Stanley D. "DJ" Johnson (born November 2, 1957) is an American politician who has served as a Republican member of the

Kentucky House of Representatives The Kentucky House of Representatives is the lower house of the Kentucky General Assembly. It is composed of 100 Representatives elected from single-member districts throughout the Commonwealth. Not more than two counties can be joined to form a ...

since January 2021. He represents Kentucky's 13th House district, which includes part of Daviess County. Johnson had previously represented the district from 2017 to 2019, but was defeated for re-election by

Jim Glenn James Glenn Jr. (born February 17, 1948) is a former Democratic member of the Kentucky House of Representatives. Personal life Jim Glenn was married to his wife Cornelia for 38 years, who died in June 2010. He currently resides in Owensboro a ...

(whom he had defeated in 2016) by a margin of one vote. In 2020, Johnson successfully defeated Glenn to reclaim his seat in the House.

Background

Johnson was born in

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, and graduated from Apollo High School. He then attended

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, graduating in 1979 with a

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in communications and military science. He was commissioned as a

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second lieutenant that same year and served until 1990 when he completed his military career with the rank of

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. During his time in the military, Johnson earned the

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and was inducted into the Order of Saint Barbara, a military honor society. In addition to responsibilities as a state legislator, Johnson is also an educator at Grace Christian Academy.

Political career

Elections

* 2016 Johnson was unopposed in the 2016 Republican primary and won the 2016 Kentucky House of Representatives election against Democratic incumbent

, winning with 8,343 votes. * 2018 Johnson was unopposed in the 2018 Republican primary and was defeated in the 2018 Kentucky House of Representatives election by Democratic candidate Jim Glenn, losing by a margin of 1 vote. * 2020 Johnson was unopposed in the 2020 Republican primary and won the 2020 Kentucky House of Representatives election against incumbent Jim Glenn, winning with 9,485 votes. * 2022 Johnson was unopposed in the 2022 Republican primary and won the

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against Democratic candidate Michael Johnson, winning with 8,387 votes. * 2024 Johnson was unopposed in both the 2024 Republican primary and the

2024 Kentucky House of Representatives election The 2024 Kentucky House of Representatives election was held on November 5, 2024. The Republican and Democratic primary elections were held on May 21. Following the 2022 Kentucky House of Representatives election, 2022 election, Republicans an ...

, winning the latter with 13,913.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, DJ Living people Republican Party members of the Kentucky House of Representatives 21st-century members of the Kentucky General Assembly 1957 births