Constance N. Johnson is the Oklahoma Senator representing District 48, which includes Oklahoma

Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

Oklahoma County is a county located in the central partof the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The population was 718,633 at the 2010 census. The county seat and principal city is Oklahoma City...

 County, since a special election in September 2005.

Biography

Constance Johnson was born in Holdenville, Oklahoma

Holdenville, Oklahoma

Holdenville is a city in Hughes County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 4,732 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Hughes County....

 in 1952. After graduating from Frederick A. Douglass High School in Oklahoma City she earned a bachelor's degree in French from the University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...

. After college she worked for the Oklahoma Community Action Director’s Association, the City of Oklahoma City, and as the personal assistant for the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.

Johnson worked for the Oklahoma State Senate as a legislative analyst from 1981 to 2005 when she won the Senate seat representing District 48 in a special election. She was re-elected in 2006.

Senate Committees

• Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government and Transportation
• General Government
• Health and Human Services
• Transportation
• Veterans and Military Affairs

External links

• Senator Constance N. Johnson - District 48 official State Senate website
• Project Vote Smart - Constance N. Johnson (OK) profile
• Follow the Money - Constance N. Johnson
  • 2008 2006 campaign contributions