Nathan Johnson
Democrat
Nathan Johnson
Democrat
Candidate for Texas Attorney General
About
Texas Senate (2018-2026). 89th Legislature Committees: Senate Business & Commerce, Economic Development, Jurisprudence Committee Vice Chair, Transportation, and Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs. Licensed to practice law in Texas since 1993, practicing attorney at Thompson Coburn LLP.
Conservative Endorsements
- None
Candidate Videos
Survey Responses
Notable Quotes
“The U.S. Constitution grants due process to everyone in the United States, including undocumented immigrants.”
“…as Americans, we should reject “shock and awe” border policy and tactics that violate the U.S. Constitution. We should reject policy and tactics that damage our sense of decency and fracture our communities.”
“I will join Democratic AGs from across the country to take Trump to court to block the MAGA machine’s illegal actions that are harming the economy, tearing apart communities, and eroding the foundations of our democracy.”
Positions on Texas Eagle Forum Legislative Priorities
Border Security & Immigration
- CRITICIZED EXPANDED 287(g) AGREEMENTS, which deputize local law enforcement for immigration functions in Texas, stating that it has scared “immigrant communities” and “impeded the ability of local law enforcement to carry out their duties.” [1, 2]
- VOTED AGAINST THE BILL TO TRIPLE BORDER SECURITY FUNDING (House Bill 9, 2021). [1, 2, 3]
- VOTED AGAINST THE BILL TO EXEMPT BORDER SECURITY INFRASTRUCTURE and the border wall from property taxes to encourage landowners to participate in building barriers (House Bill 247, 2025). [1, 2]
Secure Our Elections
- VOTED AGAINST THE ELECTION INTEGRITY PROTECTION ACT that modifies the Texas Election Code to enhance election security, prevent fraud, increase penalties for violations, and standardize procedures statewide (Senate Bill 1, 2021). [1, 2, 3, 4]
- AUTHORED A BILL FOR SAME-DAY VOTER REGISTRATION, allowing unregistered voters to register at their polling site and vote a provisional ballot. [1, 2, 3]
- VOTED AGAINST THE BILL GRANTING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BROADER AUTHORITY to independently prosecute election-related criminal offenses without needing an invitation from local prosecutors (Senate Bill 12, 2025). [1, 2]
Education Issues
- VOTED AGAINST THE TEXAS EDUCATION FREEOM ACCOUNTS BILL, the school choice initiative providing Education Savings Accounts for families to use toward private school tuition, tutoring, homeschooling, or other educational expenses (Senate Bill 2, 2025). [1, 2, 3, 4]
- VOTED AGAINST RESTRICTING CRITICAL RACE THEORY (CRT) instruction in K-12 social studies curriculum and classroom discussions (House Bill 3979 and related measures, 2021). Publicly described anti-CRT efforts as a “political stunt,” stating that CRT is not taught in Texas public schools. [1, 2, 3]
- VOTED AGAINST RESTRICTING DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION (DEI) practices in K-12 schools (Senate Bill 12, 2025). [1, 2, 3, 4]
- EMPHASIZES INVESTING IN and strengthening public education. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Protect Childhood Innocence
- VOTED AGAINST MAKING PROSECUTION EASIER in cases involving provision of obscene or harmful materials to minors (Senate Bill 412, 2025). [1, 2, 3]
- VOTED AGAINST THE PARENTAL BILL OF RIGHTS, which strengthens parental oversight, restricts certain instruction on sexual orientation/gender identity, and limits student clubs (Senate Bill 12, 2025). [1, 2]
Gender Issues
- VOTED AGAINST THE TEXAS WOMEN'S PRIVACY ACT, mandating designation and use of certain spaces/facilities according to biological sex (Senate Bill 240, 2025). [1, 2, 3, 4]
- RECORDED AS "PRESENT, NOT VOTING" ON THE SAVE WOMEN'S SPORTS ACT to prohibit biological males from competing in women’s collegiate sports (Senate Bill 15, 2023). [1, 2, 3]
- VOTED AGAINST BANNING PUBERTY BLOCKERS, hormone therapy, and gender-modifying surgeries for minors (Senate Bill 14, 2023). [1, 2]
- FILED A BILL TO RECOGNIZE SAME-SEX MARRIAGES AND PARENTING (Senate Bill 1724, 2025) and proposed a constitutional amendment (SJR 35, 2025) to repeal the one-man-one-woman marriage definition. [1, 2]
Government-Sanctioned Addiction
- VOTED TO STRENGTHEN PENALTIES FOR GAMBLING CRIMINAL OFFENSES, expand definitions of violations, and close loopholes around devices mimicking slot machines or illegal operations (Senate Bill 517, 2025). [1, 2]
- VOTED TO PROHIBIT MOST CONSUMABLE HEMP PRODUCTS WITH DETECTABLE THC beyond limited CBD/CBG exceptions (Senate Bill 3, 2025). [1, 2]
- SUPPORTS DECRIMINALIZATION of small amounts of marijuana, expansion of medical access, and strict regulation of hemp-derived THC products that would allow adult recreational use under controls. [1, 2, 3]
Protect Life
- VOTED AND SPOKE AGAINST THE TEXAS HEARTBEAT ACT (Senate Bill 8, 2021), arguing that a woman will lose “the constitutional right to control her own reproductivity.” [1, 2, 3]
- AUTHORED A BILL TO REPEAL MANY TEXAS ABORTION RESTRICTIONS, limiting the ability of local governments to regulate abortion-related travel, and easing certain requirements around abortion-inducing drugs (Senate Bill 1521, 2025). [1, 2]
Islamification of Texas
National Security
- VOTED AGAINST THE ADVERSARIAL LAND OWNERSHIP ACT (Senate Bill 17, 2025) to prohibit individuals, entities, and governments from designated adversarial countries from purchasing real property in Texas. [1, 2]
- VOTED FOR THE ELECTRIC GRID RELIABILITY ACT (Senate Bill 6, 2025). [1, 2, 3]
- FOCUSES ON HUMANE BORDER SECURITY and state sovereignty, stating that “misinformation and propaganda has, predictably, resulted in reckless and un‐conservative spending and yet another round of atrocities at the border.” [1, 2, 3]
Other Constitutional Issues
- VOTED AGAINST ALLOWING VOLUNTARY STUDENT/STAFF PRAYER or religious text reading with parental consent during dedicated times set aside by public school boards (Senate Bill 11, 2025). [1, 2, 3]
- VOTED AND SPOKE AGAINST THE TEN COMMANDMENTS BILL, urging rejection of the measure on religious liberty grounds (Senate Bill 10, 2025). [1, 2]
- VOTED AGAINST RECOGNIZING GOLD AND SILVER as legal tender in Texas (House Bill 1056, 2025). [1, 2, 3]
- VOTED AGAINST RENEWING AND EXTENDING Texas’s prior application to Congress for a Convention of States under Article V of the U.S. Constitution (HJR 98, 2025). [1]
- VOTED AGAINST THE CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY BILL for permitless handgun carry in Texas (House Bill 1927, 2021) and has authored several red-flag bills (Senate Bill 2305, 2025, and others in previous sessions). [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
- VOTED AGAINST BANNING COVID VACCINE MANDATES by private employers (Senate Bill 7, 2023), arguing that Republicans had “created a new “protected class” under the law: COVID vaxx deniers.” [1, 2, 3, 4]