Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 8 ga Afrilu, 2014, Johnson ta sanar da cewa tana takara a zaben Majalisar Dattawa na musamman na 2014 a Oklahoma. Johnson ya fuskanci Patrick Hayes da kuma dan takarar Jim Rogers. Johnson ya gama na farko a cikin Democratic primary tare da rinjaye, kuma ya fuskanci Rogers a zaben zagaye na biyu. Rogers yana da fa'ida tare da sanin sunan da ke zuwa zaben zagaye na biyu, bayan ya bayyana sau da yawa a kuri'un a Oklahoma. Johnson, bayan da ya shafe shekaru 8 a Majalisar Dattawa ta Jihar Oklahoma a matsayin mai sukar 'yan Republican, ya sami damar samun kwararrun ma'aikatan yakin neman zabe don tabbatar da nasarar zaben zabe. Rikici daga baya zai kewaye da shari'ar nasara tare da memba na ma'aikatan Johnson Rico Smith. Smith ya shigar da kara inda ya yi ikirarin cewa Johnson bai biya shi yadda ya kamata ba bisa ga kwangilar da ma'aikatan yakin neman zaben Johnson suka sanya hannu. Kotun ta goyi bayan wannan karar. Manajan kamfen Bailey Perkins, wanda Colletta Harper ya gaje shi, tare da Daraktan Sadarwa James Cooper, dan jarida da farfesa na Oklahoma City, da Daraktan Siyasa David Roberts, tsohon jami'in siyasa kuma tsohon Obama na 2008 na Amurka
ma'aikacin ya kammala tsarin kungiya. Sanarwar sunan Rogers ba ta yi komai ba don yaƙar ƙaruwar sanannen Johnson da ƙungiyar kamfen. Johnson ya lashe zaben zagaye na biyu, inda ya kayar da Rogers da kashi 14 cikin dari, don fuskantar Rep. James Lankford a yakin neman zabe. Johnson ya rasa zaben na wa'adin Tom Coburn da ya rage ga James Lankford, da tazarar 237,923 29.0% ga Lankford na 557,002, 67.9%, tare da dan takara mai zaman kansa Mark Beard ya tattara kuri'u 25,965, 3.2% na jimlar. Oklahoma ta kasance mafi ƙarancin masu jefa ƙuri'a a cikin ƙasar a cikin zaɓen tsakiyar shekara ta 2014 tare da kashi 29% na masu jefa ƙuri'a da suka yi rajista da jefa ƙuri'a.