Noel Williams Jr.
Incumbent (since 2019) · Banks & Banking ChairmanNoel Warren Williams Jr. has represented House District 148 (Crisp County and the Cordele area of south-central Georgia) since January 2019. A Cordele insurance agent with a University of Georgia political-science degree, he chairs the House Banks & Banking Committee and sits on Appropriations and Ways & Means. He is seeking re-election in 2026.
Previously held
- Georgia State Representative, District 148 (2019–present)
- Chairman, House Banks & Banking Committee
- Member — Appropriations, Ways & Means, Insurance committees
- Insurance agent; Colony Bank Insurance board; Cordele-Crisp civic boards
Top contributors
The donor base of a senior committee chairman: roughly $497,000 raised — about 75× his challenger's total — led by banking, insurance, and business-PAC money fitting his Banks & Banking and Ways & Means perches, plus House leadership funds.
- $6,600.00CCF (Carrollton, TX)
- $5,000.00Community Loans of America (Atlanta, GA)
- $3,500.00Civil Justice (Atlanta, GA)
- $3,300.00Competitive Georgia Action Inc (Griffin, GA)
- $3,300.00Georgia Bankers Association PAC - State (Atlanta, GA)
- $3,300.00Friends of Jon Burns Inc (Roswell, GA)
- $3,300.00Sports Betting Alliance (Lubbock, TX)
- $3,000.00Georgia Alliance of Community Hospitals (Tifton, GA)
- $2,500.00GILA (Macon, GA)
- $2,500.00Rod McLeod (Macon, GA)
$496,528 raised · $245,438 cash on hand — as of May 1, 2026 (GA Ethics latest filing).
Source: Georgia Ethics Commission (PeachFile)Where they stand
Emphasizes conservative education priorities — school-choice options, opposing critical race theory in curricula, teacher pay, and college affordability; sits on the committees that fund state education.
Source: Cordele Dispatch — Under the Gold Dome (Jan 2022)Has highlighted expanding rural healthcare access via telemedicine and mental-health services, and voiced concern about broad vaccine mandates on personal-liberty grounds; has not embraced full Medicaid expansion.
Source: Cordele Dispatch — Under the Gold Dome (Jan 2022)No specific statement or recorded vote on the minimum wage was found; as a fiscal conservative he has not advocated raising it.
Source: Ballotpedia — Noel Williams Jr.No direct statement or legislation on homelessness was found; his public priorities center on agriculture, public safety, taxes, healthcare and education.
Source: Cordele Dispatch — Under the Gold Dome (Jan 2022)No specific statement or legislation on veterans' affairs surfaced in available sources.
Source: Ballotpedia — Noel Williams Jr.Aligns with the Georgia Republican caucus's emphasis on stricter immigration enforcement; he has not authored signature legislation on the issue.
Source: Cordele Dispatch — Under the Gold Dome (Jan 2022)Supports gun rights and backed Georgia's 2022 permitless “constitutional carry” law; has not supported new gun restrictions.
Source: Cordele Dispatch — Under the Gold Dome (Jan 2022)Anti-abortion; has publicly defended Georgia's “heartbeat” law (HB 481) banning most abortions after cardiac activity, noting its exceptions for rape, incest, medical emergencies and lethal fetal anomalies.
Source: Cordele Dispatch — Under the Gold Dome (Aug 2022)No standalone statement surfaced; he votes with the conservative caucus that has advanced limits on transgender athletes and gender-affirming care. No source directly quotes his position.
Source: Ballotpedia — Noel Williams Jr.Has criticized critical race theory in school curricula, consistent with GOP opposition to DEI programming; no DEI legislation authored by him was found.
Source: Cordele Dispatch — Under the Gold Dome (Jan 2022)No clear statement or recorded vote specifically on marijuana / medical-cannabis policy was found.
Source: Ballotpedia — Noel Williams Jr.No specific statement by Williams on data centers or related utility/zoning policy was found — a notable contrast with his challenger, who has made it a signature issue.
Source: Ballotpedia — Noel Williams Jr.Scandals
None documented.
