Ron Johnson

Ron Johnson
Senior U.S. Senator from Wisconsin From: January 3, 2011 – present
Predecessor	Russ Feingold
Successor	Incumbent (no successor)
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Party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Jane Johnson
Religion	Lutheran

Ronald Harold "Ron" Johnson (born April 8, 1955) is an Oshkosh businessman and a populist conservative Republican United States Senator from Wisconsin. He defeated incumbent Democrat Russ Feingold in the 2010 election, and then defeated him again six years later in a stunning upset compared with polling. Johnson ran ahead of Donald Trump in Wisconsin 2016 by 74,000 votes and thereby helped him unexpectedly carry that state by less than 23,000 votes.

Senator Johnson courageously held multiple hearings against the liberal interference with early treatment of COVID-19, and only he spoke out at another hearing against the use of agent provocateurs by Leftists at the January 6th protests at the Capitol.

Johnson's reelection in 2022 was a defeat for Fauci and the vaccine police, whose failed approach to COVID-19 has been widely rejected by voters. Dems did not even campaign on Fauci's record. More than $150 million was spent on the Johnson-Barnes contest in the 2022 midterm elections, and the Dem campaign itself outspent Johnson's campaign by 2-1, yet Johnson won.

Early life and education

Johnson was born on April 8, 1955 in Mankato, Minnesota. He graduated with a B.S. from the University of Minnesota in 1977, and he studied business administration at the same university from 1977-79 without earning a degree.

Business career

In 1979, Johnson moved to Oshkosh, Wisconsin to start a business with his wife's brother. His company, PACUR, is a plastics manufacturer, and it was very successful, making Johnson a millionaire by the 2010 elections.

U.S. Senator

2010 election

Johnson ran for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin in 2010. He was seen as both a Tea Party and establishment candidate.

Johnson, who had never before held public office or even visited D.C., defeated liberal Democrat incumbent Senator Russ Feingold by a remarkable margin of 51.9% to 47%. In the same election, conservative Republican Scott Walker was elected Wisconsin governor, and the GOP took majorities in the U.S. House delegation and both houses of the state legislature.

2016 election

Johnson ran for re-election, being challenged again by Feingold. Feingold was widely expected to win as he consistently led in the polls and raised more money than Johnson. However, in a surprise upset, Johnson won the election with 50.17 percent of the vote. Johnson publicly supported Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump despite the fact that other swing state Republicans were abandoning the nominee. He became "the first Wisconsin Republican to win a U.S. Senate race in a presidential election since Bob Kasten in 1980."

In addition to Johnson's victory, Trump, who also won the national election, won Wisconsin in an equally surprising upset, becoming the first Republican to do so since 1984. Also, the state GOP won historic victories in the state legislature, building their largest majorities since 1957.

Tenure

Johnson has a conservative voting record and is one of the most conservative senators in the chamber. Despite this, he has compromised with leftist Democrats.

His credentials are subject to question since he made statements wrongfully condemning Todd Akin. This statement earned him a place with the RINO Backers. A recent comment by him indicates that he has become another pawn of powerful homosexual activist groups. Despite this, he does have a strongly conservative record and has stated that he would not compromise his conservative views for his 2016 re-election, even though he is in a blue state.

Sen. Johnson elicited sharp criticism from both liberals and populists in late December 2020 after twice blocking a bipartisan effort by Josh Hawley and Bernie Sanders to provide $1,200 stimulus checks to Americans. This in turn led to Congress instead passing a massive "coronavirus relief" spending bill that contained large portions irrelevant to the pandemic.

Investigation into Hunter Biden

See also: Biden-Ukraine scandal

It was announced on February 6, 2020 that Johnson, along with senator Chuck Grassley, were seeking Hunter Biden's travel information. Johnson later sought a subpoena relevant to the investigative probe into the Biden/Burisma connections, although this was met with opposition by partisan Democrats such as Gary Peters. Two days later, as reported by The Daily Caller, the Senate Homeland Security Committee chaired by Johnson was expected to soon release a report on the panel's findings, though a month later in mid-April 2020, Johnson announced his plan for a summer release due to the U.S. Congress being primarily focused on the coronavirus outbreak. The senator also postponed the vote for a subpoena on the matter. Johnson's efforts were met with strong opposition from liberal Democrats who hypocritically called the investigation “politically motivated”. In addition, skeptical of the investigative probe was Republican SSCI-chairing Deep stater Richard Burr, who said that it could “aid Russian efforts.”

It was announced on May 21, 2020 that Sen. Johnson's subpoena of the U.S. firm that lobbied for Burisma was approved by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, with a party-line vote that included even anti-Trump RINO Mitt Romney being enough to secure the probe's furthering investigations.

Personal life

Johnson lives in Oshkosh with his wife, Jane, and together they have three children.

External links

• Profile at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Profile at Ballotpedia
• Senate website
• Facebook page
• Twitter page
• YouTube channel
• Flickr page