Sam Johnson (Michigan)

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Sam Johnson

Working Class Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 3, 2020

Sam Johnson (Working Class Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Michigan's 13th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Elections

2020

See also: Michigan's 13th Congressional District election, 2020

Michigan's 13th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 4 Republican primary)

Michigan's 13th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 4 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Michigan District 13

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. House Michigan District 13 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rashida Tlaib (D)	78.1	223,205
		David Dudenhoefer (R)	18.6	53,311
		Sam Johnson (Working Class Party)	1.8	5,284
		D. Etta Wilcoxon (G)	0.7	2,105
		Articia Bomer (U.S. Taxpayers Party of Michigan)	0.7	1,974
		Donald Eason (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	6

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 285,885
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 13

Incumbent Rashida Tlaib defeated Brenda Jones in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 13 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rashida Tlaib	66.3	71,670
		Brenda Jones	33.7	36,492

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 108,162
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Stephen M. Patterson (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 13

David Dudenhoefer defeated Linda Sawyer and Alfred Lemmo in the Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 13 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Dudenhoefer	47.6	6,833
		Linda Sawyer	34.5	4,955
		Alfred Lemmo	17.9	2,574

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 14,362
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Articia Bomer (R)

Green convention

Green convention for U.S. House Michigan District 13

D. Etta Wilcoxon advanced from the Green convention for U.S. House Michigan District 13 on June 20, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		D. Etta Wilcoxon (G)

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Working Class Party convention

Working Class Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 13

Sam Johnson advanced from the Working Class Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 13 on July 26, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Sam Johnson (Working Class Party)

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2018

See also: Michigan's 13th Congressional District election, 2018

Jim Casha, David Dudenhoefer, John Conyers III, Royce Kinniebrew, Kimberly Hill Knott, Douglas Gardner, Danetta Simpson, Brenda Jones, and Jonathan Pommerville ran as write-in candidates.

General election

General election for U.S. House Michigan District 13

Rashida Tlaib defeated Sam Johnson and D. Etta Wilcoxon in the general election for U.S. House Michigan District 13 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rashida Tlaib (D)	84.2	165,355
		Sam Johnson (Working Class Party)	11.3	22,186
		D. Etta Wilcoxon (G)	4.1	7,980
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	778

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 196,299
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• John Conyers III (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 13

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 13 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rashida Tlaib	31.2	27,841
		Brenda Jones	30.2	26,941
		Bill Wild	14.1	12,613
		Coleman Young II	12.5	11,172
		Ian Conyers	6.6	5,861
		Shanelle Jackson	5.4	4,853

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 89,281
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Michael Gilmore (D)
• John Conyers III (D)
• Kimberly Hill Knott (D)
• Sherry Gay-Dagnogo (D)

Republican primary election

No Republican candidates ran in the primary.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• David Dudenhoefer (R)

2016

See also: Michigan's 13th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent John Conyers, Jr. (D) defeated Jeff Gorman (R), Tiffany Hayden (L), and Sam Johnson (Working Class) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Conyers defeated Janice Winfrey in the Democratic primary on August 2, 2016.

U.S. House, Michigan District 13 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	John Conyers, Jr. Incumbent	77.1%	198,771
	Republican	Jeff Gorman	15.7%	40,541
	Libertarian	Tiffany Hayden	3.7%	9,648
	Working Class	Sam Johnson	3.4%	8,835
	N/A	Write-in	0%	2
Total Votes				257,797
Source: Michigan Secretary of State

U.S. House, Michigan District 13 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
John Conyers Jr. Incumbent	60.8%	30,971
Janice Winfrey	39.2%	19,965
Total Votes		50,936
Source: Michigan Secretary of State

2014

See also: Michigan's 13th Congressional District elections, 2014

Johnson ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Michigan's 13th District. He was defeated by incumbent John Conyers, Jr. (D) in the general election on November 4, 2014.

U.S. House, Michigan District 13 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	John Conyers, Jr. Incumbent	79.5%	132,710
	Republican	Jeff Gorman	16.3%	27,234
	Libertarian	Chris Sharer	2.1%	3,537
	Independent	Sam Johnson	2.1%	3,466
Total Votes				166,947
Source: Michigan Secretary of State

Campaign themes

2020

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Footnotes

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Michigan's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Gary Peters (D)

Elissa Slotkin (D)

Representatives

District 1

Jack Bergman (R)

District 2

John Moolenaar (R)

District 3

Hillary Scholten (D)

District 4

Bill Huizenga (R)

District 5

Tim Walberg (R)

District 6

Debbie Dingell (D)

District 7

Tom Barrett (R)

District 8

Kristen Rivet (D)

District 9

Lisa McClain (R)

District 10

John James (R)

District 11

Haley Stevens (D)

District 12

Rashida Tlaib (D)

District 13

Shri Thanedar (D)

Democratic Party (8)

Republican Party (7)