Mark Johnson | |
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Minority Leader of the Minnesota Senate | |
Assumed office January 3, 2023 | |
Preceded by | Melisa Franzen |
Acting Majority Leader of the Minnesota Senate | |
In office September 1,2021 –September 9,2021 | |
Preceded by | Paul Gazelka |
Succeeded by | Jeremy Miller |
Member of the Minnesota Senate from the 1st district | |
Assumed office January 3,2017 | |
Preceded by | LeRoy Stumpf |
Personal details | |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Skyler Hoas |
Children | 3 |
Education | Bethel University (BA) University of North Dakota (JD) |
Mark Johnson is an American lawyer,politician,and member of the Minnesota Senate. A Republican,Johnson represents parts of Kittson,Marshall,Pennington,Polk,Red Lake,Norman and Roseau counties in northwestern Minnesota. He previously served as acting majority leader of the Minnesota Senate,and now serves as minority leader. [1]
Johnson was raised near Mentor,Minnesota. After graduating from Fertile-Beltrami High School,he received a bachelor's degree from Bethel University and a J.D. degree from the University of North Dakota. [2] Johnson owns a legal firm in East Grand Forks,Minnesota and is a partner in his family's concrete business. [3]
Johnson was elected to the Minnesota Senate in 2016 by a wide margin and reelected in 2020. [4] He succeeded LeRoy Stumpf,who retired after 34 years in the Senate. [3]
Johnson and his wife,Skyler,have three children and live in East Grand Forks. [5]