Editing Sam Johnson (section)

===== 2006 =====
Johnson ran for re-election in 2006, defeating his opponent Robert Edward Johnson in the Republican [[Partisan primary|primary]], 85 to 15 percent.<ref name="state1">{{cite web |url=http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |title=Archived copy |access-date=February 22, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109062336/http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |archive-date=January 9, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/local/stories/DN-usreprndp_08met.ART.State.Edition3.aae3.html |title=News for Dallas, Texas &#124; Dallas Morning News &#124; Dallas-Fort Worth Politics &#124; The Dallas Morning News |publisher=Dallasnews.com |date=March 8, 2006 |access-date=August 29, 2010}}</ref>

In the general election, Johnson faced Democrat Dan Dodd and Libertarian Christopher J. Claytor.  Both Dodd and Claytor are [[United States Military Academy|West Point]] graduates.  Dodd was a U.S. Air Force officer who served in Vietnam,<ref>{{cite news|title=Texas candidates for State Representative, Governor, State Cabinet, U.S. Senator and Congress|url=http://www.ntxe-news.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=15&num=31207&printer=1|date=January 12, 2006|access-date=May 27, 2020|newspaper=North Texas e-News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528092451/http://www.ntxe-news.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=15&num=31207&printer=1|archive-date=May 28, 2020}}</ref> while Claytor served in [[Operation Southern Watch]] in Kuwait in 1992.<ref>{{cite news|title=Christopher Claytor, candidate for United States Representative|url=https://voterguide.dallasnews.com/2018-general/candidates/465/|access-date=May 28, 2020|newspaper=The Dallas Morning News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528091703/https://voterguide.dallasnews.com/2018-general/candidates/465/|archive-date=May 28, 2020}}</ref>  It was only the fourth time that Johnson had faced Democratic opposition.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-14gbMQftG0C&pg=PA89|title=Representing Texas|publisher=BookSurge Publishing|year=2007|last=Guttery|first=Ben R.|page=84|isbn=9781419678844}}</ref>

Johnson retained his seat, taking 62.5% of the vote, while Dodd received 34.9% and Claytor received 2.6%.<ref>{{cite news|title=County goes Democratic; Republicans hold state, national posts|url=https://starlocalmedia.com/mesquitenews/news/county-goes-democratic-republicans-hold-state-national-posts/article_31e02964-05d6-5174-959f-4cb8b4ae0033.html|first=Brian|last=Porter|date=November 14, 2006|access-date=May 28, 2020|newspaper=Mesquite News}}</ref>  However, this was by far less a margin of victory then in past years, when Johnson won by 80 percent or more.<ref name="Roll Call"/>