EBJ greeting supporters from the stage following her announcement that she will retire. (David Taffet/Dallas Voice) Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson announced she will complete her term in office and will not run for re-election in 2022.
She made the announcement surrounded by her family in front of hundreds of supporters at Kirkwood Temple in Oak Cliff. “Nothing has been more overwhelming than the heartwarming support for me to run one more time,” Johnson said.
Johnson was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1992, exactly 20 years after her first election victory to a seat in the Texas House of Representatives.