Byline: Steven Monacelli After nearly three decades of serving as the House Representative for Texas’s 30th congressional district, which includes large swaths of South Dallas, Eddie Bernice Johnson announced her plans to retire on November 20. “As of January [2022], I will step down,” Johnson said during an event in Dallas. 'I will retire, and let me assure you that I will also recommend to you whom I feel is the best to follow me.' Johnson got her start in politics in the Texas state house, where she was elected in 1972 as the first Black woman to win electoral
