John Johnson (Utah)
2023 - Present
2025
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John Johnson (Republican Party) is a member of the Utah State Senate, representing District 3. He assumed office on January 1, 2023. His current term ends on January 1, 2025.
Johnson (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Utah State Senate to represent District 3. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
John Johnson earned an undergraduate degree from Weber State University in 1983 and a graduate degree from Texas A&M University in 1987. Johnson's career experience includes working as a professor, as a chief technology officer, and co-founding FNC Inc.[1]
Committee assignments
2023-2024
Johnson was assigned to the following committees:
- Senate Education Committee, Chair
- Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee
- Government Operations Committee
2021-2022
Johnson was assigned to the following committees:
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: Utah State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Utah State Senate District 3
Incumbent John Johnson defeated Stacy Bernal in the general election for Utah State Senate District 3 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | John Johnson (R) | 57.4 | 26,233 |
 | Stacy Bernal (D)  | 42.6 | 19,494 | |
| Total votes: 45,727 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Stacy Bernal advanced from the Democratic primary for Utah State Senate District 3.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent John Johnson advanced from the Republican primary for Utah State Senate District 3.
Democratic convention
Democratic convention for Utah State Senate District 3
Stacy Bernal advanced from the Democratic convention for Utah State Senate District 3 on April 27, 2024.
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Republican convention
Republican convention for Utah State Senate District 3
Incumbent John Johnson advanced from the Republican convention for Utah State Senate District 3 on April 27, 2024.
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| ✔ | | John Johnson (R) |
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Endorsements
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2020
See also: Utah State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for Utah State Senate District 19
John Johnson defeated Katy Owens in the general election for Utah State Senate District 19 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Johnson (R) | 57.1 | 27,728 |
 | Katy Owens (D) | 42.9 | 20,857 | |
| Total votes: 48,585 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Utah State Senate District 19
John Johnson defeated Johnny Ferry in the Republican primary for Utah State Senate District 19 on June 30, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Johnson | 56.4 | 8,493 |
 | Johnny Ferry | 43.6 | 6,553 | |
| Total votes: 15,046 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Denver Lough (R)
Democratic convention
Democratic convention for Utah State Senate District 19
Katy Owens advanced from the Democratic convention for Utah State Senate District 19 on April 25, 2020.
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| ✔ | | Katy Owens (D) |
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Republican convention
Republican convention for Utah State Senate District 19
Johnny Ferry and John Johnson advanced from the Republican convention for Utah State Senate District 19 on April 25, 2020.
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| ✔ | | Johnny Ferry (R) |
| ✔ | | John Johnson (R) |
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2020
John Johnson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Johnson's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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We need conservative and innovative ideas to replace our status-quo government. I'm a graduate of Texas A&M where I earned a Ph.D. in Economics, a current professor of data analytics at Utah State University, and an innovative job creator and entrepreneur.
At the beginning of the internet boom I co-founded a tech company that revolutionized the mortgage process. Following the housing bubble in 2008 while other companies looked for ways to survive we found ways to thrive, creating hundreds of high-paying tech jobs across the country.
Like many, I was frustrated with the recent tax bill seeking to increase our taxes on gas and groceries. I'm proud to have been on the front lines from the beginning. We need more leaders who understand economics and will fight for Utah families. When I represent you in Utah's Senate I will remember that every dollar the government takes from you is one less in your own pocket.
I'm a native Utahn and a proud graduate of Weber High School and Weber State University. North Ogden is where my wife, Heather, and I chose to raise our eight children.
My name is John Johnson. Visit me at johnforutah.com
- I have a Ph.D. in economics. I'm a principled conservative, a data analytics professor at USU, a business owner, an innovative job creator, and a family man.
- I helped fund and lead the recent Utah State referendum to repeal the recent grocery and gas tax increase.
- We need innovative leaders who understand economics and the impact of taxes on businesses and families to solve the issues facing our state without adding additional tax burdens and uncertainty.
Taxes
Support the Tax Referendum
Oppose Increased Taxes on Food
Oppose Further Fuel Taxes
Economy
Oppose Obamacare
Oppose Government Overreach in Business
Oppose "Crony Capitalism"
Proper Role of Government
Support the Principles Enshrined in the Constitution
1st Amendment
Support Religious Liberty
Oppose SB54
2nd Amendment
Oppose Red Flag Laws
Support Constitutional Carry
Higher Education
Support Free Speech on Campus, not "Free Speech Zones"
Oppose Progressive Indoctrination on College Campus
Oppose Social Justice Agenda
K-12 Education
Support Local Control of Education
Oppose Common Core
Right to Life
Support the Fundamental Right to Life of the Unborn, including (pick one or add a different one)
Supports 20-week ban on Abortion, or
Supports "Heartbeat Bill"
Oppose Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide, including public funding of any of these
Ronald Reagan said that the "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help." As a principled conservative I've come to see the wisdom in Reagan's joke. He was a great communicator and was president during my college years.
I think every potential candidate for office should read "The Law" by Bastiat. One quote that sticks out to me is
"I believe that my theory is correct; for whatever be the question upon which I am arguing, whether it be religious, philosophical, political, or economical; whether it affects well-being, morality, equality, right, justice, progress, responsibility, property, labor, exchange, capital, wages, taxes, population, credit, or Government; at whatever point of the scientific horizon I start from, I invariably come to the same thing - the solution of the social problem is in liberty."
https://mises.org/library/law-stirling-translation-1874?fbclid=IwAR0ohUZpGvxo7Are4oe-OEd-zUFaX66CQHKOY9A2X9S3_WV14IQUKNYgSNA
I am a big fan of the Austrian Economists in fact I have a Ph.D. in Economics and am an academic great grandchild of von Mises.
I loved Democracy in America by Alexis deTocqueville
"Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged. When our Founding Fathers passed the First Amendment, they sought to protect churches from government interference. They never intended to construct a wall of hostility between government and the concept of religious belief itself. ... To those who cite the First Amendment as reason for excluding God from more and more of our institutions every day, I say: The First Amendment of the Constitution was not written to protect the people of this country from religious values; it was written to protect religious values from government tyranny.
... A troubled and afflicted mankind looks to us, pleading for us to keep our rendezvous with destiny; that we will uphold the principles of self-reliance, self-discipline, morality, and, above all, responsible liberty for every individual that we will become that shining city on a hill."
Ronald Reagan
Understanding the proper role of government.
To protect and defend peoples natural right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and to uphold and defend the constitution.
Being a defender of our God given rights, Fiscal Conservative, Defender of Liberty.
The assassination of John F. Kennedy
I picked pineapples on the Island of Lanai in Hawaii
Creativity Inc. - Understanding the management of Creative People
No, In 1963 William F. Buckley, in his book "Rumbles Left and Right: A Book about Troublesome People and Ideas" said
"I am obliged to confess that I should sooner live in a society governed by the first two thousand names in the Boston telephone directory than in a society governed by the two thousand faculty members of Harvard University. Not, heaven knows, because I hold lightly the brainpower or knowledge or generosity or even the affability of the Harvard faculty: but because I greatly fear intellectual arrogance, and that is a distinguishing characteristic of the university which refuses to accept any common premise."
Legislators need to listen to people. I will listen not lecture.
Structural tax imbalances. Funding our transportation infrastructure and forced medicaid expansion without additional burdens on ward working tax payers.
Relationships are very important but we need to refocus on the proper role of government. When I represent you in Utah's Senate, I will remember that every dollar taken from you by the government is one less in your pocket.
My views on the proper role of government are summarized well by the Utah State Republican Party Platform
I believe government properly exists by the consent of the governed and must be restrained from intruding into the freedoms of its citizens.
I believe that the function of government is not to grant rights, but to protect the unalienable, God-given rights of life, liberty, property, and the pursuit of happiness.
My goal is to remind my fellow members of the senate these important principles.
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2023
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In 2023, the Utah State Legislature was in session from January 17 to March 3.
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2022
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In 2022, the Utah State Legislature was in session from January 18 to March 4.
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2021
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In 2021, the Utah State Legislature was in session from January 19 to March 5.
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by - |
Utah State Senate District 3 2023-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by Allen Christensen (R) |
Utah State Senate District 19 2021-2023 |
Succeeded by Kirk Cullimore (R) |
