Craig M. Johnson
Craig M. Johnson is an American politician and former Democratic Party member of the New York State Senate for the 7th district.Education and early career
Johnson earned a B.A. degree from Amherst College in 1993. He earned his Juris Doctor degree from St. John's University School of Law in 1996. He was admitted to the New York bar in 1997. Johnson has practiced law at the law firm of Jaspan Schlesinger Hoffman LLP in Garden City, New York.Political career
Johnson was first elected to the Nassau County Legislature in May 2000, succeeding his mother Barbara Johnson who died in March 2000.
On February 6, 2007, he became the first male Democrat elected to the State Senate from North Hempstead in more than a century. He represented the 7th Senatorial District, which includes all of North Hempstead and parts of Hempstead and Oyster Bay. He chaired the Senate Investigations and Government Operations Committee.
In the November 2, 2010 general election, Mineola Mayor Jack Martins, Johnson's Republican challenger, defeated Johnson by 451 votes. On December 20, 2010, New York's highest court rejected Johnson's final appeal in regard to the election results.Personal life
Johnson lives in Port Washington, New York with his wife Liz and three children.Election results
