Marcus Williams

Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on April 10, 2008 - 3:01pm.
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Office District Status
U.S. Senate U.S. Senate Candidate
Party In Office Since Term Ends
Democrat
Level of Government  
 
Date of Birth Birthplace Now Lives In
September 6, 1953 Lumberton, NC Lumberton, NC

Synopsis

Marcus Williams is a perennial candidate on a shoestring. He got a taste for politics as student body president at UNC-Chapel Hill, though he has not won He has previously run unsuccessfully against Jim Hunt in the 1992 gubernatorial primary, against U.S. Rep. Mike McIntyre in the 1996 primary and for the N.C. Court of Appeals twice. He is currently running in the Democratic primary to challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole.

Trivia

Williams was a varsity wrestler in college.

Endorsements

United Food and Commercial Workers

Biography

Marital Status
Married
Spouse
Althea
Children

Williams is a Lumberton attorney who is running for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate.

Early Life and Education

Marcus Whittman Williams was born on Sept. 6, 1953, in Lumberton. His father, Russell, was a former army officer and truant officer. His mother, Sadie, taught the 2nd grade.

He grew up working on tobacco farms.

He graduated from Lumberton High School in 1971 and received a degree in political science from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1975.

Williams graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1978.

He served as student body president at all three schools. 

Professional Career

From 1976 to 1983, he served as a staff attorney for the Southern Minnesota Regional Services, St. Paul, Minn.

From 1983 to 1987, he was executive director of Legal Services of the Coastal Plains in Ahoskie, N.C.

From 1987 to 1996, he was executive director of Legal Services of the Lower Cape Fear in Wilmington.

From 1996 to 2000, he worked at Pennsylvania Legal Services in Harrisburg, Penn.

From 2001 to 2006, he was an assistant public defender in District 16B in Robeson County.

Since 2006, he has worked as an private attorney in a solo practice in Lumberton.

Political Career

Williams ran unsuccessfully against Jim Hunt in the 1992 Democratic gubernatorial primary and against U.S. Rep. Mike McIntyre in the 1996 Democratic primary.

He also ran two failed campaigns for the N.C. Court of Appeals.

In 2008, he was one of five candidates to seek the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat held by Elizabeth Dole.

He described his campaign against state Sen. Kay Hagan and Chapel Hil investment banker Jim Neal as a low-budget, grassroots movement.

Lexington trucker Duskin Lassiter and Moncure podiatrist Howard Staley are also running.

Occupation

attorney
Marcus W. Williams, Attorney at Law





Community Involvement:
Not specified.

Contact Info

Email: attymww@nc.rr.com

Williams for U.S. Senate
P.O. Box 1005 Lumberton, N.C. 28539
910-738-8800



Education

Bachelor of Arts
UNC-Chapel Hill
Graduated: 1975		 Juris Doctorate
University of Minnesota Law School
Graduated: 1978

Military

Not specified.

Links




http://www.mmww08.com





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