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Julie Johnson makes history

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A record number of out representatives and one out senator will serve in the upcoming Texas Legislature DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff WriterTaffet@DallasVoice.com State Rep.

Julie Johnson made history with her landslide victory on Election Day, becoming the first out lesbian from Texas or any southern state to be elected to Congress.Dallas Voice caught up with Johnson at her last official campaign stop on Election Day afternoon.

She was outside Fretz Library on Belt Line Road in North Dallas, greeting voters and speaking to the press, and she was cautiously confident of the election’s outcome.She was also being followed by a documentary filmmaker who was filming everything leading up to her election.

And just a few feet away was her opponent, Darrell Day, talking to voters before they cast their ballots. Early voting among Democrats was strong in Johnson’s district, which has been heavily gerrymandered to favor a Democrat.

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