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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Christopher J. "Chris" Johnson
| office=Mississippi State Representative<br> for District 87 (Forrest and Lamar counties)
| term_start=January 2016
| term_end=
| preceded=Johnny W. Stringer
| succeeded=
| birth_date=1978
| birth_place=
| citizenship=[[United States|American]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse=Wendi Burton Johnson
| children=Brennan and Emma Kathryn Johnson
| alma_mater=Forrest County Agricultural High School<br>Pearl River Community College<br>University of Southern Mississippi
| occupation=[[Business]]man
| religion=
| residence=Hattiesburg, Mississippi
}}
'''Christopher J. Johnson''', known as '''Chris Johnson''' (born 1978), is a [[business]]man from Hattiesburg, [[Mississippi]], who is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 87, which encompasses Forrest and Lamar counties in the southern portion of his state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/johnson_(87th).xml|title=Chris Johnson|publisher=Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us|accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref>
Johnson graduated from the Forrest County Agricultural High School in Brooklyn, Mississippi, and attended Pearl River Community College in Poplarville in Pearl River County. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in [[accounting]] from the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/156366/chris-johnson#.WeDQ17pFzb0|title=Shane Barnett's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 12, 2017}}</ref>
In the [[general election]] held on November 3, 2015, Johnson defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Paul Burney Johnson, IV, the grandson of former Mississippi [[Governor]] Paul B. Johnson, Jr., who as a Democrat had endorsed [[Barry Goldwater]] in the 1964 presidential election. Chris Johnson polled 4,458 votes (80.2 percent) to Paul Johnson's 1,098 (19.8 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/Elections-Voting/Pages/2015-General-Election.aspx|title=General election returns|date=November 3, 2015|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|accessdate=October 12, 2017}}</ref> The position opened when Democratic Representative Johnny W. Stringer did not seek reelection. In the 2011 election, Stringer with 72 percent of the ballots cast defeated the Republican Daniel Kilpatrick.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/links/elections/results/statewide/MS%20House%20of%20Rep%20MULTI%20COUNTY%20-%20General%20Election%202011%20Results.pdf
|title=General election returns|date=November 8, 2011|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref>
Johnson serves on these House committees: (1) Public Health and Human Services (vice chairman), (2) Agriculture, (3) Banking and Financial Services, (4) Corrections, (5) Education, (6) Performance Based Budgeting, and (7) Transportation.<ref name=pvs/> In 2016, Representative Johnson voted against dismemberment [[abortion]]s in Mississippi. He co-sponsored the expansion of exemptions for compulsory school vaccinations. He voted to grant civil and criminal immunity to those reporting what they believe are instances of [[terrorism]]. He supported legislation to permit churches to have designated personnel with firearms for the overall protection of the congregation. He backed the bill to guarantee protections for religious beliefs and matters of moral conscience. In 2017, he supported the legislation which authorizes additional methods of execution in Mississippi and backed the measure to classify the killing of first responders as first-degree [[murder]]. He voted to increase identification requirement for [[Medicaid]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/156366/chris-johnson#.WeDZEbpFzb0|title=Chris Johnson's Voting Record|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref>
==See also==
Other Mississippi Republican state House members:
*[[William Tracy Arnold]]
*[[Dana Criswell]]
*[[Steve Hopkins]]
*[[Trey Lamar]]
*[[Shane Aguirre]]
*[[Jeff Hale]]
*[[Dan Eubanks]]
*[[Robert Foster]]
*[[Ashley Henley]]
*[[Rob Roberson]]
*[[Karl Oliver]]
*[[Bill Kinkade]]
*[[Vince Mangold]]
*[[Brent Powell]]
*[[Cory Wilson]]
*[[William Shirley]]
*[[Shane Barnett]]
==References==
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| name=Christopher J. "Chris" Johnson
| office=Mississippi State Representative<br> for District 87 (Forrest and Lamar counties)
| term_start=January 2016
| term_end=
| preceded=Johnny W. Stringer
| succeeded=
| birth_date=1978
| birth_place=
| citizenship=[[United States|American]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse=Wendi Burton Johnson
| children=Brennan and Emma Kathryn Johnson
| alma_mater=Forrest County Agricultural High School<br>Pearl River Community College<br>University of Southern Mississippi
| occupation=[[Business]]man
| religion=
| residence=Hattiesburg, Mississippi
}}
'''Christopher J. Johnson''', known as '''Chris Johnson''' (born 1978), is a [[business]]man from Hattiesburg, [[Mississippi]], who is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 87, which encompasses Forrest and Lamar counties in the southern portion of his state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/johnson_(87th).xml|title=Chris Johnson|publisher=Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us|accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref>
Johnson graduated from the Forrest County Agricultural High School in Brooklyn, Mississippi, and attended Pearl River Community College in Poplarville in Pearl River County. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in [[accounting]] from the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/156366/chris-johnson#.WeDQ17pFzb0|title=Shane Barnett's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 12, 2017}}</ref>
In the [[general election]] held on November 3, 2015, Johnson defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Paul Burney Johnson, IV, the grandson of former Mississippi [[Governor]] Paul B. Johnson, Jr., who as a Democrat had endorsed [[Barry Goldwater]] in the 1964 presidential election. Chris Johnson polled 4,458 votes (80.2 percent) to Paul Johnson's 1,098 (19.8 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/Elections-Voting/Pages/2015-General-Election.aspx|title=General election returns|date=November 3, 2015|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|accessdate=October 12, 2017}}</ref> The position opened when Democratic Representative Johnny W. Stringer did not seek reelection. In the 2011 election, Stringer with 72 percent of the ballots cast defeated the Republican Daniel Kilpatrick.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/links/elections/results/statewide/MS%20House%20of%20Rep%20MULTI%20COUNTY%20-%20General%20Election%202011%20Results.pdf
|title=General election returns|date=November 8, 2011|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref>
Johnson serves on these House committees: (1) Public Health and Human Services (vice chairman), (2) Agriculture, (3) Banking and Financial Services, (4) Corrections, (5) Education, (6) Performance Based Budgeting, and (7) Transportation.<ref name=pvs/> In 2016, Representative Johnson voted against dismemberment [[abortion]]s in Mississippi. He co-sponsored the expansion of exemptions for compulsory school vaccinations. He voted to grant civil and criminal immunity to those reporting what they believe are instances of [[terrorism]]. He supported legislation to permit churches to have designated personnel with firearms for the overall protection of the congregation. He backed the bill to guarantee protections for religious beliefs and matters of moral conscience. In 2017, he supported the legislation which authorizes additional methods of execution in Mississippi and backed the measure to classify the killing of first responders as first-degree [[murder]]. He voted to increase identification requirement for [[Medicaid]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/156366/chris-johnson#.WeDZEbpFzb0|title=Chris Johnson's Voting Record|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref>
==See also==
Other Mississippi Republican state House members:
*[[William Tracy Arnold]]
*[[Dana Criswell]]
*[[Steve Hopkins]]
*[[Trey Lamar]]
*[[Shane Aguirre]]
*[[Jeff Hale]]
*[[Dan Eubanks]]
*[[Robert Foster]]
*[[Ashley Henley]]
*[[Rob Roberson]]
*[[Karl Oliver]]
*[[Bill Kinkade]]
*[[Vince Mangold]]
*[[Brent Powell]]
*[[Cory Wilson]]
*[[William Shirley]]
*[[Shane Barnett]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Chris}}
[[Category:Mississippi]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:Pro-life]]