Gloria Johnson

Democratic Party

Candidate, Tennessee House of Representatives District 90

Tennessee House of Representatives District 90

Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

3

Predecessor:Torrey Harris (D)

Prior offices:

Tennessee House of Representatives District 13

Years in office: 2018 - 2022

Successor:Robert Stevens (R)

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Years in office: 2012 - 2014

Compensation

Base salary

$28,405.96/year

Per diem

$326.47/day. Legislators living within 50 miles of the Capitol receive a reduced amount of $47 per day.

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Next election

August 6, 2026

Education

Bachelor's

University of Tennessee

Personal

Profession

Caregiver

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Gloria Johnson (Democratic Party) is a member of theTennessee House of Representatives, representingDistrict 90. She assumed office on November 8, 2022. Her current term ends on November 3, 2026.

Johnson (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to theTennessee House of Representatives to representDistrict 90. She declared candidacy for the Democratic primary scheduled onAugust 6, 2026.^[source]

On April 6, 2023, theTennessee House of Representatives failed to pass House resolution 64 to expel Johnson.Click here to learn more.

Biography

Gloria Johnson earned a bachelor's degree in special education and teaching from the University of Tennessee in 1986. Johnson's career experience includes working as a consultant with Change Driven Strategies, a caregiver with Seniors Helping Seniors, and a special education teacher with Central High School in Fountain City. She has served as the chair of the Knox County Democratic Party and as a board member of Emerge TN and the TN Women's Political Caucus.^[1][2]

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Johnson was assigned to the following committees:

• Criminal Justice Committee
• Education Instruction Committee
• Insurance Committee

2021-2022

Johnson was assigned to the following committees:

• Naming and Designating Committee
• House Government Operations Committee

2019-2020

Johnson was assigned to the following committees:

• Local Government Committee
• Naming, Designating and Private Acts Committee

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Johnson served on the following committees:

Sponsored legislation

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Elections

2026

See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on August 6, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 90

IncumbentGloria Johnson is running in the Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 90 on August 6, 2026.

		Candidate
		Gloria Johnson

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Endorsements

2024

U.S. Senate

See also: United States Senate election in Tennessee, 2024

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Tennessee

IncumbentMarsha Blackburn defeatedGloria Johnson,Tharon Chandler,Pamela Moses, andHastina Robinson in the general election for U.S. Senate Tennessee on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Marsha Blackburn (R)	63.8	1,918,743
		Gloria Johnson (D)	34.2	1,027,461
		Tharon Chandler (Independent)	0.9	28,444
		Pamela Moses (Independent)	0.8	24,682
		Hastina Robinson (Independent)	0.3	8,278

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,007,608
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Wisdom Zerit Teklay (Wisdom People Party)
• Marshal Weaver (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Tennessee

Gloria Johnson defeatedMarquita Bradshaw,Lola Denise Brown, andCivil Miller-Watkins in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Tennessee on August 1, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gloria Johnson	70.2	143,962
		Marquita Bradshaw	21.8	44,657
		Lola Denise Brown	4.9	10,027
		Civil Miller-Watkins	3.1	6,420

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 205,066
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Kevin Lee McCants (D)
• Dylan Fain (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Tennessee

IncumbentMarsha Blackburn defeatedTres Wittum in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Tennessee on August 1, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Marsha Blackburn	89.5	367,799
		Tres Wittum	10.5	43,244

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 411,043
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Endorsements

State House

See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 90

IncumbentGloria Johnson won election in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 90 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gloria Johnson (D)	99.7	16,372
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	51

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 16,423
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 90

IncumbentGloria Johnson advanced from the Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 90 on August 1, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gloria Johnson	100.0	4,042

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,042
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Endorsements

2022

See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 90

IncumbentGloria Johnson defeatedDavid Poczobut in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 90 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gloria Johnson (D)	57.9	8,473
		David Poczobut (R)	42.1	6,162

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 14,635
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 90

IncumbentGloria Johnson advanced from the Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 90 on August 4, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gloria Johnson	100.0	3,690

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,690
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 90

David Poczobut advanced from the Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 90 on August 4, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Poczobut	100.0	2,001

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,001
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Sherry Ailor (R)

2022

See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 90

IncumbentGloria Johnson defeatedDavid Poczobut in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 90 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gloria Johnson (D)	57.9	8,473
		David Poczobut (R)	42.1	6,162

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 90

IncumbentGloria Johnson advanced from the Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 90 on August 4, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gloria Johnson	100.0	3,690

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 90

David Poczobut advanced from the Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 90 on August 4, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Poczobut	100.0	2,001

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,001
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Sherry Ailor (R)

2020

See also: Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 13

IncumbentGloria Johnson defeatedElaine Davis in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 13 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gloria Johnson (D)	52.9	14,242
		Elaine Davis (R)	47.1	12,664

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 26,906
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 13

IncumbentGloria Johnson advanced from the Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 13 on August 6, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gloria Johnson	100.0	5,031

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,031
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 13

Elaine Davis advanced from the Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 13 on August 6, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Elaine Davis	100.0	4,066

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,066
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2018

See also:Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

Gloria Johnson defeated incumbentEddie Smith andZachary Houk in the general election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 13 on November 6, 2018.

General election

General election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 13

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gloria Johnson (D)	54.9	11,495
		Eddie Smith (R)	43.2	9,041
		Zachary Houk (Independent)	1.9	394

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 20,930
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Democratic primary election

Gloria Johnson advanced from the Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 13 on August 2, 2018.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 13

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gloria Johnson	100.0	4,243

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,243
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Republican primary election

IncumbentEddie Smith advanced from the Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 13 on August 2, 2018.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 13

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Eddie Smith	100.0	4,955

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2016

See also:Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for theTennessee House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on August 4, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was April 7, 2016.

IncumbentEddie Smith defeatedGloria Johnson in the Tennessee House of Representatives District 13 general election.^[3][4]

Tennessee House of Representatives, District 13 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Eddie SmithIncumbent	50.34%	11,162
	Democratic	Gloria Johnson	49.66%	11,011
Total Votes				22,173
Source:Tennessee Secretary of State

Gloria Johnson ran unopposed in the Tennessee House of Representatives District 13 Democratic primary.^[5][6]

Tennessee House of Representatives, District 13 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Gloria Johnson (unopposed)

IncumbentEddie Smith ran unopposed in the Tennessee House of Representatives District 13 Republican primary.^[5][6]

Tennessee House of Representatives, District 13 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Eddie SmithIncumbent (unopposed)

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2014

See also:Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for 99 seats in theTennessee House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 7, 2014. The general election was held onNovember 4, 2014. Thesignature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 3, 2014. IncumbentGloria Johnson was unopposed in the Democratic primary.Jason Emert was defeated byEddie Smith in the Republican primary. Smith defeated Johnson in the general election.^[7][8]

Tennessee House of Representatives District 1, General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Eddie Smith	50.7%	6,730
	Democratic	Gloria JohnsonIncumbent	49.3%	6,548
Total Votes				13,278

Tennessee House of Representatives, District 13 Republican Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Eddie Smith	50.3%	2,334
Jason Emert	49.7%	2,306
Total Votes		4,640

2012

See also:Tennessee House of Representatives elections, 2012

Johnson won election in the2012 election forTennessee House of Representatives, District 13. Johnson ran unopposed in the August 2 primary election and won election in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.^[9][10]

Tennessee House of Representatives, District 13, General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Gloria Johnson	48.1%	10,018
	Republican	Gary Loe	46.7%	9,730
	Independent	Nick Cazana	5.2%	1,084
Total Votes				20,832

2011

Johnson was defeated in the 2011 special election forTennessee Senate District 6. She lost toBecky Duncan Massey (R) in the November 8 election. Massey defeatedMarilyn Roddy andVictoria DeFreese in the Republican primary.

Campaign themes

2026

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2024

U.S. Senate

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State House

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2022

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2020

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2018

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2016

Johnson's campaign website highlighted the following issues:^[13]

Education

• Excerpt: "Our state Constitution requires us to 'provide a system of free public schools' and that directive is quite clear."

Jobs

• Excerpt: "To increase family incomes, we will work to ensure that all Tennesseans can earn a living wage for their work, while also making sure that tax cuts are [benefiting] those that need it most, the middle class."

Healthcare

• Excerpt: "Without Insure TN, we stand to lose over 30 rural hospitals and thousands of jobs, not to mention the health and well being of thousands of Tennesseans."

2012

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Noteworthy events

Resolutions to expel representatives

See also:Elected officials expelled from state legislatures

On Monday, April 3, 2023, Rep.Bud Hulsey (R), Rep.Gino Bulso (R), and Rep.Andrew Farmer (R) introduced three resolutions to expel Rep.Gloria Johnson (D), Rep.Justin Jones (D), and Rep.Justin Pearson (D) from theTennessee House of Representatives. The resolutions stated that Johnson, Jones, and Pearson had engaged in “disorderly behavior” and “did knowingly and intentionally bring disorder and dishonor to the House of Representatives” after they participated in protests on March 30, 2023 in support of gun control laws.^[14]

On April 6, 2023, theTennessee House of Representatives voted 72-25 and 69-26 on House resolutions 65 and 63 to expel RepresentativesJustin Jones (Tennessee state representative) (D) andJustin Pearson (D). House resolution 64 to expel Rep.Gloria Johnson (D) failed to pass at 65 ayes and 30 nays.

On April 10, 2023, the Metropolitan Nashville Council voted 36-0 to reinstateJones. On April 12, the Shelby County Commission will voted to reinstatePearson.^[15][16][17]

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