The landslide win raises hopes for a constructive city council. With all precincts reporting and all votes counted, Johnson won 77.3% of the 21,696 votes cast.
Houston, the fourth largest U.S. city, will have a runoff election between longtime Democratic State Senator John Whitmire and Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee
Yusef Salaam was one of five Black and Latino teens who were wrongly imprisoned for raping a jogger in 1989 before their convictions were overturned in 2002.
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, who's challenging incumbent Gov. Andy Beshear, is trying to turn the gubernatorial race into a referendum on national politics.
National Democrats are increasingly convinced Mississippi incumbent Gov. Tate Reeves is vulnerable. They've poured millions to help his challenger, Brandon Presley.
One of the most closely-watched races this cycle is in Kentucky. Incumbent Andy Beshear is a blue governor in a red state, running in a race where national politics has been made a primary issue.