From growing up in poverty to homelessness to becoming a practicing attorney to becoming an Ohio state representative, Josh Williams plans to tackle another hurdle: running for Congress. Williams is running to unseat Ohio Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur, who serves the Buckeye State’s 9th Congressional district. Williams currently represents House District 44 in the Ohio House of Representatives.
Williams also serves as the first black Majority Whip in Ohio House history.
“I grew up in poverty [and was] raised by a single mother after my dad died from cancer,” Williams said on the “Just the News, No Noise” TV show. “We struggled, but we made do. I dropped out of high school when I was 18. When I became homeless, I slept on park benches for about the next six months.”
Williams said that while he was homeless, he found out he was going to be a father, and he worked to find a job. He eventually found work as a railroad subcontractor, but at 21 he became injured and hurt his spine, resulting in a six-year road to recovery.
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