| Julie Johnson | |
| State: | Texas |
| Term Start: | January 3, 2025 |
| Succeeding: | Colin Allred |
| State House1: | Texas |
| District1: | 115th |
| Term Start1: | January 9, 2019 |
| Predecessor1: | Matt Rinaldi |
| Birth Date: | 2 May 1966 |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Spouse: | Susan Moster (m. 2014) |
| Children: | 2 |
| Education: | University of Texas at Austin (BA) University of Houston (JD) |
Julie Elizabeth Johnson[1] (born May 2, 1966)[2] is an American politician from the state of Texas. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the member-elect to the United States House of Representatives for . She serves in the Texas House of Representatives for District 115.
Johnson earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas at Austin and a Juris Doctor from the University of Houston Law Center.[3]
Johnson defeated incumbent Republican Matt Rinaldi in the 2018 Texas House of Representatives elections. She is one of Dallas County's first two openly gay elected officials, and the first member of the Texas House with a spouse of the same gender.[4] [5]
In 2021, Johnson and the Texas House Democratic Caucus left the state, traveling to Washington D.C. in order to delay voting on any new bills in a special July session.[6] Texas House Republicans voted to arrest the elected members to compel their attendance, though they did not have the jurisdiction to do so.[7]
In June 2023, Johnson announced that she would run for the United States House of Representatives in in the 2024 elections, as incumbent Colin Allred was running for the U.S. Senate.[8] She defeated Brian Williams in the Democratic Party primary election[9] and won the November general election.[10]
Johnson and her wife, Susan Moster, were married in San Francisco in 2014.[5]