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LaTonya Johnson
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| Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 6th district |
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| Assumed office January 3, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Nikiya Harris Dodd |
| Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 17th district |
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| In office January 1, 2013 – January 3, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Barbara Toles |
| Succeeded by | David Crowley |
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| Born | June 22, 1972 La Grange, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Tennessee State University (BS) |
LaTonya Johnson (born June 22, 1972) is an American activist and Democratic politician from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She is a member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing the 6th Senate district since 2017. Before her election to the Senate, she served two terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly, and was president of AFSCME Local 502.
Background
Johnson was born June 22, 1972 in La Grange, Tennessee. She earned a B.S. degree in criminal justice from Tennessee State University, and has lived in Milwaukee for over thirty years. She owned and operated Anointed Child Care Service, an in-home daycare service, and served as president of Local 502 of AFSCME, the union which represents in-home daycare providers in Milwaukee County. She has one daughter, Sydney.
Nomination and election
Assembly
When Barbara Toles resigned from her Assembly District 17 seat, Johnson was one of four candidates who vied for the Democratic nomination in this recently redistricted inner city district. She achieved an easy plurality, with 43% of the vote, in a field which included a former Milwaukee Area Technical College Board member with UAW ties, and an aide to State Representative Elizabeth Coggs.
In the general election, she drew 20,262 votes, to 3564 for her sole opponent, banker Anthony Edwards.
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