Editing Nancy Johnson (section)

=== Elections ===
[[File:Reagan Contact Sheet C32472 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Johnson and [[President of the United States|President]] [[Ronald Reagan]] in 1985]]
[[File:President George W. Bush greets Congresswoman Nancy Johnson after speaking to seniors about Medicare at New Britain General Hospital.jpg|thumb|right|Johnson greeting [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]] in 2003]]
[[File:Bill Clinton and Nancy Johnson.jpg|thumb|right|Johnson with former [[President of the United States|President]] [[Bill Clinton]] in 2005]]
Johnson was elected to the House of Representatives in 1982 with 52 percent of the vote, defeating Democratic state senator [[William E. Curry Jr]]. She replaced Democrat [[Toby Moffett|Anthony "Toby" Moffett]], who made an unsuccessful bid for the U.S. Senate that year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ctmirror.org/2019/09/30/yes-that-was-toby-moffett-visiting-lowell-weicker/|title=Yes, that was Toby Moffett visiting Lowell Weicker|date=30 September 2019}}</ref>

She won narrowly in her re-election bid in 1996, defeating Democrat Charlotte Koskoff 50%–49%, her only close race for re-election.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=904|title = Our Campaigns - Candidate - Nancy L. Johnson}}</ref> She attributed her decreased percentage to the time she had spent on the House ethics panel, dealing with ethics allegations against Speaker [[Newt Gingrich]], which prevented her from getting around in her district.{{citation needed |date=October 2020}} She won in 1998, again against Koskoff, with 59% of the vote, and got 63% of the vote in 2000 against Paul Valenti.

Had [[Al Gore]] won the [[2000 United States Presidential Election|2000 presidential election]],  Johnson was widely considered to be the front runner<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/11/07/senate.connecticut/| title = CNN.com - Lieberman wins Senate race - November 7, 2000| website = [[CNN]]}}</ref> to win the appointment of [[Governor of Connecticut|Governor]] [[John G. Rowland]] to serve in the [[United States Senate]], filling the seat of Gore's running mate [[Joe Lieberman]]. Lieberman had been reelected to the Senate at the same time as the presidential election.<ref>[https://www.courant.com/2000/11/18/liebermans-fate-should-smile-on-johnson/ Lieberman's Fate Should Smile On Johnson]</ref>

In 2002, Johnson's New Britain-based district was merged with the [[Waterbury]]-based 5th District of Democratic Congressman [[James H. Maloney]].  While the new district retained Maloney's district number, its geography and demographics slightly favored Johnson. She won the general election over Maloney with 54% of the vote. In 2004, she defeated Democrat Theresa Gerratana, getting 60% of the vote.