约翰·“德鲁”·威廉姆斯正在竞选肯塔基州第1国会选区的美国众议院议员，中期选举定于11月3日举行。威廉姆斯作为唯一提交参选文件的候选人获得了民主党提名，导致5月的初选被取消，他自动成为该党的提名人。
John “Drew” Williams is running for the U.S. House of Representatives in Kentucky’s 1st Congressional District, with the midterm election scheduled for November 3. Williams secured the Democratic nomination after being the only candidate to file for the ballot, resulting in the cancellation of the primary election in May and his automatic advancement as the party’s nominee.
现年34岁的威廉姆斯是肯塔基州终身居民。他出生于麦克拉肯县的帕杜卡市，在马歇尔县的本顿市长大。他已婚，育有一子。
Williams, 34, has been a lifelong Kentucky resident. Born in Paducah, a city in McCracken County, he was raised in Benton City of Marshall County. He is married and has a son.
这位民主党人独家接受了Hm采访，谈论了他决定挑战自2016年起担任该职位的共和党人詹姆斯·科默，并分享了他对肯塔基州西部的愿景。
The Democrat spoke exclusively to Hm about his decision to run against Republican James Comer, who has held the office since 2016, and shared his vision for Western Kentucky.
德鲁·威廉姆斯决定挑战詹姆斯·科默威廉姆斯充分意识到他的对手对肯塔基州政治的牢固掌控。正如他所说：“他（詹姆斯·科默）在肯塔基州政坛根基深厚。”
Drew Williams' decision to challenge James ComerWilliams is fully aware of the firm grip his opponent holds on Kentucky politics. As he put it, “He's (James Comer) entrenched in Kentucky politics.”
然而，这位民主党人早早就下定决心参加中期选举。“我知道通常我们会浪费最后时刻，只是随便找个人凑数。所以我提前了一年半出来竞选。我于2025年5月开始备战，”威廉姆斯告诉Hm，解释了他何时开始为竞选做准备。
However, the Democrat had made up his mind to contest the midterm elections well in advance. “I knew that usually we waste the last minute, just throw somebody into the ring. And so I got out a year and a half ahead of time. I started in May, 2025,” Williams told Hm, explaining when he began preparing for the race.
这位出生于帕杜卡的候选人将很大信心寄托在他多年来建立的社区基础上。
The Paducah-born candidate placed much of his confidence in the community he believes he has built over the years.
吉姆·麦克马伦抨击堪萨斯州学校的成绩膨胀和班级排名变更：“疯狂”促使威廉姆斯竞选该国会选区的另一个因素是他在2020年的经历和观察，当时他为同一个职位管理了一场美国众议院竞选活动。“我为此职位担任了约八个月的竞选经理。所以我了解这个选区。
Jim McMullen takes aim at grade inflation, class rank changes in Kansas schools: 'Crazy'An additional factor that pushed Williams to contest for the congressional district was his experience and observations from 2020, when he managed a U.S. House campaign for the same position.“I was a campaign manager for about eight months for this position. And so I'd seen the district. I saw how little energy we get from, like, the state and national party because it's so red,” he said.
“我看到我们从州党部和全国党部获得的支持微乎其微，因为这里太红了，”他说。威廉姆斯的竞选策略与成果他的竞选网站列出了他倡导并计划推进的几个关键议题，包括“美国住房承诺”、健康保险改革、税收政策、托儿网络以及数据中心监管。
Williams’ campaign strategy and outcomesHis campaign website outlines several key issues he advocates for and plans to work on, including the American Housing Promise, health insurance reform, tax policy, childcare networks, and data center regulation.
到9月底，威廉姆斯的竞选团队已筹集超过20万美元，自2025年5月以来，他驾车行程达14.5万英里。这位民主党人还表示，在此期间，他的竞选团队到9月底已举办了180场公开活动。“等到人们开始关注的时候，我已经跑遍了我所有的县，共35个县。横跨全区需要五六个小时。所以我实际上已经完成了大多数人在整个竞选周期都做不完的大部分工作，”威廉姆斯形容他为竞选付出的努力。
Williams’ campaign had raised over $200,000 by the end of September, and he had travelled 145,000 miles in his car since May 2025. The Democrat also said his campaign had held 180 public events by the end of September during that period. “By the time people started thinking about it, like I'd already been to all my counties, 35 counties. It's like five hours, six hours cross. And so I really had already done the majority of the work that most people don't do over the whole campaign,” Williams described the efforts he has put into his campaign.
胡安·卢恩戈竞选堪萨斯州财长承诺：“必须与两党合作”然而，威廉姆斯也形容他的竞选在很大程度上一直处于“雷达之下”。“在很多方面这是一场‘雷达下’的竞选，因为没人去询问公众的感受。这很大程度上就像我在实地看到的那样。”威廉姆斯的唯一焦点与原则这位本顿市出生的候选人谈到了他的原则，将自己描述为“自由派经济技术官僚”。
Juan Luengo's vow as he runs for Kansas Treasurer post in midterms: ‘Have to work with both political parties’However, Williams also described his campaign as one that has largely stayed under the radar. “It’s an under-the-radar campaign in a lot of ways because no one's like asking the public how they feel. It's a lot like what I see on the ground.”Williams’ sole focus and principlesThe Benton native spoke about his principles, describing himself as a “liberty style of econocrat.”
他进一步解释了这个术语：“我跟人们说，我是在为他们生活中更多的自由、口袋里更多的钱、看得见的机会，以及为那些为此努力的人争取美国梦而战。许多人能对自由、金钱和美国梦作为我的核心原则产生共鸣。”
He further explained the term, “I tell people that I'm fighting for more liberty in their lives or money in their pockets and a visible opportunity, the American dream for those who like work towards it. And a lot of people can resonate with liberty and money and the American dream being my core principles.”
威廉姆斯详细阐述道，作为肯塔基州第1国会选区的候选人，他的唯一优先事项是服务选民。“我希望我们推动的对话让人感觉是诚意十足的，并且我的选民是我唯一的特殊利益集团。”我没有任何其他特殊的兴趣，”他说。威廉姆斯阐述问责制愿景这名民主党候选人分享了他对该选区的愿景，并阐述了他如果当选希望建立的制度类型。
“我想建立这样一个系统：我们几乎要强制举行市政厅会议、与社区成员或组织的辩论、专家圆桌会议，邀请受某一问题影响的特定群体的代表，对他们的抱怨或我如何处理事务的过程进行现场直播，”威廉姆斯详细阐述道。
2026年美国中期选举：亚马逊、微软、Meta等大型科技股可能从分裂政府中获益他以给选民的一条简短信息结束了讲话，并表示：“我想成为你们的政治家。我和其他人一样讨厌政客。所以我想成为你们的政治家。我想成为你们的代表和声音。”
Williams elaborated that, as he runs for Kentucky’s 1st Congressional District, his only priority is to serve his constituents. “I hope that the conversations that we're able to put forward feel like they're done in good faith and that my constituent is my only special interest. I don't have any other special interests,” he said. Williams outlines vision for accountabilityThe Democratic candidate shared his vision for the constituency and outlined the kind of system he would like to establish if elected to office.“I would like to set up a system where we pretty much demand town halls, debates with community members or organizations, expert roundtables where we're getting people of a specific group typing that's affected by an issue to have a live stream of their complaints or how I'm running things,” Williams elaborated.US midterms 2026: Amazon, Microsoft, Meta among Big Tech stocks that could benefit from divided governmentHe concluded with a brief message to voters, saying, “I want to be your statesperson. I hate politicians as much as the next person. So I want to be your statesperson. I want to be your representative and your voice.”