Jamie Johnson - House District 9
Johnson knows what the stakes are. As the President of Iowa News-Talk Radio, he left his daily talk show in order to help the GOP win this seat back. His two-hour show featured live interviews with newsmakers and opinion-shapers from across the nation, as Johnson discussed political, economic, and cultural trends affecting American life.“Sure I miss it,” Johnson says. “But our state is in a crisis
right now, and sacrifices are necessary if we are to retain our liberties and our traditional way of life." He added, "In the two years that Democrats have controlled the House, they have recklessly spent us into a $1 billion deficit, and they have slapped us with $500 million in new taxes. This is the most irresponsible legislature that we have had in 40 years."
Johnson’s heartland perspective on politics has been featured by CBS News, ABC News, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Newsweek, The New York Post, The Washington Times, The Associated Press, and Good Morning America. He also taught economics, government, history, communication, sociology, ethics, and logic at Iowa Central Community College and Des Moines Area Community College.
A “conservative’s conservative,” Johnson serves on the Board of Governors of the Council for National Policy in Washington, D.C. and is a member of the National Right to Work Committee, the National Rifle Association, the Heritage Foundation, the Boy Scouts of America, the National Association of Scholars, and Professional Educators of Iowa.
He holds a Master of Arts in Public Policy with a specialization in Political Communication from Regent University School of Government and a bachelors degree in Cross Cultural Studies and Theology from Bethany College of Missions in Minnesota.
In 2004, he helped author the official platform of the Republican Party of Iowa and has twice been a delegate to the state GOP Convention.
Besides all this, he is also the Vice President of World-Wide Missions, an evangelical Christian charity that provided $43 million of humanitarian relief to 46 nations around the world in 2007.
On social issues, Johnson is a strong conservative. Solidly pro-life, he favors a constituional amendment defining and protecting marriage as being the union of one man and one woman. “If Iowa is to remain strong, prosperous, and free," Johnson says, "then we must defend the Christian principles upon which this nation was founded -- that means an unswerving committment to life, liberty, family, property, free enterprise, and justice.”
Johnson also wants Iowa to start a national advertising campaign that will bring thousands of young families to the state to set down permant roots. “Iowa is the best state in the nation to raise a family and build a future. But to draw young families, and keep the families we presently have, we must combine solid family values with sound economic principles. That means reducing the tax burden on Iowa households, stopping out-of-control government spending, and preserving Iowa's right-to-work laws. It also means removing the bureaucratic regulations that are strangling Iowa ’s businesses. The sign that hangs on Iowa's front door should read ‘Open for Business!’”
Johnson and his wife Janis have been married for nearly 22 years and have six children: Jacob (20), Elizabeth (19), John (15), Victoria (11), Susan (9), and Joseph (3).
Jacob is currently the Republican nominee for Webster County Supervisor. If he wins the traditionally Republican seat, he will be the youngest of 363 county supervisors in Iowa. He holds a degree in Criminal Justice from Iowa Central Community College and serves at the Air National Guard squadron in Fort Dodge
To learn more about Jamie Johnson, visit:http://www.johnsonforiowahouse.com/