Todd Johnson

Johnson is seeking his fifth term in the N.C. Senate and is the Senate Majority Whip. His top issues include infrastructure funding to keep pace with Union County's growth, local control of public schools and school choice for parents, support for law enforcement and public safety funding and lower taxes paired with reduced government spending. He says for too long, the areas of education that directly impact children, classrooms and teachers "take a back seat to the monstrous bureaucracy that is crippling our system" and states that as a small business owner, "government doesn't create jobs, small businesses do." He is the chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Natural, and Economic Resources and the Commerce and Insurance Committee. He was the first primary sponsor of 35 bills in the most recent legislative session, including a bill to require lifeguards at day camps and to make it punishable to sell hemp products to people under 21.  He voted on 546 of 701 votes in the most recent legislative session, placing him in the bottom 25% of N.C. Senators for participation. He previously ran unsuccessfully for U.S. House in 2016 against Robert Pittenger.