# Gloria Johnson

Gloria Johnson is a Democratic member of the Tennessee House for district 90.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Tennessee House, district 90
- Serving since: 2022-11-08
- Current term: TN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4dbbf89b-69ab-459f-97ee-c53866e81296

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4dbbf89b-69ab-459f-97ee-c53866e81296 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

27% of Johnson’s statements contain a personal attack, 10.7 times the State House Democrat average of 2.5%.

## What Johnson says (TN 2025–26 session)

887 classified statements: 887 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Johnson | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 27.2% | 2.5% | 5 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 18.4% | 10.4% | 147 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 25.0% | 39.2% | 584 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.0% | 2.9% | 510 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 1.1% | 14.4% | 673 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 2.5% | 1.0% | 88 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 36% (State House Democrats 15%); Health 19% (State House Democrats 15%); Government Operations and Politics 11% (State House Democrats 15%); Economics and Public Finance 9.0% (State House Democrats 11%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 8.1% (State House Democrats 9.8%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.94 (standard error 0.02), from 8,766 donors and 890 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 13% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (TN 2025–26 session)

67 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Tennessee House 99.1%). Party unity 90.3% (96.3%). 5 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2025-01-30 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 1/30/2025 Passed · HB 6004 Education - As enacted, enacts the "Education Freedom Scholarship Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 8 and Title 49. · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114S1/HB6004/
- 2025-01-30 · voted nay · FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR LAY ON THE TABLE MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 11 BY CAMPER PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 1/30/2025 Passed · HB 6004 Education - As enacted, enacts the "Education Freedom Scholarship Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 8 and Title 49. · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114S1/HB6004/
- 2025-01-30 · voted nay · FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR LAY ON THE TABLE MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 17 BY JOHNSON PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 1/30/2025 Passed · HB 6004 Education - As enacted, enacts the "Education Freedom Scholarship Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 8 and Title 49. · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114S1/HB6004/
- 2025-01-30 · voted nay · FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 1/30/2025 Passed · SB 6005 Appropriations - As enacted, makes appropriations sufficient for the payment of any lawful expenses of the first extraordinary session of the 114th… · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114S1/SB6005/
- 2025-01-30 · voted nay · FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR LAY ON THE TABLE MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 7 BY DIXIE PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 1/30/2025 Passed · HB 6004 Education - As enacted, enacts the "Education Freedom Scholarship Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 8 and Title 49. · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114S1/HB6004/
- 2025-01-30 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 BY MITCHELL PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 1/30/2025 Failed · HB 6004 Education - As enacted, enacts the "Education Freedom Scholarship Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 8 and Title 49. · fail · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114S1/HB6004/
- 2025-01-30 · voted nay · FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR LAY ON THE TABLE MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 15 BY SALINAS PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 1/30/2025 Passed · HB 6004 Education - As enacted, enacts the "Education Freedom Scholarship Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 8 and Title 49. · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114S1/HB6004/
- 2025-01-30 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AMENDMENT # 3 BY PEARSON MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 1 BY CEPICKY PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 1/30/2025 Failed · HB 6004 Education - As enacted, enacts the "Education Freedom Scholarship Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 8 and Title 49. · fail · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114S1/HB6004/
- 2025-01-30 · voted nay · FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 1/30/2025 Passed · SB 6002 Immigration - As enacted, creates within the department of safety the centralized immigration enforcement division, to be administered by the chief… · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114S1/SB6002/
- 2025-01-30 · voted nay · FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR LAY ON THE TABLE MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 21 BY HARDAWAY PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 1/30/2025 Passed · HB 6004 Education - As enacted, enacts the "Education Freedom Scholarship Act." - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 8 and Title 49. · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114S1/HB6004/

## Legislation (TN 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 23 bills: 22 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 21.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Tennessee House 71.0%; rank 96 of 97).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 189: Memorials, Interns - Erin Craven - (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HR189/
- HR 165: Memorials, Recognition - Suffs - (passed one chamber, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HR165/
- HB 2247: School Vouchers - As introduced, requires private schools that participate in the education savings account program or the individualized education account… (in committee, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HB2247/
- HB 2250: Children's Services, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to release certain information regarding providers that department contracts with to… (in committee, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HB2250/
- HB 2248: Salaries and Benefits - As introduced, requires employers to pay employees an hourly wage of at least $20 beginning January 1, 2027, with annual adjustments… (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HB2248/
- HB 2249: Immigration - As introduced, prohibits the bureau of immigration and customs enforcement of the United States department of homeland security from entering… (in committee, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HB2249/
- HB 1938: Prisons and Reformatory Institutions - As introduced, prohibits this state or a local government from entering into a new contract or renewing an existing… (in committee, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HB1938/
- HB 1941: Appropriations - As introduced, prohibits this state from obligating, appropriating, or otherwise expending state funds, personnel, or other state resources… (in committee, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HB1941/
- HR 144: Memorials, Congress - Urges the United States Department of Justice and the federal government to immediately comply with the law and release the remaining… (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HR144/
- HB 1939: Children's Services, Dept. of - As introduced, changes the caseload requirement for case managers in the department from a monthly average of 20 active cases… (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HB1939/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $24.9K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 91% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/VoteGloriaJ/status/2112776389464314235
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/VoteGloriaJ/status/2112776706897453167
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/VoteGloriaJ/status/2112192435132457188
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/VoteGloriaJ/status/2112212099741143248
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/VoteGloriaJ/status/2111259626289463542
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/VoteGloriaJ/status/2111468716718219758
- 2026-09-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/VoteGloriaJ/status/2101033834657522104
- 2026-07-04 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/VoteGloriaJ/status/2073461769079591377
- 2026-06-29 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/VoteGloriaJ/status/2071654770591281605
- 2026-06-23 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/VoteGloriaJ/status/2069429073772728352

## Links

- Official site: https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/legislatorinfo/member.aspx?district=H90
- Campaign site: https://www.votegloriajohnson.com/
- X: https://x.com/VoteGloriaJ
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VoteGloriaJohnson/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gloria.johnson.739/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/votegloriaj/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@votegloriajohnson/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@votegloriaj
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gloria-johnson-8396437/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4dbbf89b-69ab-459f-97ee-c53866e81296