RepublicanIn office since Nov 2022

D. Wade Williams

Kentucky State Representative, District 4 since 2022. Ran in 2 elections between 2022 and 2024, winning 2. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.

Kentucky State Representative, District 4Born 1973

Official website Wikipedia

In office: 3 yrs; Since 2022
Bills became law: 13; 32 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 1.5%; Chamber median 7.5%
With party: 99%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +50.8; Won 2024
Next election: 2028; Nov 7, 2028

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:51 PM ET

Committees

As of 2026-10.

Appropriations and Revenue
Appropriations and Revenue
Economic Development and Workforce Investment
Economic Development and Workforce Investment
Judiciary
Judiciary
Legislative Oversight and Investigations
Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board Statutory
Natural Resources and Energy
Natural Resources and Energy
State Government
State Government

Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 32 sponsored · 13 became law

BillIntroCmteHouseSenateLaw

HB 311 AN ACT relating to railroad crossings.
Local Mandate · Became law Apr 2026

HB 677 AN ACT relating to energy production and byproduct management.
Coal · Became law Apr 2026

HB 312 AN ACT relating to concealed firearms and deadly weapons.
Administrative Regulations And Proceedings · Became law Apr 2026

HB 6 AN ACT relating to child care and declaring an emergency.
Business Entities And Organizations · Became law Apr 2026

HB 78 AN ACT relating to firearms liability protections and declaring an emergency.
Attorney General · Became law Apr 2026

Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Williams sits in the Kentucky House of Representatives

Williams is closer to the center than 74% of the chamber's Republicans.

Closest: Reggie Thomas, Timmy Truett, Tony Hampton

Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:50 PM ET

With Williams’s party

Votes with the chamber's Republicans99%

Black tick: the average of Republicans in the Kentucky House of Representatives.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Williams’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.

Date	Bill	Williams	Rep. majority	Dem. majority	Result
Mar 14, 2025	HB 369: AN ACT relating to police department members.	Yes	Yes	No	Failed 37–41
Feb 26, 2025	HB 398: AN ACT relating to occupational safety and health.	No	No	Yes	Failed 47–48

Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls

Career

Offices held, and every time Williams was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

2022202320242025202620272028Kentucky House of Representatives, District 4

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Elections

Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.

Year	Race	Result	Margin	Seat	+/−
2026	Kentucky House of Representatives, District 4	Won	—	R+51.5	—
2024	Kentucky House of Representatives, District 4	Won	R+50.8	R+51.5	−0.7
2022	Kentucky House of Representatives, District 4	Won	R+43.9	R+48.7	−4.8