Jarvis D. Johnson | |
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Member of the TexasHouseofRepresentatives from the 139th district | |
Assumed office May 19, 2016 | |
Preceded by | Sylvester Turner |
Member of the Houston City Council from the B District | |
In office January 2,2006 –January 2,2012 | |
Preceded by | Carol Galloway |
Succeeded by | Jerry Davis |
Personal details | |
Born | Jarvis Diallo Johnson September 27,1971 Houston,Texas,U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Residence(s) | Houston,Texas,U.S. |
Alma mater | Texas Southern University (BA) |
Occupation | Entrepreneur |
Jarvis Diallo Johnson (born September 27,1971) is an American politician currently serving in the Texas House of Representatives. A Democrat,he has represented the 139th district since 2016 and previously served on the Houston City Council.
Johnson grew up in Houston's Fifth Ward.
Johnson graduated with a B.A. from Texas Southern University. While in college,he became executive director of Phoenix Outreach Youth Center in 1995. Johnson resigned this position in 2008 to focus his efforts on District B as a full-time city council member.
Johnson is the owner of Aunt Bea's Restaurant,co-owner of two daycares in Houston,and president of Commagere International Consultant Group.
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In 2005,Johnson ran for Houston City Council District B,a seat held by term limited Carol M. Galloway. In an eight candidate race,Johnson received nearly 4,000 votes,earning a spot in the December run off election. In December 2005,Johnson won the Houston City Council District B race by over 60% of the vote. He was subsequently re-elected to a second and third term.
Johnson served as chair of the City of Houston's Human Services and Technology Access Committee. Johnson also served on the Houston City Council Flooding and Drainage,Housing and Community Development,International Liaison and Protocol,M/WBE,Small Contractor Development and Contract Compliance,Pension Review,Public Safety and Homeland Security,Regulation,Development,Neighborhood Protection and Transportation,Infrastructure &Aviation committees.
Johnson was arrested in 2010 on a felony charge of evading arrest. [1]
On January 5,2010,Johnson announced his candidacy for Texas's 18th Congressional District seat,a seat held by incumbent Sheila Jackson Lee. [2]
Jackson Lee was in her third term on the Houston City Council in 1994 when she beat incumbent U.S. Representative Craig Washington on the theme that he was out of touch with his district. When Johnson announced his candidacy in 2010,he had just won a third term to a council seat within the 18th Congressional District. The congressional district encompasses much of urban Houston and is about 40% black with the remainder split between whites and Hispanics. It accounts for about a quarter of the city's more than 2 million residents. [3]
Johnson ran in the 2016 primary election,advanced to the runoff election,and won a special election called to determine an interim representative for 2016 and won the primary election runoff. Since he was unopposed in November 2016,Johnson winning the special election and runoff meant he was the District 139 state representative who would succeed Sylvester Turner. After 26 years,Turner stepped down from his state seat to become Houston's mayor.
Johnson won the May 7 special election,with 85% of the vote,to finish out the remainder of Turner's term as state representative of District 139. Turner swore him in, [4] allowing Johnson to serve through December and immediately,fully assume former Turner's seniority status and his roles that include vice-chairman of the House Appropriations Committee.
Johnson advocated for education funding reform for Texas' HBCUs,noting disparity between them and other higher education institutions. [5] [6]
Johnson was the sole member to speak against HB 2908,a law codifying protections for police and peace officers,strongly opposing the bill on the grounds that it could make questioning an officer an act of resistance and therefore a hate crime. [7]
Johnson announced his campaign for the Texas Senate in the 15th district,the seat vacated by incumbent Democrat John Whitmire upon winning the 2023 Houston mayoral election. He placed first in the primary with 36% of the vote,advancing to a May runoff with Molly Cook. [8]
Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Willie J. Hunter | 1,049 | 7.21% | ||
Tommie Ruth Allen | 1,456 | 10.01% | ||
Anna Gray | 426 | 2.93% | ||
Charles A. Ingram | 1,004 | 6.90% | ||
✓ | Felicia Galloway-Hall | 5,462 | 37.54% | |
✓ | Jarvis Johnson | 3,830 | 26.33% | |
Angle S. Bush | 326 | 2.24% | ||
Robin German-Curtis | 995 | 6.84% |
Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Felicia Galloway-Hall | 2,146 | 39.67% | ||
✓ | Jarvis Johnson | 3,264 | 60.33% |
Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|
✓ | Jarvis Johnson | 8,254 | 76.95% | |
Kenneth Perkins | 2,473 | 23.05% |
Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Roger Bowden | 2,204 | 18.01% | ||
✓ | Jarvis Johnson | 10,033 | 81.99% |
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