Brian Williams grew up in St. Louis County, raised by a single mother who worked hard to keep the lights on and food on the table. He knows what it feels like to stretch every dollar, worry about rising bills, and wonder if things will ever get easier. That experience never left him and it’s exactly why he’s running.
The first in his family to graduate from college, Brian earned degrees from Southeast Missouri State University and Washington University in St. Louis. In 2018, he made history as the first Black man elected to the Missouri Senate in two decades a milestone that reflects both the journey he’s traveled and the community that believed in him.
Brian also serves as Executive Director of the Construction Career Development Initiative, building partnerships between schools and local contractors to connect St. Louis County families to real, good-paying careers. That work taught him something important: lasting progress doesn’t just come from passing laws it comes from building institutions that actually deliver.
As State Senator, Brian has kept his focus where it belongs on lowering costs, demanding accountability, and producing results. He helped pass Missouri’s property tax freeze to protect seniors from being priced out of their homes. When St. Louis County homeowners were hit with unlawful assessments, he demanded accountability and fought for relief. As County Executive, he’ll make sure it never happens again.
He’s also delivered on public safety, healthcare, and economic opportunity earning the backing of police and firefighters, expanding care for sickle cell patients, and securing investment to clean up Kinloch, redevelop Jamestown Mall, and expand workforce training at the MET Center in Wellston.
Brian is running for County Executive because St. Louis County’s best days are still ahead and every family deserves to be part of them.
My grandmother would say to me
“Every Generation
Has Its Work,
Do Yours.”
These words still guide me today.
