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Cliff Johnson OppScore Rating: -1.61

Cliff Johnson is a Democrat House representative for Mississippi district 1 and holds an OppScore of -1.61. OppScore is a nonpartisan political rating system that scores politicians from -5.00 to +5.00 across the Five Points of Opportunity, using published voting records and public disclosures.

Cliff Johnson is the Democratic nominee for Mississippi's 1st Congressional District in the 2026 election. A civil rights attorney and director of the MacArthur Justice Center at the University of Mississippi School of Law, he won the Democratic primary against Kelvin Buck. Johnson focuses on affordability, healthcare access, and criminal justice reform.

Cliff Johnson rating summary

• Party: Democrat
• Office: House
• State: Mississippi
• District: 1
• OppScore: -1.61 on a -5.00 to +5.00 scale
• Score basis: Partial record, documented on 17 of 44 scored questions

What is on this profile

• Five Points of Opportunity score breakdown
• Voting record and legislative history
• Campaign finance and donor disclosures
• Dirt Alerts and accountability reporting
• Score trend over time

Primary sources

• Ballotpedia profile

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