Jarvis 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 |
Spouse | Charlene Ward Johnson (divorced) [1] |
Education | Texas Southern University (BA) |
Jarvis Diallo Johnson (born September 27,1971) is an American entrepreneur and 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.
In 1996,Johnson graduated from Texas Southern University with a degree in speech communications. In 1995,while in college,he became executive director of Phoenix Outreach Youth Center, [2] ending his affiliation with them in 2005. [3] ,the same year he was elected to the Houston City Council to represent District B.
In 2005,Johnson ran for Houston City Council District B,a seat held by term limited Carol Mims Galloway. In an eight candidate race, [4] 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. [5] He was reelected in the 2007 elections and 2009 elections.
Johnson served as chair of the City of Houston's Human Services and Technology Access Committee. [6] He also served on the Houston City Council's Committee on Budget and Fiscal Affairs, [7] ,and the Housing and Community Development Committee, [8] among others.
In 2010,a police officer claimed Johnson failed to stop his vehicle when he tried to pull him over for speeding. He was arrested and charged with evading arrest,and later a grand jury cleared him of the charges,deciding there was not evidence that he did anything wrong. [9] [10]
On January 5,2010,Johnson announced his candidacy for Texas's 18th Congressional District seat,a seat held by incumbent Sheila Jackson Lee. [11]
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. [12]
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, [13] 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.
When Johnson ran for the Texas Senate,Charlene Ward Johnson won the Democratic primary to replace him. She ran unopposed,to be the district's state representative in 2025. [14]
Johnson advocated for education funding reform for Texas' HBCUs,noting disparity between them and other higher education institutions. [15] [16]
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. [17]
For three consecutive legislative sessions (in 2019,2021,and 2023),Johnson filed bills to end Confederate Heroes Day as a state holiday. The bills did not make it out of the House State Affairs Committee,and Speaker Dade Phelan who chaired the committee did not bring up the bill for a vote. [18]
Johnson also filed multiple bills to apply pollution limits for concrete plants,which affect the air quality for districts such as the ones he represented,but these bills did not pass. [19] [20]
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. [21]
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 | % | ± | |
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✓ | Jarvis Johnson | 8,254 | 76.95% | |
Kenneth Perkins | 2,473 | 23.05% |
Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Roger Bowden | 2,204 | 18.01% | ||
✓ | Jarvis Johnson | 10,033 | 81.99% |
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