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Hank Johnson

U.S. House · GA-4 · Democrats · since 2025

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Candidate for U.S. House · GA-4

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Biography

Overview

Hank Johnson is a Democratic U.S. Representative from Georgia's 4th congressional district, serving since 2007. He is a lawyer who previously served as an associate judge on the DeKalb County magistrate court (1989-2001) and on the DeKalb County Commission (2001-2006). Born October 2, 1954, Johnson represents a heavily Democratic, Black-majority district anchored in Atlanta's inner eastern suburbs, including much of DeKalb County and parts of Gwinnett County.

Career

Johnson has focused on civil justice protections, judicial accountability, and infrastructure. He introduced the Restoring Statutory Rights Act (2016) to protect consumers' access to civil courts and has championed multiple bills addressing Supreme Court ethics, tenure, and transparency. He was ranked as the 18th most effective Democrat in the 112th Congress by a study of legislative effectiveness. Johnson voted for judicial impeachments of Judges Thomas Porteous and Samuel B. Kent, served as an impeachment manager in both cases, and voted to impeach President Trump in both the 2019 and 2021 impeachment proceedings. He has also been vocal on international issues, including Iraq War opposition and Palestinian rights.

Prior political experience

Johnson first won office in 2006, defeating incumbent Representative Cynthia McKinney in the Democratic primary runoff with 59% of the vote, then won the general election with 76% against Republican Catherine Davis. He was unopposed for reelection in 2008, winning 99.9% against write-in candidates. In 2010, he received 74.67% of the vote against Republican Liz Carter. Johnson ran uncontested in 2012 and 2014. He has won subsequent races against Republican opponents: Victor Armendariz (2016), Joe Profit (2018), Johsie Ezammudeen (2020), Jonathan Chavez (2022), and Eugene Yu (2024).

Biographical material adapted from the Wikipedia article (retrieved April 29, 2026), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ideology

Liberal–Conservative (DW-NOMINATE dim 1)

Liberal
Conservative
119th Congress-0.478

Secondary axis (DW-NOMINATE dim 2)(?)

−1
+1
-0.056
Source: Voteview DW-NOMINATE · 338 scored votes

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Officeholding history

TermSeatTerm datesTerminationPredecessorSuccessor
10thU.S. House GA-42025–presentIn progressHank Johnson—
9thU.S. House GA-42023–2025Term endedHank JohnsonHank Johnson
8thU.S. House GA-42021–2023Term endedHank JohnsonHank Johnson
7thU.S. House GA-42019–2021Term endedHank JohnsonHank Johnson
6thU.S. House GA-42017–2019Term endedHank JohnsonHank Johnson
5thU.S. House GA-42015–2017Term endedHank JohnsonHank Johnson
4thU.S. House GA-42013–2015Term endedHank JohnsonHank Johnson
3rdU.S. House GA-42011–2013Term endedHank JohnsonHank Johnson
2ndU.S. House GA-42009–2011Term endedHank JohnsonHank Johnson
1stU.S. House GA-42007–2009Term ended—Hank Johnson

Committee assignments

  • Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet
    HouseRanking Member· 2025–present
  • Oversight
    House· 2025–present
  • Highways and Transit
    House· 2025–present
  • House Committee on the Judiciary
    House· 2025–present
  • House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
    House· 2025–present
  • Aviation
    House· 2025–present
  • The Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust
    House· 2025–present
  • Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials
    House· 2025–present

Current term legislation

Bills sponsored this term10

Bills cosponsored this term10

Elections

YearSeatResultVote shareField
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