Dennis P. Williams (born January 8, 1953) is an American politician who served as the Mayor of Wilmington, Delaware, from 2013 to 2017.

duPont High School, graduated in criminal justice from Delaware Technical Community College, and was a student at Wilmington Police Academy.

[2] In the 1994 state elections, Orlando George, Jr. was re-elected in the 1st district, but he resigned his post the following year to become president of Delaware Technical Community College.

A special election was held on August 12 to fill the vacancy, in which Williams defeated Republican Karen Miller 1757 to 897,[3] later securing a much larger majority when he won re-election for his first full term that November.

His campaign ran into some controversy after it emerged he owed $3,184.77 in taxes and bills to the city, following on from a similar incident in March.