1. Ruth Johnson was born on January 8,1955 and is an American businesswoman and politician currently serving as a member of the Michigan Senate since 2019.
18 Facts About Ruth Johnson
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Ruth Johnson was the 42nd Secretary of State of Michigan from 2011 to 2019 and a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 1999 to 2005.
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Ruth Johnson was elected to the Oakland County Board of Commissioners in 1988 and served for 10 years.
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Ruth Johnson was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in 1998, and re-elected in 2000 and 2002; term limits meant she was ineligible for a fourth term.
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Ruth Johnson was elected Oakland County Clerk and Register of Deeds in 2004, upsetting incumbent G William Caddell in the Republican Primary and defeated Democratic nominee Jason Ellenburg in the general election.
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Ruth Johnson became the first woman clerk in Oakland County's 176-year history.
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Ruth Johnson became popular for her community outreach event and parties.
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DeVos and Ruth Johnson lost the general election to the incumbent Democratic ticket of Gov.
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Ruth Johnson was re-elected County Clerk in 2008, defeating Democrat Sheila Smith.
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Ruth Johnson herself is a licensed motorcycle rider and often rides in to motorcycle-related news conferences.
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Ruth Johnson pushed her departments to foster safe driving among teens.
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In July 2017, Ruth Johnson agreed to provide Michigan voter registration information to a federal commission created by Trump to investigate alleged illegal voting in the 2016 election.
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Ruth Johnson indicated she would only provide basic public voter information.
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Ruth Johnson's opponents were Paul Scott, Michelle McManus, Anne Norlander and Cameron Brown.
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Ruth Johnson went on to win the general election defeating Democrat Jocelyn Benson, Libertarian Scotty Boman, Green John Anthony La Pietra, and US Taxpayer Robert Gale.
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In 2014, Ruth Johnson defeated Detroit lawyer and Democrat Godfrey Dillard, Libertarian James Lewis, US Taxpayers Robert Gale, and Natural Law Jason Gatties to earn a second term by 10.6 percentage points, receiving 1,649,047 votes to the defeated candidates 1,431,748 votes.
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Ruth Johnson drew more votes than any other Republican candidate on the ballot.
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In September 2020, Ruth Johnson filed a lawsuit against Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson for allowing votes postmarked before election day to be counted after election day.