Politics & Government

Hank Johnson on 'Most Influential Georgians' List

U.S. Representative makes it to Georgia Trend's annual list.

Hank Johnson, now serving his fourth term as U.S. Representative for the Fourth Congressional District - which includes some of Tucker - has been named to Georgia Trend magazine's 2013 list of Most Influential Georgians.

Subtitled Georgia's Power List, it features the state's "most powerful and influential citizens who affect the lives and livelihoods of all Georgians." 

Johnson, a Democrat, is a member of the House Committee on the Judiciary and chaired the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy that is responsible for antitrust legislation and for overseeing federal courts.

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“I’m humbled to be mentioned in the same breath as my fellow awardees,” Johnson, 58, said in a statement. “Serving the people of the Fourth District is a singular honor. As long as I’m in office, I will give citizens of the Fourth everything I’ve got.”

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