Robert Johnson

Education

Johnson attended Roman Catholic-affiliated Loyola University New Orleans, from which he earned a Bachelor of Arts in politics in 1997 and a Juris Doctor in 2000.

Career

He resides in Marksville. Johnson has previously worked as a prosecutor. The presence of two other Democratic candidates compelled a second round of balloting, called the Louisiana general election.In that balloting, Johnson defeated Roy, 7,436 (528 percent) to 6,642 (472 percent).

Roy challenged Johnson for a second time in the primary election held on October 22, 2011, but he fell far short of victory.

Johnson received 8,037 votes (628 percent) to Roy"s 4,768 (372 percent). Johnson serves on the Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development Committee, the Insurance Committee, the Ways and Means Committee, the Joint Legislative Committee on Capital Outlay, and the Atchafalaya Basin Program Oversight Committee.

Johnson was an unsuccessful candidate in Louisiana"s 5th congressional district special election held on October 19, 2013. Among fourteen candidates, he finished fifth with 9,971 votes (10 percent).

Holloway polled 11,250 votes (11 percent).

While Riser has the support of three sitting United States. representatives from Louisiana, McAllister shot to a runoff berth with the celebrity endorsement of Philosophy Robertson of the A&East Network"s Duck Dynasty television series. Johnson is a potential Democratic candidate in 2016 for the United States Senate seat being vacated by Republican David Vitter, who failed in a bid for governor in 2015. Another potential Democratic candidate for the seat is Mayor Jacques Roy of Alexandria.

Achievements

• He won a majority in his own Avoyelles Parish and finished with a plurality as well in East Feliciana, one of the Florida Parishes.

Politics

The two top vote getters, both Republicans from northeastern Louisiana, State Senator Neil Riser of Columbia in Caldwell Parish and political newcomer, Vance McAllister, a businessman from the Monroe area, meet in the November 16 runoff election to choose a new representative to succeed Republican Rodney Alexander, who resigned in September to join the administration of Governor Bobby Jindal. Republican candidates for the seat included United States Representative Charles Boustany of Lafayette and John C. Fleming of Minden in Webster Parish and Rob Maness, a favorite of the Tea Party movement, who ran unsuccessfully for the Senate in 2014.

Membership

He is a member of the Louisiana Rural Caucus. Johnson finished just behind Clyde C. Holloway, the fourth-place candidate and a Republican member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission from Johnson"s neighboring Rapides Parish.