Julie Johnson (politician)
Julie Johnson | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 32nd district | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Colin Allred |
| Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 115th district | |
| In office January 9, 2019 – January 3, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Matt Rinaldi |
| Succeeded by | Cassandra Hernandez |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Julie Elizabeth Johnson May 2, 1966 Kansas City, Kansas, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
Susan Moster (m. 2014) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | University of Texas, Austin (BA) University of Houston (JD) |
Julie Elizabeth Johnson[1] (born May 2, 1966)[2][3] is an American politician who has been the U.S. representative for Texas's 32nd congressional district since 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served as a member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 115.
Education
[edit]Johnson earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas at Austin and a Juris Doctor from the University of Houston Law Center.[4]
Career
[edit]Johnson defeated incumbent Republican Matt Rinaldi in the 2018 Texas House of Representatives elections. She is one of Dallas County's first two openly gay elected officials, and the first member of the Texas House with a spouse of the same gender.[5][6]
In 2021, Johnson and the Texas House Democratic Caucus left the state, traveling to Washington D.C. in order to delay voting on any new bills in a special July session.[7] Texas House Republicans voted to arrest the elected members to compel their attendance, though they did not have the jurisdiction to do so.[8]
In June 2023, Johnson announced that she would run for the United States House of Representatives in Texas's 32nd congressional district in the 2024 elections, as incumbent Colin Allred was running for the U.S. Senate.[9] She defeated Brian Williams in the Democratic Party primary election[10] and won the November general election.[11]
Personal life
[edit]Johnson came out as a lesbian in 1991.[12] She and her wife, Susan Moster, married in San Francisco in 2014.[6]
Electoral history
[edit]See also
[edit]- List of LGBTQ members of the United States Congress
- Women in the United States House of Representatives
References
[edit]- ^ "Rep. Julie Johnson - D Texas, 32nd- Biography". LegiStorm. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
- ^ "Rep. Julie Johnson - D Texas, 32nd, In Office - Biography | LegiStorm". www.legistorm.com.
- ^ "Congressmember Elect Julie Johnson - Texas State Directory Online". www.txdirectory.com.
- ^ "Julie Johnson, candidate for United States Representative". Dallas News.
- ^ "Julie Johnson Heads To Austin As One Of Dallas County's First Two Openly Gay Legislators". KERA-TV. January 4, 2019. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
- ^ a b Barragán, James (January 2, 2019). "Openly gay Dallas County lawmaker Julie Johnson is making history in the Texas House, and so is her wife". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
- ^ "Inside the secret plan for the Texas Democratic exodus: A phone tree, a scramble to pack and a politically perilous trip". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
- ^ Svitek, Patrick; Pollock, Cassandra (July 13, 2021). "Texas House Republicans vote to track down absent Democrats and arrest them if necessary". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- ^ Svitek, Patrick (June 20, 2023). "State Rep. Julie Johnson announces she is running for U.S. Rep. Colin Allred's seat". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
- ^ "Democrat Julie Johnson wins primary race to replace U.S. Rep. Colin Allred". Dallas News. March 6, 2024.
- ^ Migdon, Brooke (November 5, 2024). "Julie Johnson becomes first openly LGBTQ person to serve Texas in Congress". The Hill. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
- ^ "Julie Johnson Becomes First LGBTQ+ Person Elected to Congress in the South: 'I'm Going to Be a Force' (Exclusive)". People.com.
External links
[edit]- 1966 births
- 21st-century American LGBTQ people
- 21st-century American women politicians
- 21st-century members of the Texas Legislature
- 21st-century members of the United States House of Representatives
- American lesbian politicians
- Democratic Party members of the Texas House of Representatives
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Texas
- Female members of the United States House of Representatives
- LGBTQ members of the United States Congress
- LGBTQ state legislators in Texas
- Living people
- Southern Democrats
- University of Houston Law Center alumni
- University of Texas at Austin alumni
- Women state legislators in Texas