She earned her undergraduate degree from Dickinson College in Carlisle and her Juris Doctorate from Duquesne University School of Law in Pittsburgh, where her area of focus was on workers’ rights. As the daughter of an Operating Engineer, Lindsey knows the value of growing up in a union household and experiencing directly how dignity, fair wages, and safe workplaces change lives for generations.

About

Lindsey Williams earned an undergraduate degree from Dickinson College and a law degree from Duquesne University School of Law, where her area of focus was workers’ rights.

After law school Lindsey began her legal career at the National Whistleblower Center, where she worked to expose corruption and advocate for stronger laws protecting people who speak up about government and corporate waste, fraud, and abuse.

Lindsey continued her work on behalf of working people at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, helping members organize strikes and labor actions across the country. Her commitment has always been the same: workers deserve a voice on the job, fair treatment, and a system that doesn’t punish them for speaking out.

She then returned to Pittsburgh to work for the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers. Being with educators day in and day out deepened her appreciation for what they and their students face in the classroom and for how much state policy shapes those experiences.

Lindsey Williams began her legal career at the National Whistleblower Center. She later worked for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers.

She was first elected to the Pennsylvania State Senate in 2018 by a mere 793 votes. She’s taken that responsibility seriously every day since by fighting for working families, honest government, and policies that make people’s lives measurably better.

Lindsey was first elected to the Pennsylvania State Senate in 2018.

Lindsey has served in Pennsylvania's 38th State Senate District since 2018.

2026 Pennsylvania General Election 

Issues
Affordability for Families, Not Billionaires

We shouldn’t have to choose between feeding our families and paying for our rent, our mortgage, or our medications. That’s why I fight for policies that make life more affordable for families by lowering our utility bills, making housing more affordable, and improving accessibility to high-quality child care. I want to expand access to food programs like universal breakfast and lunch for students, food banks, and SNAP.

Issues

Electricity prices are higher than ever and that’s due in part to data center speculation. I’m working to ensure that Big Tech is paying their fair share and not passing costs onto us.

Read more about my Data Center Fair Share Act.

Pittsburgh – June 29, 2026 – Senator Lindsey M. Williams (D-Allegheny) announced that she has introduced legislation to ban surveillance pricing in Pennsylvania.

Surveillance pricing is digital price manipulation that uses an individual’s harvested or purchased personal data and then uses that information to set customized prices.

Senator Lindsey M. Williams Introduces Legislation to Ban Price Manipulation Based on Personal Data

Advocates for lower utility bills, more affordable housing, accessible child care, and expanded food assistance for families.

Wants technology companies to bear data-center-related electricity costs rather than pass them on to consumers.

Introduced legislation to ban surveillance pricing, which uses personal data to set customized prices.

- Advocates for lower utility bills, more affordable housing, accessible child care, and expanded food assistance for families.
- Wants technology companies to bear data-center-related electricity costs rather than pass them on to consumers.
- Introduced legislation to ban surveillance pricing, which uses personal data to set customized prices.

Economy

Fully Funding Public Schools and Investing in Our Students

After decades of underfunding our public education system, Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court ruled that the legislature hasn’t fulfilled our constitutional obligation to public school students. I’m committed to fully and equitably funding public schools – from early childhood to post-secondary – and ensuring that all students and educators have the resources needed to succeed.

Students and parents need a real place to go when they are being discriminated against or harassed. Instead, the federal government has gutted the Department of Education and shuttered the Pennsylvania Office of Civil Rights. I’ve introduced legislation will allow Pennsylvania to do what the federal government refuses to do and investigate and enforce students’ federal civil rights to education.

Pittsburgh, Pa. − October 1, 2026 − Senator Lindsey M. Williams (D-Allegheny), Minority Chair of the Senate Education Committee, announced that she has introduced Senate Bill 793, the “Human Students Need Human Educators” bill. This legislation would prohibit schools from replacing educators with artificial intelligence.

Senator Lindsey M. Williams Introduces “Human Students Need Human Educators” Legislation Banning AI Educators from Classrooms

Wants to expand universal school breakfast and lunch programs.

Supports fully and equitably funding public education from early childhood through post-secondary education.

Introduced legislation to allow Pennsylvania to investigate and enforce students’ federal civil rights to education.

Introduced Senate Bill 793 to prohibit schools from replacing educators with artificial intelligence.

- Wants to expand universal school breakfast and lunch programs.
- Supports fully and equitably funding public education from early childhood through post-secondary education.
- Introduced legislation to allow Pennsylvania to investigate and enforce students’ federal civil rights to education.
- Introduced Senate Bill 793 to prohibit schools from replacing educators with artificial intelligence.

Education

I want our independent, community pharmacies to stay afloat. Our community pharmacies are at risk amid the corporate takeover of prescription benefits through pharmacy benefit managers. I’m fighting for PBM reform to keep our small pharmacies open and taking care of our neighbors.

Healthcare Is a Human Right, Not a Luxury

Everyone should have affordable, quality healthcare. Getting medical care in a supportive, respectful setting can be the difference between life and death. I work to expand healthcare coverage for everyone, starting with funding Medicaid and protecting prescription coverage. No family should have to sacrifice their health to pay their bills.

Supports pharmacy benefit manager reforms intended to help independent community pharmacies remain open.

Advocates for expanded healthcare coverage, Medicaid funding, and prescription-drug coverage protections.

- Supports pharmacy benefit manager reforms intended to help independent community pharmacies remain open.
- Advocates for expanded healthcare coverage, Medicaid funding, and prescription-drug coverage protections.

Healthcare

Protecting Your Right to Vote

We need to make voting as accessible as possible for people. We can have elections that are secure while dramatically increasing civic engagement. Since the Citizens United ruling, billionaires can buy votes. The 2010 Supreme Court decision means that the more money you have, the more speech you have. We are seeing increased voter suppression nationwide.

Among other election reforms I’ve sponsored, I support automatic voter registration, allowing election officials to pre-canvass mail-in ballots beginning 21 days before Election Day, accepting mail-in ballots that are postmarked by election day, creating uniform regulations about ballot drop-boxes, allowing ballots to be dropped off at polling sites, requiring counties to mail ballots no later than 28 days before the election, and sending every registered voter in Pennsylvania either a mail-in ballot application or ballot.

My office incurs other expenses that I am unable to fully account for through this process because they come from other accounts that I do not have access to. To address this and increase transparency with your taxpayer dollars, I have introduced legislation every session that would require the Offices of the Chief Clerk of both the Pennsylvania House and Senate to post all expenses of all legislators on a public facing website in a searchable format. Per diems, state vehicle usage, and reimbursements for expenses would be included on the website.

Expenses

You can view monthly breakdowns of my office expenses here, as well as breakdowns of other senate offices. Unfortunately, these PDFs are not searchable, making it difficult to find and compare data. That’s why I created and made the searchable spreadsheet of my expenses available to the public.

Supports making voting accessible while maintaining secure elections.

Supports automatic voter registration, earlier mail-ballot processing, expanded mail-ballot access, and uniform ballot drop-box rules.

Introduced recurring legislation to require searchable online disclosure of Pennsylvania legislators’ expenses.

Created a publicly available searchable spreadsheet of her office expenses.

- Supports making voting accessible while maintaining secure elections.
- Supports automatic voter registration, earlier mail-ballot processing, expanded mail-ballot access, and uniform ballot drop-box rules.
- Introduced recurring legislation to require searchable online disclosure of Pennsylvania legislators’ expenses.
- Created a publicly available searchable spreadsheet of her office expenses.

Voting & Elections

I represent so many river communities, I support readiness for first responders on our waterways. That’s why I was eager to help Blawnox secure grant funding to defray their costs and very honored to have the river rescue boat named FNB Williams.

Helping the Helpers

We deserve to have qualified, well-trained help at our times of greatest need. Our EMS providers, firefighters, and police are public servants, and I am grateful for all they do for our communities. First responders deserve modern equipment to do their work as safely as possible.

It’s long overdue that our 911 dispatchers – true first responders – be recognized, paid, and provided benefits that recognize that service. During National Telecommunicators Week, Sen. Lindsey Williams Calls for 911 Dispatchers to be Classified as First Responders.

Justice for Victims and Violence Prevention

I support commonsense reforms to prevent domestic violence, sexual assault, and gun violence.

Supports waterway-readiness resources for first responders in river communities.

Advocates for waterway-readiness resources for first responders in river communities.

Supports modern equipment for first responders.

Calls for 911 dispatchers to be recognized as first responders and receive corresponding pay and benefits.

Supports reforms to prevent domestic violence, sexual assault, and gun violence.

- Advocates for waterway-readiness resources for first responders in river communities.
- Supports modern equipment for first responders.
- Calls for 911 dispatchers to be recognized as first responders and receive corresponding pay and benefits.
- Supports reforms to prevent domestic violence, sexual assault, and gun violence.

Public Safety

Protecting Our Planet and Outdoor Spaces

Pennsylvanians have a right to clean air, pure water, and a healthy environment. But a right isn’t a right without enforcement. I fight to expand access to outdoor recreation spaces and public pools, invest in pedestrian and bike infrastructure in communities I represent, and work to combat climate change through renewable energy investments that create jobs and protect our communities.

Read about my Energy Efficiency Standards bill and the coalition supporting it.

Advocates for renewable-energy investment, outdoor recreation and public-pool access, and pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure.

- Advocates for renewable-energy investment, outdoor recreation and public-pool access, and pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure.

Energy & the Environment

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- Advocates for expanded healthcare coverage, Medicaid funding, and prescription-drug coverage protections.

- Supports modern equipment for first responders.
- Calls for 911 dispatchers to be recognized as first responders and receive corresponding pay and benefits.
- Supports reforms to prevent domestic violence, sexual assault, and gun violence.

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