NEW: Brandon Williams Named as One of Roll Call’s ’10 Most Vulnerable’

Today, the non-partisan CQ Roll Call placed Brandon Williams and six other Republicans on its list of the top ten most vulnerable House members.

Williams has spent the first four months of this Congress siding with far-right extremists, failing to protect abortion rights, protecting wealthy tax cheats, airing political grievances, and pushing America toward a catastrophic default in order to advance an extreme agenda that jeopardizes American jobs, guts food security programs, and threatens veterans’ benefits.

From the Roll Call analysis:

Williams will be defending yet another tricky district for Republicans in the Empire State. He won a hotly contested race last year by less than a point, and Democratic outside groups have already started spending in his district. Two Democratic candidates — Manlius Town Councilor Katelyn Kriesel and Dewitt Town Councilor Sarah Klee Hood — have filed with the FEC to run against Williams, but both reported raising far less than the $518,000 he brought in during the first quarter. Democrats have criticized Williams for living outside of the district. He has said he hasn’t yet moved into the district because of the potential for the state’s congressional lines to be redrawn.

With only a five seat majority, this analysis highlights the extreme fragility of Speaker McCarthy’s position as he heads into a competitive 2024 election cycle bogged down by MAGA extremists and chaos in his Conference.

DCCC Spokesperson Nebeyatt Betre:
“Brandon Williams is spending his time in Congress voting to cut veterans’ benefits, push our economy closer to catastrophic default, and trigger a job-killing recession. He will be held accountable for their chaos and flagrant disregard for the needs of working New Yorkers.”

Brandon Williams is one of 18 House Republicans representing a district President Biden won in 2020 and is on the DCCC’s 2024 list of offensive targets.

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