Ryan Williams
Tennessee State Representative, District 42 since 2010. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.
- In office
- 16 yrs
- Since 2010
- Bills became law
- 22
- 48 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
- Votes missed
- 0.1%
- Chamber median 0.2%
- With party
- 98%
- On votes splitting the parties
- Last margin
- +28.3
- Won 2026
- Next election
- 2028
- Nov 7, 2028
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:52 PM ET
Committees
As of 2026-10.
- Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations
- Finance, Ways and Means
- Health
- Pensions
- Select Rules
- Ways and Means
Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Legislation
District Attorneys · Became law May 2026
Education · Became law May 2026
Managed Care Organizations · Became law May 2026
Drugs · Became law May 2026
Real Property · Became law May 2026
Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET
Voting record
Where Williams sits in the Tennessee House of Representatives
Williams is closer to the center than 29% of the chamber's Republicans.
Closest: Michele Carringer, Jerome Moon, Jeremy Faison
Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 5:02 PM ET
With Williams’s party
- Votes with the chamber's Republicans98%
Black tick: the average of Republicans in the Tennessee 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2026 | SB 2085: Victims' Rights - As enacted, authorizes a court clerk to increase the victims assistance… | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 77–16 |
| Apr 23, 2026 | SJR 1205: Memorials, Public Service - Sheriff Tom Spangler - | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 79–10 |
| Apr 23, 2026 | SJR 1182: Memorials, Public Service - Glenn Jacobs, Mayor of Knox County - | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 76–10 |
| Apr 23, 2026 | SB 1585: Education - As enacted, revises the assessment testing requirements for students who… | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 54–39 |
| Apr 22, 2026 | SB 714: Education - As enacted, requires an educational oversight board to be created for an LEA… | No | No | Yes | Failed 13–72 |
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.
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 | Tennessee House District 42 | Won | R+28.3 | R+46.4 | −18.1 |
| 2024 | Tennessee House of Representatives, District 42 | Won | R+47.8 | — | — |
| 2022 | Tennessee House of Representatives, District 42 | Won | — | — | — |
| 2020 | Tennessee House of Representatives, District 42 | Won | — | — | — |
| 2018 | Tennessee House of Representatives, District 42 | Won | R+38.2 | — | — |
| 2016 | Tennessee House of Representatives, District 42 | Won | R+49.0 | — | — |
| 2014 | Tennessee House of Representatives, District 42 | Won | R+43.6 | — | — |
| 2014 | Tennessee House of Representatives, District 42 (primary) | Won | — | — | — |
| 2012 | Tennessee House of Representatives, District 42 | Won | R+43.2 | — | — |
| 2010 | Tennessee House of Representatives, District 42 | Won | R+10.6 | — | — |
Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: civicAPI (unofficial)Updated Nov 8, 2026, 7:01 PM ET
Seats Williams has held
- Tennessee House of Representatives, District 42 · since 2010
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Williams has run against
- Trenton Strode (D) · 2026 general, won
- Amber "bennie" Taylor (D) · 2024 election, won
- Terry Scott (D) · 2018 election, won
- Amos Scott Powers (D) · 2016 election, won
- Mike Walsh (D) · 2014 election, won
- Thomas D. Willoughby (D) · 2012 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: civicAPI (unofficial)
How we know Williams
One person, matched across every source we use.
- Open States ocd-person/df3f9935-b7e2-4f76-a461-115487c57721
- Wikidata Q16887039
Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:52 PM ET