Constance N. Johnson

Constance Nevlin Johnson (born May 11, 1952) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. She served in the Oklahoma Senate, representing District 48, which encompasses portions of northeastern and northwestern Oklahoma County until 2014. She was first elected to the state senate in a special election in September 2005.

Johnson became the first African American woman nominated for a major statewide office in Oklahoma and the first woman US Senate nominee from Oklahoma of any party when she won the Democratic primary run-off of the 2014 U.S. Senate election. She ran for Governor of Oklahoma in 2018 and 2022, losing in the Democratic primary both times.

Johnson is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America. Provided by Wikipedia