Ed Johnson announces he is a Republican candidate for Okmulgee County Assessor. An Okmulgee resident, Johnson was born in Sapulpa, the youngest of seven children. At the age of two, his family moved to California where he grew up in Cucamonga.

In 1977, he met his wife, Janette. Three years later, the couple married and moved to Orange County, just four miles from the beach.

Their first daughter was born in 1985 and their second daughter was born in 1987.

The family then moved to Riverside.

“Having spent many summers as a child and vacations as an adult here in Okmulgee, when the opportunity came for our family to leave California in 1996, the obvious choice was to move here to raise our two children and now our four grandchildren here in a small town,” Johnson said.

Johnson and his family are active members of Crosstown Pentecostal Holiness Church where he has served in various ministries within the church for the past 20 years.

Both he and his wife as well as their oldest granddaughter, Dailyn, are members of the Christian Motorcycle Association’s Okmulgee Chapter. They serve as officers. Janette has been the treasurer for the past three years. Dailyn is the Vice President of the Youth Group. Johnson has served as Road Captain for four years.

“This gives us the opportunity to serve the county of Okmulgee in many different areas,” Johnson said.

In 2006, he went to work for the Okmulgee County Assessor’s office, where he achieved accreditation and advanced accreditation through Oklahoma State University Local Government and Technologies. He also maintained these accreditations through continued education through the Oklahoma Tax Commission and OSU Local Government Technology.

“My position as Field Deputy requires me to visually inspect properties in the county and measure new improvements. I also remove old structures which have been torn down or damaged. I enter and draw this information in our state computer programs,” Johnson said.

He believes that with his 12 years experience in the assessor’s office and a working knowledge of our state programs and mapping system, gives him the qualifications for the position as assessor.

“Also, I have many years managerial and supervisory experience ranging from the oil field, the beverage industry, retail to the gaming industry.

“I feel there are changes that can be made to this office that would be more accommodating to the taxpayer and make it easier for the staff to serve the taxpayers of the county and hopefully save the taxpayer some money,” Johnson said.

He feels that after having lived in other places, he chose Okmulgee County not only as a place to live, but a place where his family wanted to be.

“Jesus told his disciples he came not to be served but to serve. And I would appreciate the opportunity to serve Okmulgee County as your next County Assessor,” Johnson concluded.