Drew Johnson

For other people named Drew Johnson, see Drew Johnson (disambiguation).

Drew Johnson
Johnson in 2012
Born
Jason Andrew Johnson

1979/1980 (age 44–45)[1]
Johnson City, Tennessee
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Political commentator and columnist
Known forFounded Tennessee Center for Policy Research
Political partyRepublican

Jason Andrew Johnson[2] is an American political columnist, policy analyst, and former think tank founder and executive. He was the Republican nominee for Nevada's 3rd congressional district in the 2024 election.[3]

Johnson is known as a government waste expert and government watchdog. He writes frequently about tax and budget issues, technology and telecommunications policy, and the environment, and is credited with popularizing the use of investigative journalism by think tanks.[4][5]

He was the founder and first president of the Tennessee Center for Policy Research, now known as the Beacon Center of Tennessee.[6] He later edited the editorial page of the Chattanooga Times Free Press. He is a former columnist and editorial writer at The Washington Times.[7][8]

Johnson also worked at the National Taxpayers Union, the Taxpayers Protection Alliance, and the American Enterprise Institute.[9][10][11]

He was narrowly defeated in a 2022 bid for the Clark County Commission.[12]

The Nevada Independent called Johnson's result in the 2024 Republican primary "a surprise win" in the four-way race.[13]

Early life

Johnson grew up in Johnson City, Tennessee, and graduated from Science Hill High School in 1997. He was raised by a single mother who worked two jobs. The family lived in a trailer home.[13][14] He then earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Belmont University and a Master of Public Policy degree from Pepperdine University.[15] Johnson was a Koch Fellow at the Institute for Humane Studies and the American Enterprise Institute.[16] Johnson lived out of his car while starting his career.[13]

Career

Tennessee Center for Policy Research

Johnson founded the Tennessee Center for Policy Research (TCPR) in 2004. Under his leadership, the organization used the Tennessee Open Records Act of obtain Al Gore's home energy bills the day after the former Vice President won an Academy Award for the climate change documentary An Inconvenient Truth.[17] The records showed that, in 2006, Gore's Belle Meade, Tennessee home consumed nearly 221,000 kWh of electricity—more than 20 times the national average.[18] In 2006, Gore spent an average of $1,359 per month to power the home.[18]

After releasing Al Gore's home energy consumption, Johnson and other TCPR employees received death threats, harassing emails and threatening phone calls from Gore supporters and environmental activists.[19][20][21] The Nevada Independent wrote that "Much of his research highlights waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government — he is most famous for using public records to calculate climate champion and former Vice President Al Gore's home energy use in Tennessee."[13]

Johnson left TCPR at the end of 2009.[22] In May 2011, the Taxpayers Protection Alliance announced that he would join that organization as a senior fellow.[23]

Chattanooga Times Free Press

On July 1, 2012, Johnson joined the Chattanooga Times Free Press as opinion editor for the Free Press editorial page, writing editorials and a weekly column.[15] Under Johnson, the Chattanooga Times Free Press became the largest newspaper in the United States to endorse Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson during the 2012 United States presidential election cycle.[24]

On August 1, 2013, the newspaper announced that Johnson was terminated for violating the newspaper's standards in altering an editorial headline to tell Barack Obama to "Take Your Jobs Plan and Shove It," a play on the classic country music song "Take This Job and Shove It."[25] The newspaper stated the alteration was "inappropriate" and that Johnson did not follow normal editing procedures.[26] Johnson later claimed that his firing was a result of the criticizing Chattanooga's electric company, EPB, one of the newspaper's largest advertisers.[27] "When I explained how EPB scammed taxpayers out of hundreds of millions of dollars... EPB pulled its ads from the paper," Johnson said. "I know the paper was frustrated with losing money because I was willing to speak the truth about bad actors in the community."[27]

Media and think tanks

Johnson then joined The Washington Times as a columnist, editorial writer and author of the newspaper's weekly "Golden Hammer" column, which exposed an egregious example of wasteful spending of tax dollars.[28][29] Johnson also hosted a weekly "Golden Hammer" television segment based on the column that was available on some Sinclair Broadcast Group stations' local news broadcasts.[30]

In April 2016, Johnson was named National Director of Protect Internet Freedom, a group formed to push back on new net neutrality rules and federal preemption of state laws limiting municipal broadband buildouts.[31] He joined the National Center for Public Policy Research as a senior scholar in 2017.[17]

Johnson again investigated Al Gore's home energy use in a 2017 report written for the National Center for Public Policy Research.[17] According to information obtained through the Nashville Electric Service, energy consumption at Gore's Nashville-area house increased from 2006 to 2017, despite installing 33 solar panels on the home following the initial criticism.[17] In 2017, Gore's home used 21.3 times more energy per month than a typical American household.[17]

Political views

Johnson is a libertarian-leaning Republican.[13]

He has opposed the death penalty and the Patriot Act, spoken out against anti-Muslim bias and criticized Republicans for increasing government spending.[32][33][34] He has also written in support of free speech, gay marriage and drug legalization.[35][36]

In 2016, Johnson called Trump a "socialist" and in 2020 called his presidency an "embarrassment" after a federal execution. But in 2024, Johnson endorsed Trump's 2024 presidential run. Johnson has said he wants to be in Congress to help move the Republican Party beyond Trump.[13]

In June 2024, he told The Nevada Independent if elected he would vote against government funded-abortion services and against a national abortion ban, believing that the Dobbs decision left the issue "appropriately" up to the states.[13]

Public service

Johnson served as commissioner on the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth from 1997 to 2006, and was named to the Tennessee Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights in 2008.[37]

He currently serves as the public member of the Nevada State Board of Optometry.[38]

Personal life

He is married to marketing consultant and travel blogger Sarah Reeves Johnson and they live in Las Vegas. They moved there in 2015 when seeking a friendly environment to start a small business.[13]

Johnson is credited with starting the Vegas Golden Knights' "Victory Flamingo" tradition, in which fans of the NHL team toss pink plastic flamingos on the ice in celebration of Vegas Golden Knights victories.[39][40][41]

References

  1. ^ "Al Gore's 'Inconvenient Truth'? -- A $30,000 Utility Bill". ABC News. February 26, 2007. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
  2. ^ "Drew Johnson's Biography". Vote Smart. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
  3. ^ "AP: Drew Johnson, Mark Robertson win primaries". Las Vegas Review-Journal. June 12, 2024. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
  4. ^ "The Tennessee Center For Policy Research Of Al Gore's Electric Bills | Nashville Post". Archived from the original on April 10, 2020.
  5. ^ "Nine questions with Drew Johnson". Noogatoday. October 15, 2012.
  6. ^ Jeff Woods, The Great Gadfly: How a baby-faced kid became the governor's No. 1 nemesis Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Nashville Scene, September 11, 2008
  7. ^ Boucher, Dave (May 24, 2015). "Beacon Center grows, helps defeat Insure TN". The Tennessean. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  8. ^ "Former Washington Times reporter who investigated Higgins says 'It's about time'". April 4, 2018.
  9. ^ Chenoweth, Paul (January 22, 2004). "Belmont Grad Provides Expert National Political Research". Belmont University News & Media. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
  10. ^ "MEDIA ALERT: Government Waste Expert Drew Johnson Joins TPA as Senior Fellow". Taxpayers Protection Alliance. May 9, 2011. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
  11. ^ "Drew Johnson named as Free Press opinion page editor". timesfreepress.com. June 9, 2012. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
  12. ^ Hill, Jessica (May 4, 2023). "GOP's Drew Johnson takes aim at Susie Lee for US House seat". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h Birenbaum, Gabby (June 16, 2024). "After surprise primary win, can Drew Johnson flip Nevada's swingiest House seat?". The Nevada Independent. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
  14. ^ "Beacon Center's light doesn't shine on everyone". January 18, 2015.
  15. ^ a b "Drew Johnson named opinion page editor for Free Press". Chattanooga Times Free Press. June 8, 2012. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  16. ^ Harkinson, Josh (December 4, 2009). "The Dirty Dozen of Climate Change Denial, No. 10: Tennessee Center for Policy Research (A.K.A. Carnival of Climate Change)". Mother Jones. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  17. ^ a b c d e "Al Gore's Inconvenient Reality: The Former Vice President's Home Energy Use Surges up to 34 Times the National Average Despite Costly Green Renovations, by Drew Johnson". August 2017.
  18. ^ a b "Al Gore's Personal Energy Use is His Own "Inconvenient Truth"".
  19. ^ "The Left-Wing Echo Chamber".
  20. ^ "Where's the Tolerance?". National Review. April 9, 2007.
  21. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Penn & Teller: BS! - Being Green. YouTube.
  22. ^ Clint Brewer Now Top Dog At TCPR Archived August 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Nashville Post, October 29, 2009
  23. ^ Government Waste Expert Drew Johnson Joins TPA as Senior Fellow
  24. ^ "Gary Johnson for president". October 24, 2012.
  25. ^ "Read the headline that got Drew Johnson fired: 'Take your jobs plan and shove it, Mr. President: Your policies have harmed Chattanooga enough'".
  26. ^ Mirkinson, Jack (August 1, 2013). "Drew Johnson, Chattanooga Editor, Fired Over Anti-Obama Headline". Huffington Post. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  27. ^ a b "Whatever happened to Drew Johnson?". March 24, 2014.
  28. ^ "DREW JOHNSON: Virginia private property rights saved Colonial America". The Washington Times.
  29. ^ "Golden Hammer: Feds spend millions to study drunken monkeys, pilots and students". The Washington Times.
  30. ^ "Questionable accounting hides $100 million in purchases at Illinois college". October 3, 2014.
  31. ^ "Protect Internet Freedom Names Drew Johnson Executive Director". April 22, 2016.
  32. ^ "Drew Johnson: Capital punishment inconsistent with conservative views". December 2, 2013.
  33. ^ "TN Tea Party Goes Archie Bunker". July 24, 2012.
  34. ^ "JOHNSON: Misspending GOP capital on Cochran in Mississippi". The Washington Times.
  35. ^ "Drew Johnson's support of gay marriage".
  36. ^ "Right Side Round Table: Should marijuana be legalized? Hamilton County Grand Jury thinks so". May 2, 2013.
  37. ^ "Drew Johnson". National Center for Public Policy Research. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
  38. ^ "Nevada State Board of Optometry". Nevada State Board of Optometry. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
  39. ^ "Stanley Cup Final: Meet the Vegas Golden Knights Flamingo Man". May 29, 2018.
  40. ^ "Meet the Victory Flamingo: How Golden Knights fans got behind the tradition".
  41. ^ "Do You Believe in the Power of the "Victory Flamingo"? | REAL 103.9".

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