Chris Johnson | |
Office: | Member of the Maine Senate from the 13th district 20th district (2012-2014) |
Term Start: | February 16, 2012 |
Term End: | December 7, 2016 |
Preceded: | David Trahan |
Succeeded: | Dana Dow |
Spouse: | Valerie Johnson |
Profession: | Computer specialist |
Party: | Democratic |
Website: | Official site |
Chris Johnson is an American politician from Maine. He was a member of the Maine Senate. A Democrat, Johnson won a special election to replace David Trahan, who had resigned to work as a lobbyist. In 2010, Johnson lost to Trahan with 32% of the vote.[1] He won election to his first full term in November 2012 by 171 votes over Republican State Representative Les Fossel.[2] He is a resident of Somerville, Maine and a graduate of Bangor High School and the University of Maine.
Johnson is the Director of Information Technology at a technology company in Portland, Maine.[3]
In the 2016 election, Johnson lost his seat to Republican challenger Dana Dow, who had previously served in the Maine Senate from 2004 to 2008.