Biography
District: Texas - 30th District
Political Highlights: Texas House, 1973-77; Texas Senate, 1987-93
Born: December 3, 1935; Waco, Texas
Residence: Dallas
Religion: Baptist
Family: Divorced; one child
Education: Texas Christian U., B.S. 1967; Southern Methodist U., M.P.A. 1976
Elected: 1992
Committee Assignments: Science, Space & Technology; Transportation & Infrastructure (Aviation; Highways & Transit; Railroads, Pipelines & Hazardous Materials; Water Resources & Environment)
Social Media:
Roll Call Vitals
District Rating: Safe Democrat
House Seniority: 31st ranked House Democrat
Twitter: 32,204 followers
Election History
Margin of Victory (% pts.)
1992 Election Results
Candidate
Eddie Johnson (D)
Lucy Cain (R)
Ken Ashby (LIBERT)
Votes
107,831
37,853
5,063
%
71.5%
25.1%
3.4%
1994 Election Results
Candidate
Eddie Johnson (D)
Lucy Cain (R)
Ken Ashby (LIBERT)
Votes
73,166
25,848
1,728
%
72.6%
25.7%
1.7%
1996 Election Results
Candidate
Eddie Johnson (D)
John Hendry (R)
James Sweatt (D)
Marvin Crenshaw (D)
Lisa Kitterman (R)
Lisa Hembry (I)
Ada Granado (I)
Stevan Hammond (I)
Votes
61,723
20,664
9,909
7,765
7,761
3,501
1,278
468
%
54.6%
18.3%
8.8%
6.9%
6.9%
3.1%
1.1%
0.4%
1998 Election Results
Candidate
Eddie Johnson (D)
Carrie Kelleher (R)
Barbara Robinson (LIBERT)
Votes
57,603
21,338
811
%
72.2%
26.8%
1.0%
2000 Election Results
Candidate
Eddie Johnson (D)
Kelly Rush (LIBERT)
Votes
109,163
9,798
%
91.8%
8.2%
2002 Election Results
Candidate
Eddie Johnson (D)
Ron Bush (R)
Lance Flores (LIBERT)
Votes
88,980
28,981
1,856
%
74.3%
24.2%
1.6%
2004 Election Results
Candidate
Eddie Johnson (D)
John Davis (LIBERT)
Votes
144,513
10,821
%
93.0%
7.0%
2006 Election Results
Candidate
Eddie Johnson (D)
Wilson Aurbach (R)
Ken Ashby (LIBERT)
Votes
81,348
17,850
2,250
%
80.2%
17.6%
2.2%
2008 Election Results
Candidate
Eddie Johnson (D)
Fred Wood (R)
Jarrett Woods (LIBERT)
Votes
168,249
32,361
3,366
%
82.5%
15.9%
1.7%
2010 Election Results
Candidate
Eddie Johnson (D)
Stephen Broden (R)
J.B. Oswalt (LIBERT)
Votes
86,322
24,668
2,988
%
75.7%
21.6%
2.6%
2012 Election Results
Candidate
Eddie Johnson (D)
Travis Washington (R)
Ed Rankin (LIBERT)
Votes
171,059
41,222
4,733
%
78.8%
19.0%
2.2%
2014 Election Results
Candidate
Eddie Johnson (D)
Max Koch (LIBERT)
Eric Williams (I)
Votes
93,041
7,154
5,598
%
87.9%
6.8%
5.3%