Staying or leaving? Potential successors await Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson’s decision on another term
One contender has formed an exploratory committee as elected leaders ponder campaigns of their own.
U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, 85, is the first registered nurse to be elected to Congress and the first Black American woman ever elected to public office from Dallas.(Vernon Bryant / Staff Photographer)
5:45 AM on May 17, 2021 CDT
As U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson settles into her 15th term, potential successors are preparing for her to leave.
Two years ago Johnson suggested to constituents through automated phone calls that she would retire when her term ends in 2023, telling supporters that she was running for “one more term” as representative from southern Dallas County’s Congressional District 30. Many Dallas political operatives are predicting that she will step away based on remarks at various events during her 2020 campaign. That would set up a hotly contested race to replace the venerable lawmaker in Congress.