Steven C. Johnson

Republican Party

Kansas Treasurer

Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

3

Predecessor:Lynn Rogers (D)

Prior offices:

Kansas House of Representatives District 108

Years in office: 2011 - 2023

Successor:Brandon Woodard (D)

Compensation

Base salary

$86,003

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 8, 2022

Education

Graduate

University of Chicago

Personal

Profession

Farmer

Contact

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Steven C. Johnson (Republican Party) is theKansas Treasurer. He assumed office on January 9, 2023. His current term ends on January 11, 2027.

Johnson (Republican Party) ran for election forKansas Treasurer. He won in the general election onNovember 8, 2022.

Johnson chaired thePensions, Investments and Benefits Committee for several years during his time in the Kansas House of Representatives.

Biography

Johnson was born and raised near Assaria, Kansas, on a cattle and grain farm. Johnson received an agricultural economics degree from Kansas State University in 1988, and afterward an MBA from the University of Chicago in 1993.^[1][2][3][4] Johnson's career experiencing includes working for 20 years in the financial services sector for Ameriprise, and as a family farmer producing wheat, soybeans, corn and milo. He also volunteered for the K-State Foundation, the Kansas 4-H Foundation, and for his church.^[5][6]

Elections

2022

See also: Kansas Treasurer election, 2022

General election

General election for Kansas Treasurer

Steven C. Johnson defeated incumbentLynn Rogers andSteve Roberts in the general election for Kansas Treasurer on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steven C. Johnson (R)	54.0	537,488
		Lynn Rogers (D)	41.4	411,813
		Steve Roberts (L)	4.6	45,540

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 994,841
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Kansas Treasurer

IncumbentLynn Rogers advanced from the Democratic primary for Kansas Treasurer on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lynn Rogers	100.0	249,919

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Kansas Treasurer

Steven C. Johnson defeatedCaryn Tyson in the Republican primary for Kansas Treasurer on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steven C. Johnson	50.1	219,449
		Caryn Tyson	49.9	218,975

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 438,424
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Sara Hart Weir (R)
• Michael Austin (R)

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Kansas Treasurer

Steve Roberts advanced from the Libertarian convention for Kansas Treasurer on April 23, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Steve Roberts (L)

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2020

See also: Kansas House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Kansas House of Representatives District 108

IncumbentSteven C. Johnson won election in the general election for Kansas House of Representatives District 108 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steven C. Johnson (R)	100.0	9,592

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 108

IncumbentSteven C. Johnson advanced from the Republican primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 108 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steven C. Johnson	100.0	3,969

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2018

See also: Kansas House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Kansas House of Representatives District 108

IncumbentSteven C. Johnson won election in the general election for Kansas House of Representatives District 108 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steven C. Johnson (R)	100.0	7,733

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 108

IncumbentSteven C. Johnson advanced from the Republican primary for Kansas House of Representatives District 108 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steven C. Johnson	100.0	2,977

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2016

See also:Kansas House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for theKansas House of Representatives were held in2016. The primary election was held on August 2, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 1, 2016.

IncumbentSteven C. Johnson defeatedKelley Menke in the Kansas House of Representatives District 108 general election.^[7][8]

Kansas House of Representatives, District 108 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Steven C. JohnsonIncumbent	68.03%	6,691
	Democratic	Kelley Menke	31.97%	3,145
Total Votes				9,836
Source:Kansas Secretary of State

Kelley Menke ran unopposed in the Kansas House of Representatives District 108 Democratic primary.^[9][10]

Kansas House of Representatives, District 108 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Kelley Menke (unopposed)

IncumbentSteven C. Johnson ran unopposed in the Kansas House of Representatives District 108 Republican primary.^[9][10]

Kansas House of Representatives, District 108 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Steven C. JohnsonIncumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also:Kansas House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for theKansas House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election was held on August 5, 2014, and a general election was held onNovember 4, 2014. Thesignature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 2, 2014. IncumbentSteven C. Johnson was unopposed in the Republican primary and was unopposed in the general election.^[11][12]

2012

See also:Kansas House of Representatives elections, 2012

Johnson won re-election in the2012 election forKansas House of Representatives District 108. He was unopposed in the August 7 Republican primary and was unopposed in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.^[13][14]

2010

See also:Kansas House of Representatives elections, 2010

Johnson defeated incumbentJoshua Svaty (D) in the November 2 general election.^[15]

Kansas House of Representatives, District 108 General Election (2010)
Candidates		Votes
Steven C. Johnson (R)		4,365
Joshua Svaty (D)		2,836

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Steven C. Johnson did not completeBallotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Steven C. Johnson did not completeBallotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Issues

ESG

See also:Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG),State financial officer stances on environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG)

Environmental, social, and corporate governance
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Johnson took stances opposingenvironmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG), an approach to investing and corporate decision-making.

State financial officers, includingtreasurers,auditors, andcontrollers, are responsible for auditing other government offices, managing payroll, and overseeing pensions. In some states, these financial officers are also responsible for investing state retirement and trust funds.

Opposition to BlackRock-controlled investments (January 2023)

In January 2023,The Sentinel's Patrick Richardson said, “Kansas State Treasurer Steven C. Johnson is taking a hard look at whether ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) policy influences pension fund investment — and who is managing the investments.”^[16]

Johnson said he was working to preventBlackRock, the pro-ESG asset management firm, from affecting state investments.^[17]

Johnson said, “The good news if you will, our domestic equity portfolio is entirely indexed or passive. So regardless, there are no active decisions being made on those ESG companies, And the international portfolio is actively managed and that one will take some more work to get through to see where those selection issues could be affecting us. But out of the gate, we don’t have any Blackrock actively managed funds that would be making those ESG decisions.”^[18]

Johnson also said he was also concerned with how BlackRock’s proxy voting affected state investments: “Step two is critical, and that is getting a handle on how Blackrock is voting those proxy shares. That is one of the things we will be going over, and I will ask questions to make sure that they understand how those are voted. How are those proxy shares voted? How do we continue to do it efficiently? And how do we make sure that we are not promoting an ESG agenda through Kansas assets? We need to promote an agenda for the highest and best return of assets.”^[19][20]

Election campaign statements (July 2022)

As a candidate for state treasurer in 2022, Johnson said a major goal of the office should be “addressing Environmental/Social/Governance issues in light of what is the best return and in the best interest of Kansans.”^[21]

Johnson wrote, “Recent changes in the investment landscape challenge our fiduciary responsibility with how managers are implementing Environmental/Social/Governance (ESG) policies. Further, the changing international landscape, especially with China, demands we consider our exposure and how we take those positions. The treasurer is the elected office that can lead and monitor these decisions to protect Kansas’ best interests.”^[22]

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State legislative tenure

Scorecards

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2022

In 2022, theKansas State Legislature was in session from January 10 to May 23.

• Kansas Family Voice

Legislators are scored on their votes on a variety of issues of interest to the organization.

• Kansas Policy Institute

Legislators are scored on their support for bills that the organization lists as promoting "individual liberty, limited government, free markets and student-focused education."

• MainStream Coalition

Legislators are scored by the MainStream Coalition on whether they voted with the moderate position on selected bills.

• National Federation of Independent Business

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.

• Wichita Chamber of Commerce

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

Sponsored legislation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according toBillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Committee assignments

2021-2022

Johnson was assigned to the following committees:

• Pensions, Investments and Benefits Committee,Chair
• Appropriations Committee
• Commerce, Labor and Economic Development Committee
• Insurance and Pensions Committee (decommissioned),Chair

2019-2020

Johnson was assigned to the following committees:

• Pensions, Investments and Benefits Committee,Chair
• Appropriations Committee
• House Education Committee
• Taxation Committee,Chair

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Johnson served on the following committees:

2013-2014

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

2011-2012

During the 2011-2012 legislative session, Johnson served on the following committees:

See also

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