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Ron Johnson
Senior U.S. Senator from Wisconsin From: January 3, 2011 – present
Predecessor	Russ Feingold
Successor	Incumbent (no successor)
Information
Party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Jane Johnson
Religion	Lutheran

Ronald Harold "Ron" Johnson (born April 8, 1955^[1]) is an Oshkosh businessman and a mostly conservative Republican United States Senator from Wisconsin. He defeated incumbent Democrat Russ Feingold in the 2010 election, and then defeated him again six years later in a stunning upset compared with polling. Johnson ran ahead of Donald Trump in Wisconsin 2016 and thereby helped him unexpectedly carry that state.^[2]

Early life and education

Johnson was born on April 8, 1955 in Mankato, Minnesota.^[1] He graduated with a B.S. from the University of Minnestota in 1977, and he studied business administration at the same university from 1977-79 without earning a degree.^[1]

Business career

In 1979, Johnson moved to Oshkosh, Wisconsin to start a business with his wife's brother.^[3] His company, PACUR, is a plastics manufacturer,^[3] and it was very successful, making Johnson a millionaire by the 2010 elections.^[4]

U.S. Senator

2010 election

Johnson ran for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin in 2010. He was seen as both a Tea Party and establishment candidate.^[4]

Johnson, who had never before held public office or even visited D.C.,^[5] defeated liberal Democrat incumbent Senator Russ Feingold by a remarkable margin of 51.9% to 47%.^[6] In the same election, conservative Republican Scott Walker was elected Wisconsin governor, and the GOP took majorities in the U.S. House delegation and both houses of the state legislature.^[7][8]

2016 election

Johnson ran for re-election, being challenged again by Feingold. Feingold was widely expected to win as he consistently led in the polls and raised more money than Johnson. However, in a surprise upset, Johnson won the election^[9][10] with 50.17 percent of the vote.^[11] Johnson publicly supported Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump despite the fact that other swing state Republicans were abandoning the nominee.^[12] He became "the first Wisconsin Republican to win a U.S. Senate race in a presidential election since Bob Kasten in 1980."^[13]

In addition to Johnson's victory, Trump, who also won the national election, won Wisconsin in an equally surprising upset, becoming the first Republican to do so since 1984.^[14][15] Also, the state GOP won historic victories in the state legislature, building their largest majorities since 1957.^[14][16]

Tenure

Johnson has a conservative voting record and is one of the most conservative senators in the chamber.^[5] Despite this, he has compromised with leftist Democrats.^[5]

His credentials are subject to question since he made statements wrongfully condemning Todd Akin. This statement earned him a place with the RINO Backers. A recent comment by him indicates that he has become another pawn of powerful homosexual activist groups.^[17] Despite this, he does have a strongly conservative record and has stated that he would not compromise his conservative views for his 2016 re-election, even though he is in a blue state.^[18]

Investigation into Hunter Biden

See also: Biden-Ukraine scandal

It was announced on February 6, 2020 that Johnson, along with senator Chuck Grassley, were seeking Hunter Biden's travel information.^[19] Johnson later sought a subpoena relevant to the investigative probe into the Biden/Burisma connections, although this was met with opposition by partisan Democrats such as Gary Peters.^[20] Two days later, as reported by The Daily Caller, the Senate Homeland Security Committee chaired by Johnson was expected to soon release a report on the panel's findings,^[21] though a month later in mid-April 2020, Johnson announced his plan for a summer release due to the U.S. Congress being primarily focused on the coronavirus outbreak.^[22] The senator also postponed the vote for a subpoena on the matter.^[23] Johnson's efforts were met with strong opposition from liberal Democrats who hypocritically called the investigation “politically motivated”.^[24] In addition, skeptical of the investigative probe was Republican SSCI-chairing Deep stater Richard Burr, who said that it could “aid Russian efforts.”^[24]

It was announced on May 21, 2020 that Sen. Johnson's subpoena of the U.S. firm that lobbied for Burisma was approved by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, with a party-line vote that included even anti-Trump RINO Mitt Romney being enough to secure the probe's furthering investigations.^[25]

Personal life

Johnson lives in Oshkosh with his wife, Jane, and together they have three children.^[3]

External links

• Profile at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Profile at Ballotpedia
• Senate website
• Facebook page
• Twitter page
• YouTube channel
• Flickr page

References