Dan G. Johnson (born in Salina, Kansas) is a Republican former Idaho State Senator who represented Districts 6 and 7 and the current mayor of

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Early life

Johnson earned his bachelor's degree in forest management from the University of Idaho and his master's degree in forest economics from Virginia Tech.

Career

2012 Redistricted to District 6, and with Senator

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redistricted to District 5, Johnson won the May 15, 2012, Republican primary election with 1,968 votes (59.6%), against Representative Jeff Nesset, who had also been redistricted. Johnson won the November 6, 2012, general election with 10,168 votes (55.4%) against

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nominee John Bradbury. Johnson on November 19, 2020, announced that he would run for

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of Idaho House of Representatives to replace retiring

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, losing to

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. Johnson was elected Mayor of

in the November 2021 election.

References

External links

Dan G. Johnson
at the Idaho Legislature
Campaign site
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