Mushure mekunge mushandirapamwe waDean wapera, Johnson akabatana nevamwe vatatu vevashandi veDean for America (Ben Self, Jascha Franklin-Hodge, naJoe Rospars), kuti vatange Blue State Digital, kambani inopa tekinoroji uye zano repamhepo remakambani eDemocratic, kusanganisira 2008 Barack Obama Presidential Campaign
. Muna 2006, Blue State Digital yakanga iri imwe ye Fast Company's Fast 50. Muna 2007, Johnson "akakumbirwa kusiya" kambani nekuda kwematambudziko nedzimwe nhengo dzekubatana.