| | '''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. | | '''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. |
| − | 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 in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]]. 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. | + | 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 in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]]. 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 terms in the nonpartisan blanket primaries held on October 12, 2019, and October 14, 2023. |