James L. Johnson, Jr.

James L. Johnson, Jr., of Gary, Indiana, is a self-described theologian and ordained reverend who has repeatedly sought public office as a write-in or independent candidate. He has run for U.S. Senate in 2012 and 2016, for U.S. House in Indiana's 1st Congressional District in 2014 and 2026, for Lake County (Indiana) sheriff in 2022, for mayor of Gary in 2023, and for president of the United States in 2020 and 2024. On the ballot he uses the nickname 'Prescription Dope Deaths Johnson' (he previously used 'Nala Baozun Scott Johnson Jr.'), and he founded his own religious organizations, including the Love Church and Synagogue Immanuel International Religion Government Academy Entities Inc.