Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Johnson akawana kuzivikanwa kwenyika yose muna 2009, apo pazera remakore 105, akapinda mhemberero yokugadzwa kwaPurezidhendi Barack Obama
MuWashington D.C. Akafukidzwa muhomwe yokurara uye zvipfeko zvinorema kuti azvidzivirire pamhepo inotonhora, Johnson akapinda mhemberero yokugadzwa aine tikiti rakagoverwa naOhio U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown. Muhurukuro dzinoverengeka, Johnson akati pamusoro paMutungamiri Obama, "Ndakamuwana achifadza zvikuru uye akajeka" uye akafanotaura mutungamiri weAmerica wechikadzi wenguva yemberi: "Mwari haazopi varume veAfrica-America zvaasingapi vakadzi".