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Republican · Utah Senate, district 3

Serving since Jan 1, 2023UT 2025–26 session

Portrait of John Johnson, rendered as a two-tone print
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98%
of State Senate Republicans score to the left of Johnson on the CSIP scale

CSIP score +0.95 (approximate range +0.90 to +1.00, which understates the uncertainty); negative is left of the scale’s centre, positive right. From 30 donors and 862 roll calls.

CSIP places every official on one left–right scale estimated from roll-call votes, campaign donations and the text of statements; 0 is the centre of the scale, not a definition of moderate. The share says where Johnson sits among State Senate Republicans, not how far from the centre.

At a glance

6 measures against State Senate Republicans. 3.5% of Johnson’s statements claim credit, in the bottom quarter of State Senate Republicans (average 15%). 62% of the 13 bills Johnson sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom quarter of the Utah Senate.

The measures on which Johnson sits furthest from the middle of State Senate Republicans, each against the same group, with the CSIP score when there is one. Every number is explained in its own section below.

CSIP ideology

+0.95

More conservative than 98% of State Senate Republicans · ± 0.05

Party unity

97.2%

Utah Senate average 91.6% · ranks 5th of 28 · 49 votes against the majority of Utah Senate Republicans

Credit claiming

3.5%

State Senate Republicans average 15% · ranks 290th of 354

Out of committee

62%

Utah Senate average 73% · ranks 23rd of 28

Policy criticism

15%

State Senate Republicans average 9.5% · ranks 79th of 354

Talk-to-bills agreement

0.45

State Senate Republicans average 0.52 · ranks 176th of 226

Peer group: State Senate Republicans. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; the thick bar is Johnson, the thin grey bar the peer average. The headline is the measure on which Johnson is most unusual among peers (Methods, §08).

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Johnson says

Johnson claims credit less than 81% of State Senate Republicans. Credit claiming in 3.5% of 2,013 statements, against 15% for the average State Senate Republican; 290th of 354.

An AI model reads each of Johnson’s 2,013 statements in the UT 2025–26 session (2,013 posts on X) and marks the kinds of statement it contains: a personal attack, criticism of a policy, discussion of policy, bipartisanship, credit claiming, and extreme labels. A statement can carry several. Every rate is compared with the average for State Senate Republicans and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

Share of statements carrying each label, the UT 2025–26 session

0%80%
Johnson
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion569 statements
28%
37%
239th of 354
Policy criticism306 statements
15%
9%
79th of 354
Credit claiming71 statements
4%
15%
290th of 354
Personal attacks61 statements
3%
2%
98th of 354
Bipartisanship23 statements
1%
2%
201st of 354
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Johnson's share of statements in each category against the State Senate Republicans average.
RowJohnsonPeers
Policy discussion28%37%
Policy criticism15%9%
Credit claiming4%15%
Personal attacks3%2%
Bipartisanship1%2%
2,013

statements classified

2,013 posts on X.

posts on X: 2,013 (100.0%)posts on X 2,013
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Johnson's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X2,013
How to read the bars

The thick bar is Johnson; the thin grey bar is the average State Senate Republicans. A longer thick bar means Johnson does this more than peers. Rank 1 is the highest rate in the group.

Extreme labels

Johnson used extreme labels in 1.7% of statements, above the peer average. 34 statements, most often aimed at AOC; peers 1.3%.

  1. “far right”5
  2. “woke”4
  3. “far left”3
  4. “radical”3
  5. “MAGA”1

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. AOC3
  2. Bernie3
  3. leftist progressives2
  4. McAdams2
  5. America1
What an extreme label is

Calls a politician, a party or a policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who or what the label was aimed at. The lists show the five most used labels and targets; the toggle shows the rest.

Month by month

Share of statements per month, the UT 2025–26 session

Statements2025-01: 1332025-02: 1222025-03: 1872025-04: 932025-05: 1242025-06: 1662025-07: 1462025-08: 2012025-09: 1102025-10: 1302025-11: 1772025-12: 1462026-01: 1032026-02: 502026-03: 1172026-04: 02026-05: 02026-06: 52026-07: 02026-08: 02026-09: 22026-10: 1peak 201 · Aug ’25Personal attackspeak 9.6% · Jul ’25 · latest 2.6%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 2.3% of 133Personal attacks, 2025-02: 0.8% of 122Personal attacks, 2025-03: 2.1% of 187Personal attacks, 2025-04: 0.0% of 93Personal attacks, 2025-05: 4.0% of 124Personal attacks, 2025-06: 3.0% of 166Personal attacks, 2025-07: 9.6% of 146Personal attacks, 2025-08: 1.5% of 201Personal attacks, 2025-09: 2.7% of 110Personal attacks, 2025-10: 9.2% of 130Personal attacks, 2025-11: 2.3% of 177Personal attacks, 2025-12: 2.7% of 146Personal attacks, 2026-01: 0.0% of 103Personal attacks, 2026-02: 0.0% of 50Personal attacks, 2026-03: 2.6% of 117Personal attacks, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticismpeak 30.3% · Aug ’25 · latest 9.4%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 10.5% of 133Policy criticism, 2025-02: 6.6% of 122Policy criticism, 2025-03: 8.0% of 187Policy criticism, 2025-04: 6.5% of 93Policy criticism, 2025-05: 16.9% of 124Policy criticism, 2025-06: 18.1% of 166Policy criticism, 2025-07: 9.6% of 146Policy criticism, 2025-08: 30.3% of 201Policy criticism, 2025-09: 15.4% of 110Policy criticism, 2025-10: 15.4% of 130Policy criticism, 2025-11: 27.7% of 177Policy criticism, 2025-12: 10.3% of 146Policy criticism, 2026-01: 14.6% of 103Policy criticism, 2026-02: 18.0% of 50Policy criticism, 2026-03: 9.4% of 117Policy criticism, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussionpeak 59.2% · Jan ’26 · latest 14.5%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 18.1% of 133Policy discussion, 2025-02: 13.9% of 122Policy discussion, 2025-03: 25.7% of 187Policy discussion, 2025-04: 18.3% of 93Policy discussion, 2025-05: 33.9% of 124Policy discussion, 2025-06: 28.9% of 166Policy discussion, 2025-07: 20.5% of 146Policy discussion, 2025-08: 39.3% of 201Policy discussion, 2025-09: 21.8% of 110Policy discussion, 2025-10: 16.9% of 130Policy discussion, 2025-11: 39.0% of 177Policy discussion, 2025-12: 39.7% of 146Policy discussion, 2026-01: 59.2% of 103Policy discussion, 2026-02: 22.0% of 50Policy discussion, 2026-03: 14.5% of 117Policy discussion, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanshippeak 3.2% · May ’25 · latest 0.9%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 0.8% of 133Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 0.0% of 122Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 3.2% of 187Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 2.1% of 93Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 3.2% of 124Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 0.0% of 166Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 0.7% of 146Bipartisanship, 2025-08: 1.5% of 201Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 1.8% of 110Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 0.8% of 130Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 1.1% of 177Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 0.0% of 146Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 0.0% of 103Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 0.0% of 50Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 0.9% of 117Bipartisanship, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claimingpeak 12.1% · May ’25 · latest 3.4%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 2.3% of 133Credit claiming, 2025-02: 2.5% of 122Credit claiming, 2025-03: 7.5% of 187Credit claiming, 2025-04: 0.0% of 93Credit claiming, 2025-05: 12.1% of 124Credit claiming, 2025-06: 1.8% of 166Credit claiming, 2025-07: 4.8% of 146Credit claiming, 2025-08: 2.0% of 201Credit claiming, 2025-09: 3.6% of 110Credit claiming, 2025-10: 3.1% of 130Credit claiming, 2025-11: 2.3% of 177Credit claiming, 2025-12: 2.7% of 146Credit claiming, 2026-01: 1.9% of 103Credit claiming, 2026-02: 0.0% of 50Credit claiming, 2026-03: 3.4% of 117Credit claiming, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labelspeak 3.4% · Jul ’25 · latest 3.4%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 0.8% of 133Extreme labels, 2025-02: 0.0% of 122Extreme labels, 2025-03: 1.1% of 187Extreme labels, 2025-04: 2.1% of 93Extreme labels, 2025-05: 1.6% of 124Extreme labels, 2025-06: 0.0% of 166Extreme labels, 2025-07: 3.4% of 146Extreme labels, 2025-08: 1.5% of 201Extreme labels, 2025-09: 0.9% of 110Extreme labels, 2025-10: 3.1% of 130Extreme labels, 2025-11: 3.4% of 177Extreme labels, 2025-12: 2.1% of 146Extreme labels, 2026-01: 1.0% of 103Extreme labels, 2026-02: 0.0% of 50Extreme labels, 2026-03: 3.4% of 117Extreme labels, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Johnson, each row shaded against its own peak, with statement volume. Months with fewer than 10 statements are left blank.
ColumnStatementsPersonal attacksPolicy criticismPolicy discussionBipartisanshipCredit claimingExtreme labels
Jan ’251332.3%10.5%18.1%0.8%2.3%0.8%
Feb ’251220.8%6.6%13.9%0.0%2.5%0.0%
Mar ’251872.1%8.0%25.7%3.2%7.5%1.1%
Apr ’25930.0%6.5%18.3%2.1%0.0%2.1%
May ’251244.0%16.9%33.9%3.2%12.1%1.6%
Jun ’251663.0%18.1%28.9%0.0%1.8%0.0%
Jul ’251469.6%9.6%20.5%0.7%4.8%3.4%
Aug ’252011.5%30.3%39.3%1.5%2.0%1.5%
Sep ’251102.7%15.4%21.8%1.8%3.6%0.9%
Oct ’251309.2%15.4%16.9%0.8%3.1%3.1%
Nov ’251772.3%27.7%39.0%1.1%2.3%3.4%
Dec ’251462.7%10.3%39.7%0.0%2.7%2.1%
Jan ’261030.0%14.6%59.2%0.0%1.9%1.0%
Feb ’26500.0%18.0%22.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Mar ’261172.6%9.4%14.5%0.9%3.4%3.4%
Apr ’260— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
May ’260— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Jun ’265— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Jul ’260— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Aug ’260— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Sep ’262— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Oct ’261— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
How to read the strips

Each row is one kind of statement; each cell is a month, shaded against that row’s own peak (darker = closer to the peak), with the peak and the latest value written at the right. The top row counts statements. The strip covers every month of the UT 2025–26 session, the same span as the rates above, including months with no statements. A month with fewer than 10 statements is hatched, not shaded: one or two posts would swing its rate to 0% or 100%. 7 months are hatched here; 4 of them have no statements.

In Johnson’s words

Real statements from the classifier’s example set, with the labels it assigned

Bipartisanship

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Mar 29, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · bipartisanship · Source

Credit claiming

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Mar 27, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy discussion; credit claiming; Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues; Education · Source

Extreme label

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Mar 27, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · extreme label “extreme” aimed at Utah · Source

Examples by category

Up to five recent statements in each category

Category

Overtly questions a named person’s character, integrity or loyalty, or calls them names. Criticising a record or a policy does not count.

  1. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · target: Taylor PetreySource

  2. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · target: Blake MooreSource

  3. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · extreme label “woke” aimed at BlackRock, Larry Fink · target: Larry FinkSource

  4. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Education · target: Reid LuzzaderSource

  5. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Government Operations and Politics · Law · target: BenSource

All 2,013 statements

Newest first, the UT 2025–26 session

The full feed

Five statements at a time, newest first; filters apply to the statements loaded so far. Export saves the statements that match. Sources: 2,013 posts on X.

Back to topNext: Policy

Policy

Government Operations and Politics is what Johnson talks about most: 41% of policy statements, 2.5 times the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.45 on a 0–1 scale (State Senate Republicans average 0.52; 176th of 226).

Each policy statement is tagged by the AI model with one or more of 25 policy areas from the Congressional Research Service list, so the shares say what Johnson talks about. The bills Johnson sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Johnson talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the UT 2025–26 session

0%51%
Johnson
Peers
Government Operations and Politics233 statements
41%
17%
Education125 statements
22%
14%
Law110 statements
19%
4%
Economics and Public Finance47 statements
8%
12%
Armed Forces and National Security25 statements
4%
6%
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Policy areas Johnson talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the State Senate Republicans average.
RowJohnsonPeers
Government Operations and Politics41%17%
Education22%14%
Law19%4%
Economics and Public Finance8%12%
Armed Forces and National Security4%6%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Johnson’s policy statements in an area; the thin grey bar is the average share for State Senate Republicans. A statement counts once in each of its areas, so shares can add to more than 100%. The five largest areas are shown; the toggle shows the rest.

Talks about · legislates on

Left: share of statements by policy area. Right: share of bills. Areas in order of their share of statements; both sides run from 0 to 51%. Grey ticks are the State Senate Republicans averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onGovernment Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 41% (State Senate Republicans 17%)41%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 21% (State Senate Republicans 12%)21%EducationEducation, talks about: 22% (State Senate Republicans 14%)22%Education, legislates on: 46% (State Senate Republicans 10%)46%LawLaw, talks about: 19% (State Senate Republicans 4%)19%Law, legislates on: 0% (State Senate Republicans 4%)0%Economics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 8% (State Senate Republicans 12%)8%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 3% (State Senate Republicans 3%)3%Armed Forces and NationalSecurityArmed Forces and National Security, talks about: 4% (State Senate Republicans 6%)4%Armed Forces and National Security, legislates on: 0% (State Senate Republicans 2%)0%
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Johnson's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutState Senate Republicans, talks aboutLegislates onState Senate Republicans, legislates on
Government Operations and Politics41%17%21%12%
Education22%14%46%10%
Law19%4%0%4%
Economics and Public Finance8%12%3%3%
Armed Forces and National Security4%6%0%2%
0.45

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

State Senate Republicans average 0.52. Ranks 176th of 226.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

Agreement is 1 minus the distance between the two distributions (Jensen–Shannon): 1 means Johnson legislates on exactly the areas Johnson talks about, in the same proportions; 0 means no overlap. It does not say whether the bills match the positions in the statements, only the subjects. Bills Johnson sponsored count fully, cosponsored bills a quarter. Shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Johnson sits at +0.95 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more conservative than 98% of State Senate Republicans. Approximate range +0.90 to +1.00, which understates the uncertainty; from 30 donors and 862 roll calls.

CSIP, the lab’s Common-Space Ideal Point, places every official, federal and state, on one left–right scale, estimated from roll-call votes, who gives money to whom, and the text of statements. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it; 0 is the centre of the scale, not a definition of “moderate”.

+0.95

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range +0.90 to +1.00. From 30 donors and 862 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Johnson +1.0State Senate Republicans +0.4Utah Senate +0.3All State Senate +0.1

The outlined dot is Johnson, coloured by its side of 0 (blue left, red right, deeper further out); the bar through it is the approximate range (±1.96 standard errors), which understates the uncertainty; the grey ticks below are the medians of Johnson’s groups. 0 is the centre of the scale, not “moderate” by definition.

What this means, and what it doesn’t

The score summarises how an official votes, who funds them and how they talk, relative to everyone else. It does not grade positions as good or bad, and two officials with the same score can differ on any single issue. The ± range is 1.96 standard errors, which understates the uncertainty: scores whose ranges overlap may not differ at all, and even scores whose ranges do not overlap may not differ.

Where Johnson sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →State Senate Republicansmedian +0.4Johnson +1.0Utah Senatemedian +0.3All State Senatemedian +0.1
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Johnson's CSIP score of +0.95 placed against State Senate Republicans, Utah Senate, All State Senate.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Johnson
State Senate Republicans1083+0.498%
Utah Senate29+0.397%
All State Senate1909+0.199%
How to read the strips

Every small dot is one official on the same scale, coloured by its own score (blue left of 0, red right of 0, grey at 0, deeper further out) and spread up and down only to keep dots apart; where a group is crowded the dots overlap, and darker patches mean more officials. The large outlined dot is Johnson in every row; the rule is each group’s median. The table under the figure gives the share of each group to the left of Johnson.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Johnson reported $12.0K in the 2026 cycle, 26% of the State Senate Republicans’ median of $46.2K. State filings report no small-donation total.

Campaign money from state campaign-finance filings, as aggregates only; the lab never shows an individual donor. Campaigns must report by name every person who gives them more than $200 in a cycle (“itemized”); smaller gifts are reported only as one total (“unitemized”), so donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations describe itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift total, so these figures add up itemized contributions only.

Election cycle
$12.0K

itemized in the 2026 cycle

From 0 itemized donors. State Senate Republicans’ median $46.2K.

Where the money came from

Each square is one percent of itemized contributions in the 2026 cycle.

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  • PACs and other committees100 squares$12.0K
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Sources of Johnson's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
PACs and other committees$12.0K100.0%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

Totals say how much a campaign took in, not how it was spent, and they rise sharply when a seat is up for election; compare cycles with that in mind.

Receipts by cycle

Itemized contributions, 2020 to 2026. The grey line is the State Senate Republicans’ median for 2026.

2020 cycle: $28.9K$28.9K20202022 cycle: $23.5K$23.5K20222024 cycle: $74.3K$74.3K20242026 cycle: $12.0K$12.0K2026State Senate Republicans median $46.2K
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Johnson's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State Senate Republicans median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$28.9K
2022 cycle$23.5K
2024 cycle$74.3K
2026 cycle$12.0K

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state.

No itemized donors with an address.

Small donations

State filings report no total for small gifts.

Not reported in state filings.

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: no dataAKMaine: no dataMEVermont: no dataVTNew Hampshire: no dataNHWashington: no dataWAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: no dataMNIllinois: no dataILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: no dataMINew York: no dataNYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: no dataMAOregon: no dataORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: no dataINOhio: no dataOHPennsylvania: no dataPANew Jersey: no dataNJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: no dataCAUtah: no dataUTColorado: no dataCONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: no dataVAMaryland: no dataMDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: no dataAZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: no dataTNNorth Carolina: no dataNCSouth Carolina: no dataSCDistrict of Columbia: no dataDCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: no dataGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: no dataTXFlorida: no dataFL
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Johnson's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
WashingtonNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
MinnesotaNo data
IllinoisNo data
WisconsinNo data
MichiganNo data
New YorkNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
MassachusettsNo data
OregonNo data
NevadaNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
IndianaNo data
OhioNo data
PennsylvaniaNo data
New JerseyNo data
ConnecticutNo data
CaliforniaNo data
UtahNo data
ColoradoNo data
NebraskaNo data
MissouriNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
VirginiaNo data
MarylandNo data
DelawareNo data
ArizonaNo data
New MexicoNo data
KansasNo data
ArkansasNo data
TennesseeNo data
North CarolinaNo data
South CarolinaNo data
District of ColumbiaNo data
OklahomaNo data
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
GeorgiaNo data
HawaiiNo data
TexasNo data
FloridaNo data
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itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

No itemized individual money.

How to read the map

Every state the same size. Darker states gave more itemized money; hatched states had no itemized donors; the outlined state is Utah. Gifts of $200 or less carry no address and are left out.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

No occupations reported.

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. UTAH REPUBLICAN SENATE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE$5,000
  2. UTAH ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS PAC$4,500
  3. H3 PAC$2,000
  4. UTAH BANKERS ASSOCIATION STATE PAC$500

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

No employers reported.

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

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Votes

Johnson voted with the majority of Utah Senate Republicans on 97.2% of party-line votes and missed 7.0% of 1,085 roll calls. Utah Senate on average: 91.6% party unity, 88% attendance. Across all roll calls, Johnson voted against the majority of Utah Senate Republicans 49 times.

1,085 roll calls Johnson could vote on in the UT 2025–26 session, compared with Utah Senate. Attendance is the share with a vote recorded. Party unity counts only party-line roll calls, where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides, and is the share of those where Johnson voted with the majority of Utah Senate Republicans. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

49

votes against the majority of Utah Senate Republicans

Party unity 97.2%, Utah Senate average 91.6%, ranks 5th of 28. 1,085 roll calls in the UT 2025–26 session.

Attendance and party unity

The thick bar is Johnson, the thin grey bar the Utah Senate average. The scale runs from 80% to 100% to show the gap.

80%100%
Johnson
Peers
Rank
Attendance
93.0%
88%
12th of 29
Party unity
97.2%
91.6%
5th of 28
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Johnson's attendance and party unity against Utah Senate.
RowJohnsonPeers
Attendance93.0%88%
Party unity97.2%91.6%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

A missed roll call has many causes, from illness to campaigning, so attendance says how often, not why. A vote against the majority can be on procedure as well as substance, and many fall on roll calls where both parties split; the key votes below show the ones that decided something.

Key votes

25 roll calls the lab flagged as key in the UT 2025–26 session

Key votes
Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
Mar 7, 2026
HB 354
Rescue Tracking Equipment Offense Amendments
Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
YeaWith majoritypassD 5–0 · R 18–0 · O 1–0Democrats 5 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 18 yea, 0 nay; Others 1 yea, 0 naybecame law
Mar 7, 2026
HB 527
Pharmacy Pricing Amendments
Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
Did not vote—passD 6–0 · R 17–0 · O 1–0Democrats 6 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 17 yea, 0 nay; Others 1 yea, 0 naybecame law
Mar 7, 2026
SB 193
State Legal Holiday Amendments
Senate/ concurs with House amendment
YeaWith majoritypassD 6–0 · R 13–7 · O 1–0Democrats 6 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 13 yea, 7 nay; Others 1 yea, 0 naybecame law · party crossover
Mar 7, 2026
HB 535
Disposition of Public Property Modifications
Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
YeaWith majoritypassD 4–0 · R 18–0 · O 1–0Democrats 4 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 18 yea, 0 nay; Others 1 yea, 0 naybecame law
Mar 7, 2026
SB 197
Transportation Funding and Governance Amendments
Senate/ concurs with House amendment
YeaWith majoritypassD 6–0 · R 21–1 · O 1–0Democrats 6 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 21 yea, 1 nay; Others 1 yea, 0 naybecame law
How key votes are chosen

Automatically: a final-passage or override vote where the measure became law, the margin was under 10%, at least 10% of either party voted against its majority, or the bill was among the 25 most mentioned in officials’ own statements. Up to 25 per window, most recent first; five are shown. Bars show yea on the left, nay on the right, per party.

Votes most often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Johnson most often

  1. Stuart AdamsR757 shared votes96%
  2. Scott SandallR716 shared votes95%
  3. Dan McCayR914 shared votes95%
  4. Chris WilsonR983 shared votes95%
  5. Wayne HarperR935 shared votes95%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Johnson least often

  1. Nate BlouinD995 shared votes72%
  2. Kathleen RiebeD905 shared votes76%
  3. Stephanie PitcherD955 shared votes80%
  4. Karen KwanD997 shared votes81%
  5. Jen PlumbD939 shared votes81%
How to read the agreement lists

The share of roll calls both members voted on where they voted the same way, among colleagues sharing at least 50 such votes. High agreement with members of the other party is common on routine votes.

Full voting record

UT 2025–26 session, loads in batches

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Legislation

Johnson sponsored 13 bills in the UT 2025–26 session; 7 became law. Cosponsored 15 others. 62% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Utah Senate average 73%; 23rd of 28).

The bills Johnson sponsored and cosponsored in the UT 2025–26 session, from the official bill records, and how far each got: introduced, referred to or acted on in committee, passed one chamber, passed both, became law. A bill counts at every stage it has reached, so the blocks only shrink to the right.

Bills by stage

Counts for the UT 2025–26 session

Sponsored13 billsSponsored, Introduced: 1313Sponsored, In committee: 1313Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 88Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 77Sponsored, Became law: 77Cosponsored15 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 1515Cosponsored, In committee: 1515Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 1515Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 1313Cosponsored, Became law: 99IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Johnson sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored1313877
Cosponsored151515139
How to read the blocks

Ink blocks are bills Johnson sponsored, ochre blocks bills Johnson cosponsored; the figure above each block is the count. Most bills in any legislature never leave committee, so a short staircase is the norm.

62%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

Utah Senate average 73%. Ranks 23rd of 28.

Cosponsorship partners

Colleagues who most often cosponsor with Johnson, by number of shared bills in the UT 2025–26 session; the square shows their party.

  1. Katy Hall3
  2. Trevor Lee2
  3. Neil Walter2
  4. Doug Welton2
  5. Ryan Wilcox2
What this means, and what it doesn’t

The score is the share of sponsored bills that a committee reported out or a chamber passed, with at least 5 sponsored bills, ranked within the peer group. Members of the majority party and committee chairs move more bills, so the rank reflects position in the chamber as well as effort. Cosponsorship partners are the five colleagues who share the most of Johnson’s bills; the toggle shows more.

Bill list

Sponsored and cosponsored, with status and policy area; five are shown, the toggle shows the rest

Bills sponsored and cosponsored
HB 518School Curriculum AmendmentsCosponsorMar 7, 2026Passed both chambersEducation(model)House/ filed Mar 7, 2026
HB 405State Purchasing Reserve FundingCosponsorMar 7, 2026Passed both chambersEconomics and Public Finance(model)House/ filed Mar 7, 2026
SB 309Single-family Home Rental ModificationsSponsorMar 7, 2026In committeeHousing and Community Development(model)Senate/ filed Mar 7, 2026
SB 327Occupational Licensing AmendmentsSponsorMar 7, 2026In committeeCommerce(model)Senate/ filed Mar 7, 2026
HB 528Local School Board ReportingCosponsorMar 7, 2026Passed both chambersEducation(model)House/ filed Mar 7, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 1 time in 90 days. Johnson’s official site had 1 page when last crawled on Oct 1, 2026.

The lab crawls Johnson’s official and campaign websites (weekly for Congress, monthly for the states) and keeps every page’s text, so changes can be read later; it also records social accounts and describes the images Johnson posts with a vision model.

Websites

How to read the counts

“Pages crawled” is the size of the site at the last crawl; “changes in 90 days” counts pages whose text differed from the previous crawl. Sites change for many routine reasons, such as new press releases, so a high count is not by itself notable.

Images Johnson posted

No images from Johnson’s posts have been described.

About the descriptions

Written by a vision model and may be wrong. Open the post to see the original. Five are shown; the toggle shows the rest.

State floor speeches

50 turns, Jan 20, 2026 to Mar 6, 2026

Floor speeches

Transcribed from chamber video or captions by the lab. They are not classified for kinds of statement.

Back to topNext: Methods and sources

Methods and sources

How this page was made. Profile built Oct 28, 2026; site last built Oct 28, 2026. Every number on the page is computed from the sources listed here, by the same rules for every official; nothing is written by hand.

The headline

The headline is the measure on which Johnson is most unusual among State Senate Republicans, chosen by one rule for every official of every party. The candidates are the rate of each kind of statement and of extreme labels, party unity, attendance, the small-donor share, the in-state share and total receipts of the latest cycle, the share of sponsored bills that got out of committee, talk-to-bills agreement, and the CSIP score’s place within the party group.

The builder ranks every measure within the same peer group the page compares it with, and writes each official’s percentile: the share of the group below the value, ties counting half, so 0.5 is the median and a value shared by many never ranks first. A measure’s score is how far that percentile sits from the median (0 in the middle, 0.5 at either end), and the highest score leads if it is above 0.25, outside the middle half of the group. Scores within 0.03 of each other are a tie, broken in this order: votes against the party majority, kinds of statement, ideology, roll calls missed, small donations, in-state money, legislation, agreement, extreme labels, receipts.

A measure counts only with at least 200 statements, 100 roll calls or 5 sponsored bills behind it and a peer group of at least 10. Two things never lead: high party unity or attendance, where most members sit, and a high rate of a kind of statement backed by fewer than 10 statements. When nothing qualifies, the headline is a neutral fact instead: statements classified, or years in office. The wording always names the direction (“in the bottom 5% of …”, “votes against the majority of …”).

Identifiers

Profile id
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Open States
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Bulk files with the same data for every official:

Freshness of this profile’s data

  • What politicians sayOct 27, 20261 days agoMembers of Congress: tweets since 2017; press releases, newsletters and floor speeches since 2022. State legislators: tweets since May 2024. Governors: tweets since January 2025. Labels from an LLM classifier.
  • Roll calls (state)Oct 21, 20267 days agoOpen States floor roll calls, 2019 on (none for AK and MO).
  • Bills (state)Oct 28, 2026todayOpen States bills and sponsors, 2019 on; stages from roll calls.
  • Campaign money (state)no dateState campaign-finance agencies, 2019 on; aggregates only.
  • Ideology (CSIP)Oct 25, 20263 days agoCommon-Space Ideal Points (CSIP), current validated run.
  • WebsitesOct 25, 20263 days agoWeekly crawls of federal sites since April 2026; monthly state crawls since June 2026.
  • State floor speechesOct 21, 20267 days agoState floor speech turns (published transcripts and captions), 2020 on; not LLM-classified.

How the measures work

What politicians say
Every post, press release, newsletter and congressional floor speech is read by a language model and marked for personal attacks, policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship and credit claiming. A statement can be in several. Rates are shares of statements in the window. The methods paper.
Extreme labels
A statement has an extreme label when it calls a politician, party or policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who the label is aimed at.
Policy areas and agreement
Statements and bills share 25 Congressional Research Service policy areas (state bills are assigned by a language model). Agreement is 1 − Jensen–Shannon distance between the two distributions, shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.
Ideology (CSIP)
Common-Space Ideal Points place federal and state officials on one left–right scale, estimated jointly from roll calls, campaign contributions and the text of statements, with standard errors. Only a validated run is shown. The methods paper.
Campaign money
Campaigns report by name only donors who give more than $200 in a cycle; smaller gifts are reported as one total. Federal totals and the small-donor share come from the FEC’s financial summaries of each campaign committee. Donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations cover itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift totals, so state figures are itemized only. The lab never publishes donor names.
Votes and key votes
Attendance, party unity and the count of votes against the majority of an official’s own party come from roll calls (Voteview for Congress, chamber records for the states). Key votes are final-passage or override votes that became law, were decided by under 10%, saw at least 10% of a party vote against its majority, or concerned one of the 25 bills most mentioned in officials’ statements.
Peers and ranks
Comparisons are with the same party, chamber and level (for example House Democrats); state legislators are compared within their state and chamber for votes. Every comparison names its group. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; tied values share the average of their ranks, and the percentile is the share of the group below the value, ties counting half.

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