819

## Links

- Official site: https://www.senate.mo.gov/senators/member/14
- Campaign site: https://senatorbrianwilliams.com/
- X: https://x.com/BHWilliamsMD
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BrianWilliamsMO/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/b_williamsmo1/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@senatorbrianwilliams?app=desktop
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-williams-14b581177/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4f5340d3-7637-4eb2-be68-890073af50af