Alden Johnson
Alden Johnson (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Mississippi's 4th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Johnson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Alden Johnson was born in Jackson, Mississippi. Johnson’s career experience includes working as a firefighter and EMT.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Mississippi's 4th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Mississippi District 4
Mike Ezell defeated Johnny DuPree and Alden Johnson in the general election for U.S. House Mississippi District 4 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mike Ezell (R) | 73.3 | 127,813 |
 | Johnny DuPree (D) | 24.6 | 42,876 | |
 | Alden Johnson (L)  | 2.0 | 3,569 | |
| Total votes: 174,258 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Aaron Lee (Independent)
- Graham Hudson (Independent)
Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Mississippi District 4
Mike Ezell defeated incumbent Steven Palazzo in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Mississippi District 4 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Ezell | 53.8 | 31,225 |
 | Steven Palazzo | 46.2 | 26,849 | |
| Total votes: 58,074 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Mississippi District 4
Johnny DuPree defeated David Sellers in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Mississippi District 4 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Johnny DuPree | 84.9 | 9,952 |
 | David Sellers | 15.1 | 1,766 | |
| Total votes: 11,718 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Mississippi District 4
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Mississippi District 4 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Steven Palazzo | 31.5 | 16,387 |
| ✔ | | Mike Ezell | 25.0 | 13,020 |
 | Clay Wagner | 22.5 | 11,698 | |
 | Brice Wiggins | 9.3 | 4,859 | |
 | Carl Boyanton | 6.2 | 3,224 | |
 | Raymond Brooks | 4.6 | 2,405 | |
 | Kidron Peterson | 0.9 | 449 | |
| Total votes: 52,042 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Louis Hook (R)
Libertarian primary election
The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Alden Johnson advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Mississippi District 4.
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Alden Johnson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Johnson's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Deregulate and legalize cannabis federally.
- End civil asset forfeiture. Theft is theft.
- “Liberty and justice for all."
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Campaign website
Johnson's campaign website stated the following:
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Healthcare Alden believes that insurance companies unnecessarily drive up the cost of healthcare and prescriptions. Practices such as Primary Direct Care, which benefit both the healthcare provider and the patient, should always be an option.
Jury nullification is the inherent power in a criminal trial to refuse convicting a defendant if the jurors are convinced such a conviction would be fundamentally unjust. Jurors should always be informed of this option before being assigned to a criminal trial. It can prevent miscarriages of justice.
National defense should mean just that: defense. It’s time we stop trying to be the world’s police. Antagonizing other countries regularly does not make us any safer.
While Alden realizes that oil and gas are not going anywhere, he fully supports expanding nuclear energy. In this day and age, it is cleaner, safer, and can produce enormous amounts of electricity.
Alden believes if the “crime" has no victim, then there is no crime. Possessing a plant, braiding hair without a license, and collecting rainwater should never have been crimes in the first place. It’s time to put opportunity and power back in the people’s hands.
Alden believes if the government just got out of everybody's way, there would be a lot more opportunity for everyone. The vast majority of entrepreneurs and workers should not be required to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars and hours of their time getting certified and licensed by government agencies. Government does everything it can to restrict prosperity. Let the people work!
Alden supports the elimination of the income tax, both in Mississippi and federally. He believes in reducing the role, size, and scope of government as much as possible and the subsequent reduction of as many taxes as possible.
Alden fully supports repealing the NFA and abolishing the ATF. Prohibition only encourages a thriving black market. Rights are not just privileges. Felons who have paid their debt to society and pose no threat to the general public deserve the ability to protect their families via firearm ownership.[2] |
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| —Alden Johnson's campaign website (2022)[3] | ||
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on June 6, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Alden for Congress, “Issues,” accessed April 9, 2022
