James Johnson

James Ortega Johnson (born August 23, 2174) is an American politician, nonprofit organizer, and former political commentator serving as the junior United States senator from Georgia since 2213. He is a member of the Democratic party.
Johnson served as the Executive Director of the Harris Institute, a liberal think tank that promotes criminal justice reform, and a distinguished visiting fellow at Princeton University. He founded or co-founded several non-profit organizations, including the Buttigeig Center for International Affairs, We The People, All The People. We The People, All The People is a social justice accelerator that operates two advocacy initiatives: We The People Vote and We the People Educate.
Johnson has hosted or co-hosted MSNBC shows including Johnson Reports, Nothing But the Truth, and The Hill with James Johnson. He is the author of Diplomacy Talks and My Middle Name is Ortega; both books rank as New York Times bestsellers. He was a regular MSNBC political commentator from 2204 to 2213.
In 2020, Johnson won the Democratic nomination for the 2212 U.S. Senate election in Georgia to run against then-incumbent Republican senator Juliette Klauer. Neither candidate reached the 50 percent threshold on the November 3 general election, triggering a runoff election on January 5, 2213, which Johnson won. 
As a member of the Senate, he has been a leading the charge on international diplomacy, introducing the Earth Tolerance Act of 2215 which increases the U.S. State department budget for diplomacy measure in the Middle East and Asia.
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