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2026 Mississippi U.S. House — District 1 — General Election · November 3, 2026
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Mississippi Secretary of State — Candidate Qualifying List
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Office: U.S. House District 1
Name: Cliff Johnson
Party: Democratic
General Election: November 3, 2026
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FEC committee ID: C00922039
FEC committee name: CLIFF JOHNSON FOR CONGRESS
Published email: [email protected]
Published website: https://www.cliffjohnsonforcongress.com/
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A graduate of Mississippi College and the Columbia University School of Law, Cliff has spent his career standing up to people who abuse their power. He worked at the Department of Justice in Mississippi, where he coordinated the Government's response to health care fraud enforcement and received the Integrity Award from the United States Department of Health and Human Services for his work handling fraud cases against large health care providers. After his time at DOJ, he founded a law firm that represented workers taken advantage of by their employers and filed whistleblower cases throughout the country, protecting vital federal programs from those cheating the system.
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A graduate of Mississippi College and the Columbia University School of Law, Cliff has spent his career standing up to people who abuse their power. He worked at the Department of Justice in Mississippi, where he coordinated the Government's response to health care fraud enforcement and received the Integrity Award from the United States Department of Health and Human Services for his work handling fraud cases against large health care providers. After his time at DOJ, he founded a law firm that represented workers taken advantage of by their employers and filed whistleblower cases throughout the country, protecting vital federal programs from those cheating the system.
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Now, at the MacArthur Justice Center at the University of Mississippi Law School, Cliff works to reform a broken criminal legal system that punishes the poor and too often makes us less safe. He's shut down debtors’ prisons where poor people have been jailed illegally because they simply cannot afford the misdemeanor fines, successfully fought to end the unconstitutional practice of locking poor Mississippians up for months and years without a lawyer, and took on a private prison on behalf of hundreds of correctional officers forced to clock out but go back to work without pay.
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Now, at the MacArthur Justice Center at the University of Mississippi Law School, Cliff works to reform a broken criminal legal system that punishes the poor and too often makes us less safe. He's shut down debtors’ prisons where poor people have been jailed illegally because they simply cannot afford the misdemeanor fines, successfully fought to end the unconstitutional practice of locking poor Mississippians up for months and years without a lawyer, and took on a private prison on behalf of hundreds of correctional officers forced to clock out but go back to work without pay.
Cliff knows that if we’re honest about what is happening in America today, we have to admit that core Mississippi values have been forgotten by politicians in Washington DC. They are more interested in dividing us with policy that punishes Mississippi families, than living the values we were all taught.
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Cliff knows that if we’re honest about what is happening in America today, we have to admit that core Mississippi values have been forgotten by politicians in Washington DC. They are more interested in dividing us with policy that punishes Mississippi families, than living the values we were all taught.
Protect and expand affordable healthcare
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Protect and expand affordable healthcare
Over the last few months, DC politicians have slashed health care from middle and working class families to fund tax cuts for the wealthy. They’ve continued to watch as hard working families work 2 and 3 jobs, while still living in poverty, even as big corporations make record profits. They continue to watch on as a broken criminal justice system locks up more of our people than any nation – disproportionately the poor and people of color, while refusing to fund reentry and substance abuse programs to actually get at the core causes of crime and poverty.
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Over the last few months, DC politicians have slashed health care from middle and working class families to fund tax cuts for the wealthy. They’ve continued to watch as hard working families work 2 and 3 jobs, while still living in poverty, even as big corporations make record profits. They continue to watch on as a broken criminal justice system locks up more of our people than any nation – disproportionately the poor and people of color, while refusing to fund reentry and substance abuse programs to actually get at the core causes of crime and poverty.
Ensure that North Mississippi gets its fair share of federal dollars for economic development, infrastructure, and struggling Mississippi schools
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Ensure that North Mississippi gets its fair share of federal dollars for economic development, infrastructure, and struggling Mississippi schools
Cliff isn’t afraid to speak truth to power on these issues because he’s been doing it his whole life. He knows that everyone in Washington DC is at fault because too many D.C. politicians are more interested in maintaining the status quo than living the values we all know will lift up families and give every hard working Mississippian the shot they deserve in life.
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Cliff isn’t afraid to speak truth to power on these issues because he’s been doing it his whole life. He knows that everyone in Washington DC is at fault because too many D.C. politicians are more interested in maintaining the status quo than living the values we all know will lift up families and give every hard working Mississippian the shot they deserve in life.
Fight a rigged political system where only corporations and wealthy donors have a voice and politicians don’t show up to speak with local voters
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Fight a rigged political system where only corporations and wealthy donors have a voice and politicians don’t show up to speak with local voters
Preserve the core rights promised to all Americans– especially the right to have your vote count
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Preserve the core rights promised to all Americans– especially the right to have your vote count
Combat inflation and the policies that are driving up costs for all Mississippians
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Combat inflation and the policies that are driving up costs for all Mississippians
Combat inflation and policies the candidate says are increasing costs for Mississippi households.
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Protect and expand access to affordable health care.
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Secure a fair share of federal economic-development funding for North Mississippi.
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Secure a fair share of federal infrastructure funding for North Mississippi.
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Secure additional federal resources for struggling Mississippi schools.
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Reduce the influence of corporations and wealthy donors in the political system.
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Protect voting rights, including the right to have each lawful vote counted.
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Support legislation prohibiting members of Congress from trading individual stocks while in office.
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Crack down on undisclosed political spending by dark-money groups.
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Fund reentry programs that address the causes of crime and poverty.
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Fund substance-abuse programs as part of a strategy to address crime and poverty.
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FEC candidate totals October 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026.
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Candidate ID: H6MS01313
Name: JOHNSON, CLIFF
Office: House
State: MS
District: MS01
Coverage start: 2025-10-01
Coverage end: 2026-06-30
Total receipts: $551243.42
Total disbursements: $401598.52
Cash on hand: $149644.90
Debts owed by committee: $0.00
Candidate contributions: $21868.76
Loans made by candidate: $0.00
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