Ken Johnson
| Kenneth C. Johnson, Sr. | |
Alabama State Representative
for District 7 (Franklin, Lawrence, Morgan, and Winston counties) | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office November 3, 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Jody Letson |
|---|---|
| Born | 1960 |
| Citizenship | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Regina Johnson |
| Children | Four children |
| Residence | Trinity Morgan County |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Religion | Church of Christ |
Kenneth C. Johnson, Sr., known as Ken Johnson (born 1960),[1] is a businessman from Trinity, Alabama, who has since 2010 represented District 7 in the Alabama House of Representatives. A Republican, his district encompasses Franklin, Lawrence, Morgan, and Winston counties in the northeastern portion of his state.
Information is not available on Johnson's background prior to 1997, the year that he established Global Sourcing Services, Inc., a small industrial sales company located in Trinity in Morgan County. He also owns Trinity Advisor Group, Inc., formally known as Trinity Financial Group. In 2002, he became affiliated with Hornor, Townsend & Kent, a financial services firm based in Horsham, Pennsylvania. In 2014, he joined with Woodbury Financial Services[2][3] of Oakdale, Minnesota. He is a member of the Moulton Church of Christ in Moulton in Lawrence County, where the Johnsons formerly resided. He and his wife, Regina, have four children and four grandchildren.[4]
In the 2010 general election, Johnson unseated incumbent Democrat Representative Jody Letson by 185 votes, 7,096 (50.7 percent) to 6,911 (49.3 percent). In 2014 Letson challenged Johnson in a bid to regain the seat, but lost again, 6,072 (52.2 percent) to 5,553 (47.7 percent).[3]
Johnson is the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, the vice chairman of the Ways and Means General Fund, and a member of the Insurance Committee.[4]
In 2013, Representative Johnson voted to establish health care standards for abortion facilities in Alabama. In 2014, he co-sponsored the bill to prohibit abortion after the detection of the heartbeat of the unborn child. He voted to permit display of the Ten Commandments on public property, a measure which passed the House, 77-19. He supported drug testing for certain recipients of the public welfare system. In 2015, Johnson sponsored legislation affirming the use of electrocution in executions. He voted to establish public charter schools in Alabama, a measure which passed the House, 58-41. He supported the bill to permit the home schooled to participate in public school athletic events, a measure approved by the full House, 52-43. He supported the increase the cigarette tax, which passed the House, 52-46. In 2016, Johnson co-sponsored legislation to forbid the sale of fetal tissue or to permit its use in research, and he opposed dilation abortions in Alabama. He voted to increase funding for new prison facilities, legislation which cleared the House, 52-33. In 2017, he supported allowing midwives to practice in his state, a measure which won easy House approval, 84-11. He supported reducing the time for appeals from inmates on death row. He voted for the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act, which prohibits the alteration or removal of historic monuments, which passed the House, 72-29. He voted against the legislation to bar judicial override of sentencing guidelines, a measure which still passed the House, 78-19.[5]
References
- ↑ Kenneth C. Johnson. Intelius.com. Retrieved on October 30, 2017.
- ↑ Ken Johnson. Kenadvisor.com. Retrieved on October 30, 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ken Johnson. Ballotpedia.org. Retrieved on October 30, 2017.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ken Johnson's Biography. Retrieved on October 30, 2017.
- ↑ Ken Johnson's Voting Records. Project Vote Smart. Retrieved on October 22, 2017.