Cliff Johnson campaigns for transparency and accountability
Editor’s Note: This story is part of a series featuring candidates for the 2026 U.S. Senate and House of Representatives elections in Mississippi. Cliff Johnson will participate in the general election in November.
Cliff Johnson, the Democratic nominee for Mississippi’s 1st Congressional District election in November, attracted national attention to the North Mississippi race when Joseph Kennedy III, the former Massachusetts congressman and grandson of 64th U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, hosted a fundraiser for Johnson at Big Bad Breakfast in Oxford on Friday, April 17 .
“(Johnson) has deep roots in Mississippi and is a very talented guy,” Kennedy said. “Candidates that are willing to step forward and try to channel the energy from global grassroots organizations are in a good race.”
Johnson, a clinical professor of law instruction at the University of Mississippi School of Law, said he is running on a platform for all Mississippians.
“I am committed, first and foremost, to r…