William Lee Bryant Jr. (born 1957)[1][2] is an American businessman and politician from the state of Washington.

[4] Bryant was born in Morton, Washington, and attended Capital High School in Olympia.

[6][7] Bryant was first elected to the Port of Seattle Commission in 2007, narrowly defeating incumbent Alec Fisken.

[8] He was reelected in 2011 against Democrat Dean Willard with over 60% of the vote, a remarkable share for a Republican in King County.

[10] Bryant also supported same-sex marriage as well as abortion rights and opposed capital punishment, placing him in the socially liberal faction of the Republican Party, while opposing raising the statewide minimum wage, making him fiscally conservative.