State Representative, District 134
Two-year term. The Texas House of Representatives has 150 members from separate districts across the state. With the Texas Senate, the Texas House: enacts and amends laws; passes the state budget and raises or lowers taxes; passes proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution; and redraws congressional and legislative district maps every ten years. The Texas House has the exclusive power to impeach officials. Current annual salary: $7,200, plus $221 for every day the Legislature is in session, including any special sessions.
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Ann Johnson
(Dem)
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district
134
Education
South Texas College of Law, Doctor of Jurisprudence, May 2001; The University of Texas at Austin, Double Major: History– Government, Bachelor of Arts Degree, May 1998
Occupation
State Representative; Attorney
During my three terms in the state legislature, I have successfully cut through the gridlock in Texas to provide life-saving abortion protections, address public safety, reform our criminal justice system and increase access to mental health resources for our most vulnerable. I have a long history of standing up for the most vulnerable. As a former chief human trafficking prosecutor, I stood up to the worst human traffickers and won, protecting child victims of exploitation. I am a cancer survivor and a relentless advocate to expand healthcare, restore a woman’s right to choose, pass common sense gun safety reforms, improve public education, and fight for our kids. I am also an adjunct professor of law at South Texas College of Law.
My legislative priorities are: Medicaid expansion and access to affordable quality healthcare, including mental health services; women’s health and reproductive rights; free and fair elections; gun safety; climate change; restoring local control, including local control of working conditions, minimum wages and benefits, and non-discrimination policies. We must stop the vicious, ignorant attacks on the transgender community. I will fight when I have to and continue to work across party lines when I can. In 2023, I worked with Republicans to pass bipartisan legislation which clarified and strengthened protections for physicians treating pregnant patients with medical emergencies and expanded access to medically necessary abortions.
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