William Lawrence

D

William Lawrence is a tenant-organizing and climate activist making his first run for Congress, campaigning on housing affordability, Medicare for All and climate action.[1]

Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.

Positions on the issues

  • SupportsStronger rent regulation and tenant protections

    Supports a federal tenant bill of rights and greater investment in affordable housing.[5]

    “I also support a federal tenant bill of rights that would level the playing field between tenants and price-gouging landlords.”
  • SupportsExpand public health coverage

    Supports Medicare for All.[5]

    “I support Medicare for All, which would remove the profit motive from health insurance and allow us all to access quality care, for a lower price.”
  • SupportsRaise taxes on high earners or corporations

    Supports a minimum tax on billionaires.[5]

    “I support a billionaire minimum tax, which is a minimum wealth tax rate that the mega-wealthy must pay.”
  • SupportsFaster transition away from fossil fuels

    Campaigns on defending against climate change and says utilities have sabotaged the clean-energy transition.[5]

    “I saw first-hand how Big Utilities have sabotaged the clean energy transition so they can keep getting rich off our monthly gas and electric bills.”

In their words — priorities

  • Major federal investment in affordable housing and a federal tenant bill of rights.[5]
  • Medicare for All to remove the profit motive from health insurance.[5]
  • A billionaire minimum tax to fund public investments.[5]

Background

  • Earned a bachelor's degree from Swarthmore College.[4]
  • Co-founded the youth climate group Sunrise Movement.[4]
  • Co-founded the Michigan Rent Is Too Damn High Coalition and the Mid-Michigan Tenant Resource Center.[4]

Campaign money

Raised $1.1M · spent $736K · $383K cash on hand (through 2026-07-15) FEC filing ↗

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Sources cited in this profile

  1. 1.United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2026 · Ballotpedia · 2026-09-25 Reference
  2. 4.William Lawrence (Michigan) · Ballotpedia · 2026-09-25 Reference
  3. 5.Lawrence's Candidate Connection survey responses, quoted by Ballotpedia · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection · 2026-09-25 Candidate's own words