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Fox News
7 days ago
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- Fox News
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson is a United States senator from Wisconsin who was first elected to the role in 2010 after defeating the Democrat incumbent Russ Feingold. Now, Johnson is entering his third term as a senator after beating Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes in the 2022 election. Johnson went to college at the University of Minnesota and skipped his senior year of high school after gaining early acceptance to the school. He studied business and accounting and graduated with a BSB-Accounting degree. After college, he began working as an accountant at Jostens and then took his education one step further by enrolling in an MBA program. Johnson became a business owner when he and his wife Jane started a business with her brother called PACUR, a company that produces plastic sheets for packaging and printing. In 2010, Johnson was elected into the Senate after he defeated Feingold. The two battled it out again in 2016, where Johnson came out victorious for a second time. Most recently, Johnson was up against Lieutenant Governor Barnes for the Senate seat. Johnson won the election again for his third term in the role. Since joining the Senate, the Republican Senator served as the Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee from 2015 through 2021 and is a ranking member for the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Other committees Johnson serves on are Budget, Foreign Relations and Commerce, Science and Transportation.
The Independent
29-05-2025
- Business
- The Independent
Sen. Ron Johnson hints he won't run in 2028, potentially setting up a showdown in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Republican Senator Ron Johnson dropped a hint Tuesday night that he may not run again for his seat in 2028, setting a potential showdown in the Dairy State. 'I learned in my second run, when I absolutely meant 'second and final,' you can't say never, never, okay? I don't want to. Yeah, I'd like to dig my heels in now, set this nation on a sustainable course and then go home,' Johnson said at an event in Milwaukee on Tuesday, according to The Hill. The senator added that he was 'just a guy from Oshkosh, just trying to — literally trying to save this country,' while saying that he did not 'covet' the title of Senator. At the same event, Johnson said that he agreed with Elon Musk's concerns about Trump's 'big, beautiful bill.' 'I sympathize with Elon being discouraged.' Johnson added that he was 'pretty confident' there was enough opposition 'to slow this process down until the president, our leadership, gets serious' about reducing spending. He said there was no amount of pressure Trump could put on him to change his position. Johnson held on to his seat in 2022 with a narrow victory over Mandela Barnes in a seat that the Democrats hoped to flip during the Biden administration. He was first elected in 2010 amid a surge in support for the Tea Party movement. There have been signs that the Republicans could be in danger of losing the seat in 2028 if Johnson stands down. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers won reelection in 2022. While Democratic-backed candidates for Wisconsin Supreme Court won in 2023 and in April, they took control of the court away from conservatives for the first time in 15 years, securing it until at least 2028. The state also went for Biden 2020. However, Trump carried the state in 2024.
