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

Ronald Harold "Ron" Johnson (born April 8, 1955^[1]) 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.^[2]

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.^[3]

Early life and education[edit]

Johnson was born on April 8, 1955 in Mankato, Minnesota.^[1] 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.^[1]

Business career[edit]

In 1979, Johnson moved to Oshkosh, Wisconsin to start a business with his wife's brother.^[4] His company, PACUR, is a plastics manufacturer,^[4] and it was very successful, making Johnson a millionaire by the 2010 elections.^[5]

U.S. Senator[edit]

2010 election[edit]

Johnson ran for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin in 2010. He was seen as both a Tea Party and establishment candidate.^[5]

Johnson, who had never before held public office or even visited D.C.,^[6] defeated liberal Democrat incumbent Senator Russ Feingold by a remarkable margin of 51.9% to 47%.^[7] 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.^[8][9]

2016 election[edit]

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^[10][11] with 50.17 percent of the vote.^[12] Johnson publicly supported Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump despite the fact that other swing state Republicans were abandoning the nominee.^[13] He became "the first Wisconsin Republican to win a U.S. Senate race in a presidential election since Bob Kasten in 1980."^[14]

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.^[15][16] Also, the state GOP won historic victories in the state legislature, building their largest majorities since 1957.^[15][17]

Tenure[edit]

Johnson has a conservative voting record and is one of the most conservative senators in the chamber.^[6] Despite this, he has compromised with leftist Democrats.^[6]

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.^[18] 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.^[19]

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.^[20] This in turn led to Congress instead passing a massive "coronavirus relief" spending bill that contained large portions irrelevant to the pandemic.^[21]

Investigation into Hunter Biden[edit]

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.^[22] 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.^[23] 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,^[24] 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.^[25] The senator also postponed the vote for a subpoena on the matter.^[26] Johnson's efforts were met with strong opposition from liberal Democrats who hypocritically called the investigation “politically motivated”.^[27] In addition, skeptical of the investigative probe was Republican SSCI-chairing Deep stater Richard Burr, who said that it could “aid Russian efforts.”^[27]

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.^[28]

Personal life[edit]

Johnson lives in Oshkosh with his wife, Jane, and together they have three children.^[4]

External links[edit]

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

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