He has a found a way to stand firm on core Democratic Party principles — advocating for Medicaid expansion, protecting and championing voting rights, increasing public education funding — all while working with GOP lawmakers to address pressing issues in his district and our state.
This includes reforms to the Texas health insurance marketplace to increase coverage for some 350,000 people, and maintaining consumer privacy as digital technology and platforms continue to evolve.
In a tight, three-person Democratic primary for attorney general, Johnson earned more than 48% of the vote.
He is now in a runoff against Joe Jaworski, the former mayor of Galveston and grandson of Leon Jaworski, the special prosecutor during the Watergate scandal.
In this runoff, our recommendation goes to Johnson, who also is an outstanding candidate. He has a physics degree from the University of Arizona and a law degree from the University of Texas at Austin. He is a mediator and litigator in the Dallas office of Thompson Coburn LLP.
We appreciate Johnson’s success and experience in the Texas Senate and see him as a candidate who could bring much-needed focus to the attorney general’s office following Ken Paxton’s scandal-plagued tenure.
If elected, Johnson said he would focus on rooting out corruption, boosting consumer protection and repelling overreach of the Trump administration.
We see a candidate with a sharp legal mind who is a strong Democrat with crossover appeal in the general election and who, if elected, would work on behalf of all Texans.