Johnson, Brent
AK
Brent Johnson is a nonpartisan certified candidate for Alaska State House District 6 in the 2026 primary election. His campaign site describes him as a lifelong district resident, commercial setnetter, and former Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly member who served as assembly president.
Where Johnson, Brent stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (5 records), Anti-Corruption (1 record), Public Safety and Crime Control (2 records),
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 5 support
Johnson prime-sponsored Ordinance 2024-14 to enact KPB Chapter 5.16 and levy a borough-wide excise tax on tobacco product distribution; the assembly defeated the motion to introduce it.
June 4, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: kpb.legistar.com · researched July 31, 2026
Johnson was a named co-sponsor of Resolution 2022-034, urging the State of Alaska and the North Pacific Fishery Management Council to adopt aggressive measures against commercial fishing bycatch in Alaska halibut and salmon fisheries; the assembly adopted it as amended.
May 17, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: kpb.legistar.com · researched July 31, 2026
Johnson prime-sponsored Ordinance 2021-35, which amended KPB 10.08 to ban smoking in every Kenai Peninsula Borough building and vehicle and added the violation to the minor offense penalty schedule; the assembly enacted it as amended.
October 12, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: kpb.legistar.com · researched July 31, 2026
Johnson prime-sponsored Ordinance 2021-15, amending KPB 21.18 Anadromous Waters Habitat Protection to carry out the recommendations of the borough work group that reviewed the chapter; the assembly enacted it.
May 4, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: kpb.legistar.com · researched July 31, 2026
Johnson was a named co-sponsor of Resolution 2015-011, which asked the North Pacific Fishery Management Council to cut halibut and salmon bycatch limits for the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska trawl fisheries; the assembly adopted it.
February 24, 2015Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: kpb.legistar.com · researched July 31, 2026
Track record — Anti-Corruption
Anti-Corruption · 1 support
Johnson was a named co-sponsor of Ordinance 2024-06, amending KPB Chapter 2.54 on public access to borough records and how the borough responds to records requests; the assembly enacted it.
April 16, 2024Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: kpb.legistar.com · researched July 31, 2026
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 2 support
Johnson was a named co-sponsor of Ordinance 2024-07, which amended borough code on civil trespass and the issuance of trespass orders; the assembly enacted it.
April 16, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: kpb.legistar.com · researched July 31, 2026
Johnson prime-sponsored Ordinance 2020-31, which expanded the Anchor Point Fire and Emergency Medical Service Area boundaries to take in the Ninilchik area; the assembly enacted it as amended.
July 7, 2020Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: kpb.legistar.com · researched July 31, 2026
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support
Johnson prime-sponsored Resolution 2023-069 asking the Governor of Alaska to proclaim the Upper Cook Inlet east side set net fishery an area hit by an economic disaster; the assembly adopted it.
October 24, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: kpb.legistar.com · researched July 31, 2026
Track record — Gun Control
Gun Control · 1 support
Johnson voted no on enacting Ordinance 2020-29, which declared the Kenai Peninsula Borough a Second Amendment Sanctuary and opposed legislation restricting Second Amendment rights; the assembly enacted it as amended over his objection on a 6-3 roll call.
July 7, 2020Supports Gun Control
Source: kpb.legistar.com · researched July 31, 2026
Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights
Women's Reproductive Rights · 1 support
Planned Parenthood's Alaska political arm endorsed Johnson in the House District 6 race, one of 33 Alaska candidates named on its 2026 slate after a questionnaire and interview screening.
July 22, 2026Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: alaskawatchman.com · researched July 31, 2026
Track record — Election Integrity
Election Integrity · 3 support
Johnson was a named co-sponsor of Ordinance 2023-15, which rewrote KPB Title 4 provisions on declared write-in candidates, the canvass of election returns, public notice and certification of election results; the assembly enacted it as amended.
August 1, 2023Supports Election Integrity
Source: kpb.legistar.com · researched July 31, 2026
Johnson voted yes to override the borough mayor's veto of Ordinance 2020-24, which amended KPB Title 4 to provide for vote-by-mail borough elections, lengthen the interval before a run-off and drop proposition statements; the override carried 6-3.
July 7, 2020Supports Election Integrity
Source: kpb.legistar.com · researched July 31, 2026
Co-sponsored an enacted Kenai Peninsula Borough ordinance setting residency rules for people running for borough office and spelling out how the borough clerk reviews and rules on their qualifications (Ordinance 2020-01).
February 25, 2020Supports Election Integrity
Source: kpb.legistar.com · researched July 31, 2026
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 support
Johnson prime-sponsored Ordinance 2016-32, which amended KPB 22.40.080 and 22.40.090 to replace the assembly's invocation with a moment of silence; the assembly defeated the motion to introduce it.
August 23, 2016Supports Civil Rights
Source: kpb.legistar.com · researched July 31, 2026
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 2 support
Johnson prime-sponsored Ordinance 2025-17 establishing the Ninilchik Recreational Service Area subject to voter approval; the assembly enacted it.
August 5, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: kpb.legistar.com · researched July 31, 2026
Johnson prime-sponsored Resolution 2023-012 supporting an Alaska Department of Transportation reconnaissance engineering study in Kasilof; the assembly adopted it.
February 7, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: kpb.legistar.com · researched July 31, 2026
Track record — General
General · 6 records
Johnson worked as a commercial set-net fisherman in Cook Inlet from 1962 onward, led the Kenai Peninsula Fishermen's Association as its president and sat on the board of the Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association.
March 30, 2026
Source: kdll.org · researched July 31, 2026
Sponsored a borough ordinance that adjusts the cap on taxable sales for inflation once every five years, if borough voters approve. The assembly passed it as amended on August 5, 2025 (Ordinance 2025-14).
August 5, 2025
Source: kpb.legistar.com · researched July 31, 2026
Johnson was serving his fourth term on the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly and held the office of Assembly President, presiding at the assembly's April 16, 2024 meeting in Seward.
April 19, 2024
Source: kdll.org · researched July 31, 2026
Johnson prime-sponsored Ordinance 2023-02, amending KPB 22.30.010 to redraw the borough's assembly and school board district boundaries; the assembly enacted it.
February 21, 2023
Source: kpb.legistar.com · researched July 31, 2026
Johnson prime-sponsored Ordinance 2022-08, amending KPB 5.12.116 to broaden the borough's economic development property tax exemption for independent power producers; the assembly enacted it.
May 17, 2022
Source: kpb.legistar.com · researched July 31, 2026
Johnson voted no on Ordinance 2016-09, which would have shifted the borough's seasonal sales tax exemption for non-prepared food items to run from October 1 to March 31; the assembly rejected it 2-7.
May 3, 2016
Source: kpb.legistar.com · researched July 31, 2026
Past race Johnson, Brent ran in:
- State House District 6 · August 18, 2026 · State House District 6; Alaska
Profile last researched July 6, 2026.