Linda Johnson (Kansas)

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Linda Johnson
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Democratic Party
Education
Bachelor's
Kansas State University
Graduate
University of Minnesota

Linda Johnson was a 2014 Democratic candidate for District 40 of the Kansas House of Representatives. She was defeated by John Bradford in the election on November 4, 2014.

Campaign themes

2014

Johnson's website highlighted the following campaign themes:

“
  • Keeping public education -- historically the pride of Kansas -- strong and effective.
  • Restoring our fiscal responsibility and ending our budget crisis while restoring our tax balance.
  • Creating good jobs that will let our young people stay in Kansas and thrive, not just survive.
  • Serving our veterans.
  • Protecting our rights.
  • Strengthening transportation and Infrastructure.
  • Promoting Lansing and Leavenworth.[1][2]
 ”

2012

Johnson's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[3]

  • Excerpt: "Education and children’s health"
  • Excerpt: "Balanced budget with everyone paying their fair share and"
  • Excerpt: "Creating good jobs so Kansans can thrive, not just survive."

Elections

2014

See also: Kansas House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Kansas House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election was held on August 5, 2014, and a general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 2, 2014. Linda Johnson was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent John Bradford was unopposed in the Republican primary. Bradford defeated Johnson in the general election.[4][5]

Kansas House of Representatives District 40, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Bradford Incumbent 54% 3,044
     Democratic Linda Johnson 46% 2,590
Total Votes 5,634

2012

See also: Kansas House of Representatives elections, 2012

Johnson ran for election in the 2012 election for Kansas House of Representatives District 40. Johnson defeated Claudia Logue in the August 7 Democratic primary and was defeated by John Bradford (R) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[6][7]

Kansas House of Representatives, District 40, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Bradford 51.1% 4,121
     Democratic Linda Johnson 48.9% 3,939
Total Votes 8,060
Kansas House of Representatives, District 40 Democratic Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngLinda Johnson 72.1% 513
Claudia Logue 27.9% 199
Total Votes 712

Endorsements

2014

In 2014, Johnson's endorsements included:[8]

  • Kansas National Education Association
  • Leavenworth NEA
  • Lansing Education Association
  • Pony Express Uniserv
  • Kansas AFL-CIO Cope
  • Sierra Club Kansas Chapter
  • National Association of Social Workers Kansas Chapter
  • Kansas Association for Justice
  • International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 124
  • Kansas Contractors Association
  • Laborers' International Union of North America Local 1290
  • Carpenters' District Council of Greater St. Louis and Vicinity
  • Kansas Beer Wholesalers Association

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Linda + Johnson + Kansas + House"

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See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Linda Johnson for KS, "Issues," accessed October 25, 2014
  2. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  3. ↑ lindaforkansas, accessed September 12, 2014
  4. ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "2014 Primary Election - Official Vote Totals," accessed September 15, 2014
  5. ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "2014 General Election - Official Vote Totals," accessed April 17, 2015
  6. ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "Candidates for the 2012 primary (unofficial)," accessed June 26, 2012
  7. ↑ C-SPAN, "Kansas - Summary Vote Results," accessed August 7, 2012
  8. ↑ Linda Johnson for KS, "Endorsements," accessed October 25, 2014


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