Roger Johnson
Democratic · MO · Boone County Prosecuting Attorney
Boone County's elected prosecutor since 2023, with 20 years as a prosecutor, defense lawyer, and appeals lawyer, including time as an assistant state attorney general. Says he would listen carefully, follow the law, and treat everyone in court with dignity and fairness.
Where Roger Johnson stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (2 records)
Track record
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 2 support
Sent a letter urging the Columbia City Council to approve Flock license plate cameras. He said the cameras help police find stolen cars and suspects during an officer shortage.
September 30, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: komu.com
Told his prosecutors in a memo to send simple drug possession cases to treatment court. The memo also set tougher sentence goals for drug dealers, including at least eight years with no probation for selling fentanyl.
December 14, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: abc17news.com
Track record — General
General · 5 records
Sent a long public email defending his office's case results after University of Missouri System President Mun Choi called some sentences too lenient. He said judges set some of those sentences after defendants turned down his office's plea offers.
August 13, 2026
Source: abc17news.com
Started an internal review of how his office handled downtown Columbia weapons cases. The review also covered trespassing, peace disturbance, and misdemeanor assault cases across the county.
October 1, 2025
Source: krcgtv.com
Decided as special prosecutor not to charge two Callaway County deputies who shot and killed Jonathan Beason on Interstate 70. He found the deputies acted lawfully because body camera video showed Beason fired first.
December 19, 2024
Source: komu.com
Won election as Boone County prosecuting attorney with no opponent on the ballot. He got 41,150 votes, and write-in candidates got 398.
November 8, 2022
Source: boonemo.gov
Was picked by Boone County judges to lead the county prosecutor's office and was sworn in on Aug. 3, 2022. He had spent 12 years as an assistant prosecutor there.
August 3, 2022
Source: abc17news.com
Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 1 favorable
Filed the state's brief as an assistant attorney general asking the Missouri Supreme Court to uphold Scott McLaughlin's murder conviction and death sentence. A trial judge had set the death sentence after the jury could not agree on punishment.
December 18, 2007Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: courts.mo.gov
Past race Roger Johnson ran in:
- Associate Circuit Judge, Division 11, Boone County, Missouri · November 3, 2026 · Boone County, Missouri