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Sam Johnson (Plano Independent School District member)
Sam Johnson is a member of the Plano Independent School District school board in Texas, representing Place 2. He assumed office on May 20, 2025. His current term ends in 2029.
Johnson ran for election to the Plano Independent School District school board to represent Place 2 in Texas. He won in the general election on May 3, 2025.
Biography
Sam Johnson was born and lives in Plano, Texas. He graduated from Plano Senior High School. He earned a bachelor's degree in government from the University of Texas at Austin and a J.D. from South Texas College of Law in 2008. Johnson’s career experience includes working as a business law attorney and youth group leader. Johnson serves as a board member of the North-Texas/Oklahoma region of the Anti-Defamation League and as a regional co-chair of the Anti-Defamation League Education Committee.[1][2]
Elections
2025
See also: Plano Independent School District, Texas, elections (2025)
General election
General election for Plano Independent School District school board Place 2
Sam Johnson defeated Xiomar Pierre in the general election for Plano Independent School District school board Place 2 on May 3, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sam Johnson (Nonpartisan) | 85.9 | 19,254 |
| Xiomar Pierre (Nonpartisan) | 14.1 | 3,169 | ||
| Total votes: 22,423 | |||
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Endorsements
Johnson received the following endorsements.
2020
See also: Municipal elections in Collin County, Texas (2020)
General election
General election for Texas 366th District Court
Incumbent Tom Nowak defeated Sam Johnson in the general election for Texas 366th District Court on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tom Nowak (R) | 56.3 | 258,666 |
| Sam Johnson (D) | 43.7 | 200,736 | |
| Total votes: 459,402 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 366th District Court
Sam Johnson advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas 366th District Court on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sam Johnson | 100.0 | 56,037 |
| Total votes: 56,037 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 366th District Court
Incumbent Tom Nowak advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 366th District Court on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tom Nowak | 100.0 | 57,106 |
| Total votes: 57,106 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Texas District 3
Van Taylor defeated Lorie Burch and Christopher Claytor in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 3 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Van Taylor (R) | 54.2 | 169,520 |
 | Lorie Burch (D) | 44.2 | 138,234 | |
 | Christopher Claytor (L) | 1.5 | 4,604 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 153 | ||
| Total votes: 312,511 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Robert Mason (Independent)
- Roger Barone (Independent)
Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 3
Lorie Burch defeated Sam Johnson in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 3 on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lorie Burch | 75.0 | 9,344 |
| Sam Johnson | 25.0 | 3,107 | |
| Total votes: 12,451 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 3
Lorie Burch and Sam Johnson advanced to a runoff. They defeated Adam Bell and Medrick Yhap in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 3 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lorie Burch | 49.6 | 15,468 |
| ✔ | | Sam Johnson | 28.7 | 8,943 |
 | Adam Bell | 18.0 | 5,598 | |
 | Medrick Yhap | 3.8 | 1,172 | |
| Total votes: 31,181 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 3
Van Taylor defeated David Niederkorn and Alex Donkervoet in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 3 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Van Taylor | 84.7 | 45,475 |
 | David Niederkorn | 9.4 | 5,052 | |
 | Alex Donkervoet | 5.9 | 3,185 | |
| Total votes: 53,712 | |||
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Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Sam Johnson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Sam Johnson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. 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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Since moving home to Plano, I have gone through the FBI Citizens Academy and Leadership Plano, and am on the boards of directors of the Anti-Defamation League and Grace to Change.
I have my own law firm in Collin County where I practice primarily business law, working on litigation matters and business transactions. My wife and I are raising our three sons as active participants in our community.
I am a staunch believer in the fundamentals of balance and equality found in our Constitution and am perceived by my peers as a meticulous attorney who pays close attention to detail and arguing cases on the law and facts, the same - and only - considerations on which I'll decide cases once I'm on the bench.- Fairness
- Diligence
- Balance
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
See also
2025 Elections
External links
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Candidate Plano Independent School District school board Place 2 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Sam Johnson for U.S. Congress, "Meet Sam Johnson," accessed February 10, 2018
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 21, 2020
