Peter Williams
Republican | Louisiana
Candidate Profile
Moderate
BIOGRAPHY
EDUCATION
University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette Louisiana, Ed./General Studies, 1980
WORK & MILITARY
N/A
AFFILIATIONS
Upper Room Apostolic Church of Pointe Coupee, Pastor
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
None
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Congress, 2014
Commissioner of Agriculture, 2019-
ENDORSEMENTS
CONSERVATIVE (2)
Republican Party of Louisiana LAGOP
Orleans Parish Republican Party Executive Committee RPEC
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (3)
LAGOP
Greater New Orleans Republican Party
Jefferson Parish Republican Party
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (1)
State Republican Party Organizations (2025)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (1)
Continuing America's Strength & Security (2026)
LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (1)
Cleo Fields (2019)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (0)
OTHER INFORMATION
Williams completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026.
Peter J. Williams switched from DEM to REP in 2026, running for LA CD 6.
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Human life deserves legal protection from conception until natural death.
Strongly Agree
The lives of human embryos created through artificial methods ought to be protected from purposeful destruction.
Strongly Agree
Under what circumstances should an elective abortion be allowed?
Rape, Incest, or to save the life of the mother.
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should receive taxpayer funds from federal, state, or local governments (including Title X grants).
Disagree
The Comstock Act, which bans interstate transportation of abortion-inducing drugs, should be enforced.
Strongly Agree
ECONOMY
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Strongly Agree
People who can afford to pay more taxes should do so in order to provide relief for working families.
Strongly Agree
The government should cut spending in order to reduce the national debt.
Strongly Agree
List your top 3-5 priorities to eliminate government waste.
1. Hold states accountable for federal funds received. 2. Eliminate excess lobbyist, consultants, and middlemen/women that is not directly related to the deliverables or goods and services in which funds were intended. 3. Better followup procedures, and documentation to assure funds are adequately received and used by eligible individuals and families in federal programs.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Individuals and businesses should be required to provide services even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.
Strongly Disagree
A christian individual or business should have the right to say no to any word or deed that they feel will conflict with their religious convictions. As Americans, a person or business should not have to lower their standard of christian values, just because of someone else personal preference or request. Lastly, non-christian businesses, display signs (No Shirt, No service, or No Sagging pants) Whats the difference, or what's more important, physical rules, or spiritual morals and values ?.
What does "separation of church and state" mean to you?
The church should obey the laws of the land, and the state should not be able to interfere with the biblical teaching of the gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, as it is taught according to the scriptures.
HEALTHCARE
What most closely matches your view on healthcare: A) Healthcare for all should be guaranteed and funded by the government with no private healthcare option. (includes "universal healthcare," "medicare for all," etc.) B) Healthcare insurance funded by the government should be available for all who want it, along with private healthcare options. C) Medicaid and Medicare should remain available, but no other taxpayer-funded programs are necessary. D) Taxpayer funded health care should be abolished in all forms, and Medicaid and Medicare should be defunded.
B
The government should keep a database of people with various ongoing medical illnesses to assess the economic burden of treatment.
Strongly Agree
This directly ties into cutting waste, fraud and government spending to lower the deficit as answered in an earlier question. The data base should exist with strict user guidelines to protect the patient healthcare privacy. However, if the government is paying the bills, they have a right to know what it cost, or if alternative medicine, or patient care is required.
NATIONAL SECURITY
With regard to America's foreign policy, which view most closely resembles yours: A) The United States should intervene whenever freedom is threatened. B) The United States should selectively help countries trying to grow democracy and fight tyranny. C) The United States has become too involved in others' policies and should remain focused on issues regarding our own sovereignty unless in imminent danger. D) The United States should stay out of foreign conflicts completely.
B
The Chinese Communist Party poses serious military, cyber security, intellectual property, and global economic threats to the United States.
Agree
All of the threats above are true, and must be closely monitored. What has happened to America, is that we depended on China for goods, services, and traded intellectual property for over (100) years or more. This relationship with China has caused us to be not only dependent, but vulnerable.
Is the United States' relationship with Israel important, and if so why?
Yes. A friend of Israel, has a friend in God.
Islamic terrorism is a threat to the United States' national security.
Agree
The threat has risen in recent weeks, and we must continue to re--build bridges of international relationships with the counter terrorism community, to protect our nation and infrastructure to the best of our ability.
IMMIGRATION
Who should be allowed to immigrate to the U.S. and under what circumstances?
The United States was built on immigration. Some forced, and others came willingly. Nevertheless, at this juncture in time, and unrest with illegal immigration, select workforce individuals should be allowed back on temporary visas, with strict identification vetting, and employer accountability.
I support the existence of sanctuary cities to protect undocumented persons.
Strongly Disagree
EDUCATION
I support eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and giving control back to states and communities.
Strongly Agree
The U.S. Department of Education should remain as the head of national education period. If eliminated, states and communities will revert back to why the department was established in the first place in 1979-80, under President Jimmy Carter. Mainly to ensure equal educational opportunities for all children and individuals, improve school quality, enforce civil rights, and assist with funding.
Foreign governments should be prohibited from funding American education.
Disagree
There is a space for foreign government to fund American education. For instance, they can sponsor the foreign students attending American colleges and universities. This will reduce the financial aide, scholarships, etc. given to foreign students, and take some of the fiscal burdens away from the host learning institutions.
VALUES
Attempts to physically or socially transition a child to the opposite sex constitute child abuse.
Strongly Agree
Not only child abuse, but is an abomination against God.
Marriage is a God-ordained, sacred and legal union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
Strongly Agree
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I belief the bible as it is written. I serve the Lord Jesus Christ by the Apostolic doctrine, and the Pentecostal experience, with holiness.
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
EQUALITY
Biological males should not be allowed to participate in women's sports or occupy biological women's spaces whether it be bathrooms, locker rooms, sorority houses, women's shelters, or prison.
Strongly Agree
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
What do you believe is the most reliable energy source that will supply the growing demand for electricity?
Thermal power plants that operates on both coal and natural gas.
ABOUT YOU
Have you ever been penalized for sexual misconduct in either civil or criminal court? If so, please explain.
No
Have you ever been convicted of a felony? If so, please explain.
No
When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to foreign policy and religious liberty, which of the following best describes you overall?
Conservative
CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY
Government has a responsibility to protect children from sexual exploitation during online activities.
Agree
The government both federal and state in protecting the children should be geared more in swift prosecution of perpetrators, and the responsibility and online activity accountability should rest on the parents or legal guardians.
2ND AMENDMENT
What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?
A more detailed prescreening of applicants, with some type of mental health background checks and balances before gun purchases and ownership is allowed.
