Elected with bipartisan support in 2018, Senator Nathan Johnson represents almost a million Dallas County residents in the growing and rapidly diversifying Senate District 16. As a member of the Texas Senate, he is a leading voice in healthcare, the electrical grid, governmental transparency, and criminal justice.

As a member of the Senate Committee on Business & Commerce, Johnson plays a key role in developing, shaping, and enacting policy to ensure the sufficiency, sustainability and resiliency of Texas’ power generation and distribution systems. Johnson also serves on the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission, which reviews state agencies to ensure that they effectively and efficiently serve the needs of the public.

Johnson holds degrees in physics from the University of Arizona and law from the University of Texas at Austin. He practices law in the Trial Litigation and Dispute Resolution section of the law firm Holland & Knight. He has also composed music for the classical concert stage and musical scores for the hit television series Dragon Ball Z.

As a husband and parent, Senator Johnson is committed to cultivating a sustainable future for Texas, where ideas, talent, and hard work foster economic growth and shared opportunity for generations to come.