David Earl Williams III, a Republican, ran for the United States Congress in 2014 from the 9th district in Illinois. On March 18th, 2014, he suffered a defeat in the primary election by a margin of 1,427 votes.
During the summer of 2018, he announced that he will be running for the position of Alderman in Chicago’s 48th Ward. In the future Chicago municipal election that would take place in 2019, he would receive 16.25 percent of the vote, which is equivalent to 2,415 votes. Read more about this at Dew For Politics.
In the end, he came in fifth place with 13% of the vote (7,074) after announcing his candidature for the Chicago Police District 24 council in the late summer of 2022. Despite the fact that the election was non-partisan, he ran as a progressive Democrat during the campaign.
The phrase “Renaissance man” is frequently used to refer to David by those who know him rather well. David’s experience includes stints with Urban Offering and Pink Avenue Models, where he was employed as a male model and publicist, respectively. The music video for Scott Feigen’s song “Desert Spring Rose: Film Noir Vignette” included him in a supporting role.
In addition to his “day job” as a medical logistics specialist, David has volunteered with organizations such as Convoy of Hope and the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).
He has also worked as a member of the pro-privacy activist group Restore the Fourth and advocated for the elimination of horse carriages and the introduction of pedicabs with the Chicago Alliance for Animals. In addition to this, he has worked closely with the Youth Investigations Division of the Chicago Police Department to devise and put into an action novel approaches to the search for people who have gone missing.
Along with his own political work, he has worked as a volunteer for the campaigns of Jesus “Chuy” Garcia for mayor of Chicago in 2015, Lori Lightfoot for mayor of Chicago in 2019, Andre Vasquez for alderman of Chicago’s 40th ward, Illinois for Bernie for president in 2020 (Independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders), Biden/Harris in 2020, and Hoan Huynh for state representative of Illinois’ 13th district.
He was a veteran service outreach volunteer with the American Legion’s Morton Grove Post 134 from 2014 to 2017, a member of the Evans Lodge 524 of Freemasons from 2013 to 2016, and the co-chairman of Unite America Chicago’s Chapter from 2019 to 2022. He served in those roles between the years 2019 and 2022.