Gordon M. Johnson

Who is Gordon M. Johnson?

Gordon M. Johnson is an American Democratic Party politician who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2002, where he represents the 37th Legislative District.

Assemblyman Johnson serves on the Budget Committee, Judiciary Committee, and the Regulated Professions Committee.

Johnson received a B.S. from St. Thomas Aquinas College in Social Science and Criminal Justice and an M.A. from Seton Hall University in Administration and Supervision. He served in the United States Army Reserve with the rank of Major, and participated in Operation Desert Storm in 1990 and 1991 and Operation Joint Endeavor in 1996.

He was the Bergen County Sheriff from 2001–2002, and has been with the Bergen County Sheriff’s Department since 1999. Johnson is an Undersheriff in the Bergen County Sheriff’s Department, a position he has filled since 2002 and from 1999-2001.

On June 6, 2006, Johnson won the Democratic Party primary for the Englewood City Council At-large by unseating African-American incumbent Rev. Vernon Walton; Victory in the primary is tantamount to winning the seat in this Democratic Party stronghold. On Election Day, November 7, 2006, Johnson won the at-large seat, defeating Republican Harry Kanner.