2020 GENERAL ELECTION ENDORSEMENTS
(To Present Date)
2020 Friend of Agriculture (Ohio Farm Bureau Federation AGGPAC)
Ohio Veterans United
Ohio Society Of Certified Public Accountants
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 18
National Federation of Independent Business Ohio PAC
Affiliated Construction Trades Ohio Foundation
Teamsters Ohio D.R.I.V.E.
National Rifle Association-PVF (With “A+” Rating)
Buckeye Firearms PAC (With “A+” Rating)
Right To Life PAC (With Honor Role Status)
Cincinnati Right To Life PAC
Ohio Osteopathic Association PAC
Ohio State Medical Association PAC
Ohio Value Voters
Scioto County Young Republicans
Shawnee State University College Republicans
Ohio College Republican Federation
Scioto County Republican Party
Ohio Republican Party
About Dr. Terry Johnson
Terry A. Johnson, D.O., is a practicing physician, a medical educator, a retired military officer, and recently concluded four terms in the Ohio legislature as a representative, bringing that service to a close in 2018 due to term limits. As a legislator, he sponsored important health-related laws, including one aimed at helping rein in the scourge of prescription drug abuse in Ohio. He concluded his time in the legislature in a distinguished fashion, serving through four General Assemblies. He was the first and, to date, only osteopathic physician to serve in the Ohio legislature. No fewer than eighteen of his bills were signed in to law, and his influence strongly impacted scores of other bills as they moved through the legislative process.
A 1991 graduate of the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dr. Johnson is a clinical professor of family medicine and an assistant dean. He has served continuously as a family practice physician for nearly three decades in southern Ohio, his lifelong home.
Commissioned into the Ohio Army National Guard while a fourth-year medical student, he attained the rank of full colonel in just 12 years. A U.S Army senior flight surgeon, Dr. Johnson was deployed overseas multiple times in the Global War On Terrorism, including two tours in Iraq and one posting in Kuwait, at which time he was the Theater Flight Surgeon, flying in and out of Iraq many times as a crew member on Blackhawk helicopters. He ended his military career with the rank of colonel in 2011 as the Army Guard's State Surgeon, the highest rank and position attainable for an Ohio Army Guard medical corps officer at that time.
Dr. Johnson served as Scioto County Coroner from 2002-2010, leaving that position after being elected to represent Ohio's 89th House District. Having seen first-hand as coroner the destructive impacts of prescription drug abuse, Dr. Johnson partnered with fellow representative and pharmacist Dave Burke to author House Bill 93, dubbed the "Anti-Pill Mill Bill." The bill, which passed the General Assembly in a remarkably quick five months and was signed immediately into law in May 2011, placed limitations on the in-office prescribing of controlled drugs, added licensing requirements for pain clinics and created a take-back program to help people safely dispose of unused medications. House Bill 93 effectively closed Ohio’s illicit “Pill Mills”, which were causing large numbers of our citizens to become addicted to opioids. HB-93 was landmark legislation that had an enormous impact on Ohio’s fight to reverse the overwhelming numbers of people that were becoming addicted to opioids—and it was Terry’s first bill.
Dr. Johnson also joint sponsored House Bill 296, which allows schools, school districts and residential or day camps to stock epinephrine "epi-pens" to treat anaphylactic shock. House Bill 170, which he sponsored in 2013, greatly expanded access to naloxone hydrochloride (Narcan), a medication that can save the lives of people suffering overdoses of heroin or prescription pain medication. Literally thousands of lives have been saved as a result of his bills.
Even as Terry worked hard to combat illicit drugs and to pass lifesaving legislation, he was also making his mark as a strong Right To Life leader and a transformative Second Amendment advocate. As the only physician in the legislature at that time, Terry’s advice and counsel as a physician was much sought after by those wishing to stand for the most vulnerable among us: the unborn. He signed onto the Heartbeat Bill upon arriving in the legislature, and fought for its passage in each and every term of his service in the House.
He also immediately made his mark fighting for your constitutional right to keep and bear arms. He started his first term in 2011 with A ratings from both the NRA and Buckeye Firearms legislative PACs, and thereafter received their coveted “A+” ratings, the highest that a legislator can achieve. Terry believes with all of his heart and soul that your constitutional rights are worth fighting for. He understands that the center of gravity in the battle to reverse America’s drift toward socialism and communism rests primarily at the state level of government, and he has thrown himself into that battle to the full extent of his abilities.
Now in the Ohio Senate, Dr. Terry Johnson has already rolled up his sleeves and gone to work as a champion for the Right To Life issue. Incredibly, although in the Senate for less than two months, he passed the Born Alive Infant Protection Act and sent it to the Ohio House for consideration. He has also introduced a Second Amendment Bill designed to help law abiding citizens defend themselves and others against deadly attacks. By mid-November 2019, this bill had its first hearing and is due for further committee deliberation in December. While others seem to wave in the political winds regarding your constitutional rights, Terry is not afraid to fight for them.
Terry Johnson is a man with many titles and one of the busiest people you will ever meet. Dedicated to service, he has spent untold hours helping others and leading in a principled, value-based way. Does that mean he has “spread himself too thin” to be effective? Absolutely not, as evidenced by the fact that he has excelled in every field of endeavor that he has participated in, be it medical, military, or political. In 2010, students at the Southern Ohio Medical Center in Portsmouth, a site where he was a former director of the Family Practice Residency, named him Family Physician of the Year. In 2011, Dr. Johnson was named National Physician of the Year by the American Osteopathic Foundation, and Ohio's Family Physician of the Year by the Ohio Academy of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians. In 2014, Dr. Johnson was honored by Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine (OUHCOM) with the Phillips Medal for Public Service, the highest award that the college has to offer. In 2016, he was awarded the OUHCOM Medal of Merit, the highest award for an alumnus of that school. In 2018, the Ohio Osteopathic Association awarded Dr. Johnson with the Distinguished Service Award, its highest honor for an osteopathic physician.
Dr. Johnson completed his military service as a highly decorated Medical Corps officer, with nearly half of his career spent in command positions. Among his many decorations are the Legion of Merit, multiple awards of the Meritorious Service Medal, the Ohio Distinguished Service Medal, and the US Army’s Senior Flight Surgeon Badge.
Early in his legislative career Dr. Johnson was singled out as a “Watchdog of the Treasury” by United Conservatives of Ohio. He also has received State Legislator of the Year awards from two statewide veterans' groups, the AMVETS Department of Ohio in 2013, and on two separate occasions by the Vietnam Veterans of America Buckeye State Council. In 2017, the American Conservative Union Foundation recognized him for his 100% conservative voting record. In 2018, he was presented with Awake Ohio’s Legislator of the Year Award for his commitment to religious freedom and Christian values.
Dr. Johnson graduated summa cum laude in 1985 from Ohio University with a bachelor's degree in history, before attending that university's College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed his family practice residency at Doctor's Hospital in Columbus, after which he returned to the Portsmouth area to practice in 1994.
Originally elected to represent Ohio's 89th House District, Dr. Johnson saw his district lines redrawn, and in 2012 was elected to represent the new 90th District, which includes all of Scioto and Adams counties, and a part of Lawrence County.
Dr. Johnson is presently employed by Valley View Health Centers in Waverly, Ohio, as Director of Medically Assisted Treatment and Integrated Health Services. Dr. Johnson works directly with addicted people, particularly those afflicted with opiate and alcohol addiction. He strives to help his patients achieve what he calls “Total Healing”—spiritually, mentally, and physically—by changing their lives and finding their true potential as healthy human beings. He does this through counseling and education of those who seek his help. Dr. Johnson is a passionate proponent of health and healing and takes a holistic view of what healing actually means—a view that is consistent with his training as an osteopathic physician. He is a resident of Scioto County, where he lives with his wife, Jennifer, who is a pharmacist. He has four adult sons and two grandchildren.
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