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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Michael Thomas "Mike" Johnson
|birth_date=June 3, 1959
|birth_place=
|occupation=[[Attorney]]
|religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
|spouse=Shelia Johnson
|children=Lacey and Matthew Johnson
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br> for District 27 (Rapides Parish)
|term_start=March 2019
|preceded=[[Chris Hazel}}
:''Not to be confused with [[Mike Johnson]], [[U.S. Representative]] for [[Louisiana]]'s 4th congressional district and a former state representative from Bossier Parish''
'''Michael Thomas Johnson''', known as '''Mike Johnson''' (born June 3, 1959),<ref>{{cite web.|url=https://www.mylife.com/michael-johnson/e408038323656|title=Michael Johnson|publisher=mylife.com|accessdate=December 30, 2019}}</ref> is an attorney from [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 27 in north and eastern Rapides Parish.
==Election in 2019==
Johnson's seat opened when the incumbent Republican, [[Chris Hazel]], resigned in December 2018, to become an elected judge of the Louisiana 9th Judicial District Court. Johnson won the special election held on February 23, 2019, to complete the ten months remaining in the term of Chris Hazel. With 3, 713 votes (92 percent), he defeated a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Richard Kretzsinger, who drew 331 votes (8 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, February 23, 2019.</ref> He was unopposed for. a full four-year legislative term in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 12, 2019
==Personal life==
Johnson graduated in 1977 from Pineville High School and received in 1981 a degree in public administration from [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated [[Louisiana College]] in Pineville. In 1984, he obtained his legal credentials from the historically black Southern University Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]], from which many white students have graduated in recent years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members.aspx?ID=27#|title=Louisiana House Member Page: Michael T. Johnson|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=December 30, 2019}}</ref>
In college, Johnson was the activity director at Emmanuel Baptist Church in downtown [[Alexandria Louisiana|Alexandria]]. He became partner in the Alexandria law firm of Bolen, Erwin & Johnson. James A. "Jay" Bolen, the lead attorney in the firm, served two terms on the Alexandria City Council from 1977 to 1984 and had been Johnson's [[Sunday school]] teacher at Emmanuel church.<ref name=cenlafocus>{{cite web|url=https://www.cenlafocus.com/2015/09/michael-mike-and-sheila-johnson/|title=Michael "Mike" and Sheila Johnson|publisher=cenalfocus.org|date=September 12, 2015|author=Holly Jo Linzat|accessdate=December 30, 2019}}</ref>
Johnson has served on some forty non-profit boards, many from the start of the organization. He was the founding president of the Rapides Children’s Advocacy Center. He is a former president of the Central Louisiana Chamber of Commerce and is a former president of the North Rapides Business & Industry Alliance. "God has blessed me in so many ways, I’ve always felt I should give back. In my heart, I’ve always had a willingness to serve,” Johnson told an interviewer with Cenla Focus.<ref name=cenlafocus/>
At Louisiana College, Johnson met his wife, Sheila, who in 2015 was a teacher at Pineville Junior High School. She was a two-time All-American on the Louisiana College Lady Wildcats [[basketball]] team. In 1985, she became an LC coach and led the girls basketball team to a national championship. She later became the LC athletic director. In 2006, Mrs. Johnson was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]]. The couple has two children, Lacey and Matthew.<ref name=cenlafocus/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Michael T.}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Southern Baptists]]
|name=Michael Thomas "Mike" Johnson
|birth_date=June 3, 1959
|birth_place=
|occupation=[[Attorney]]
|religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
|spouse=Shelia Johnson
|children=Lacey and Matthew Johnson
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br> for District 27 (Rapides Parish)
|term_start=March 2019
|preceded=[[Chris Hazel}}
:''Not to be confused with [[Mike Johnson]], [[U.S. Representative]] for [[Louisiana]]'s 4th congressional district and a former state representative from Bossier Parish''
'''Michael Thomas Johnson''', known as '''Mike Johnson''' (born June 3, 1959),<ref>{{cite web.|url=https://www.mylife.com/michael-johnson/e408038323656|title=Michael Johnson|publisher=mylife.com|accessdate=December 30, 2019}}</ref> is an attorney from [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 27 in north and eastern Rapides Parish.
==Election in 2019==
Johnson's seat opened when the incumbent Republican, [[Chris Hazel]], resigned in December 2018, to become an elected judge of the Louisiana 9th Judicial District Court. Johnson won the special election held on February 23, 2019, to complete the ten months remaining in the term of Chris Hazel. With 3, 713 votes (92 percent), he defeated a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Richard Kretzsinger, who drew 331 votes (8 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, February 23, 2019.</ref> He was unopposed for. a full four-year legislative term in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 12, 2019
==Personal life==
Johnson graduated in 1977 from Pineville High School and received in 1981 a degree in public administration from [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated [[Louisiana College]] in Pineville. In 1984, he obtained his legal credentials from the historically black Southern University Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]], from which many white students have graduated in recent years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members.aspx?ID=27#|title=Louisiana House Member Page: Michael T. Johnson|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=December 30, 2019}}</ref>
In college, Johnson was the activity director at Emmanuel Baptist Church in downtown [[Alexandria Louisiana|Alexandria]]. He became partner in the Alexandria law firm of Bolen, Erwin & Johnson. James A. "Jay" Bolen, the lead attorney in the firm, served two terms on the Alexandria City Council from 1977 to 1984 and had been Johnson's [[Sunday school]] teacher at Emmanuel church.<ref name=cenlafocus>{{cite web|url=https://www.cenlafocus.com/2015/09/michael-mike-and-sheila-johnson/|title=Michael "Mike" and Sheila Johnson|publisher=cenalfocus.org|date=September 12, 2015|author=Holly Jo Linzat|accessdate=December 30, 2019}}</ref>
Johnson has served on some forty non-profit boards, many from the start of the organization. He was the founding president of the Rapides Children’s Advocacy Center. He is a former president of the Central Louisiana Chamber of Commerce and is a former president of the North Rapides Business & Industry Alliance. "God has blessed me in so many ways, I’ve always felt I should give back. In my heart, I’ve always had a willingness to serve,” Johnson told an interviewer with Cenla Focus.<ref name=cenlafocus/>
At Louisiana College, Johnson met his wife, Sheila, who in 2015 was a teacher at Pineville Junior High School. She was a two-time All-American on the Louisiana College Lady Wildcats [[basketball]] team. In 1985, she became an LC coach and led the girls basketball team to a national championship. She later became the LC athletic director. In 2006, Mrs. Johnson was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]]. The couple has two children, Lacey and Matthew.<ref name=cenlafocus/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Michael T.}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Southern Baptists]]