Cliff Johnson

Cliff Johnson lives in rural Lafayette County with his wife and keeps pigs named Pumpkin and Butterbean, chickens and a dog named Lady.¹ His family history includes Mississippi sharecroppers and a father who served in Vietnam.¹

Johnson graduated from Mississippi College in 1989 and Columbia Law School in 1992.² His professional background also includes a federal judicial clerkship.² He worked as an assistant United States attorney during the Clinton administration, handling healthcare fraud matters.²¹ His private practice included work at Butler Snow and 13 years as a partner at Pigott and Johnson, handling civil and criminal matters.²

He directs the Mississippi MacArthur Justice Center and teaches at the University of Mississippi School of Law, supervising students in its legal clinic.² His work there includes pretrial detention, court fines and fees, access to counsel and prison conditions.² During a 2005 and 2006 Fulbright appointment in Sweden, he taught the law and history of the American Civil Rights Movement.²

For Congress, Johnson emphasizes affordable healthcare, lower household costs, voting rights and federal investment in North Mississippi's schools, infrastructure and economic development.¹ He also advocates funding for reentry and substance abuse programs as part of criminal justice reform.¹ He faces Republican Trent Kelly and Libertarian Johnny Baucom.³