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 r
NEW YORK CITY (KGO) More than 100 members of Vice President Kamala Harris sorority held an Inauguration watch party on Zoom Wednesday to watch their sister make history.
The ladies of Alpha Kappa Alpha gathered with all eyes on Harris, who pledged the 113-year-old sorority at Howard University. To see a Black female and member of our organization in the White House in the second elected position is absolutely encouraging, inspiring, said Donna Joseph, president of the Graduate chapter in the Bronx. Not only for the young girls we mentor, but also for members of the organization as well.
Harris pledged in 1986 during her senior year. Her nickname was C3, standing for cool, calm and collected.