Cliff Johnson
Liberal
Democrat
N/A
Mississippi
Current Position: Director of the MacArthur Justice Center at the University of Mississippi School of Law
Running For: House Representative - District 1
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- Against tax cuts for the wealthy that come at expense of healthcare for working families
Health Care
- Against healthcare fraud by large healthcare providers
Civil Rights
- For providing lawyers to poor defendants to end practice of jailing them without legal representation
Public Safety
- For criminal justice reform to address system that 'punishes the poor and makes us less safe'
- Against private prisons that exploit correctional officers
- Against debtors' prisons that jail poor people for unpaid misdemeanor fines
- For funding reentry and substance abuse programs to address root causes of crime and poverty