Andrew Johnson

Johnson described three categories into which he divides his workflow: ward, city, and enterprise. He considers ward work to be specific to concerns of residents and businesses of the 12th Ward, such as stop sign placement or library hours. City work includes citywide efforts like transportation projects (such as the Metro Green Line Extension) or environmental ordinances, and Johnson considers enterprise work to be any that improves the efficiency and accessibility of city government. These efforts have led to lowering licensing fees for second-hand shops, making it more accessible for businessowners to have murals on their buildings, eliminating an ordinance banning patrons from wearing hats in movie theaters. During his first term, he has also authored an ordinance to clarify Minneapolis's rules on pets and wildlife, including making urban chicken coops more accessible, permitting the ownership of reptiles, and instituting a no-kill policy for the city's animal control agency. He led an effort to end the city of Minneapolis's IT services contract with Unisys at an annual savings of $3 million to the city and introduced language eliminating the requirement for single-use restrooms in city businesses to be designated either female or male, allowing instead for gender neutral single-use bathrooms.

Johnson decided not to run for reelection in the 2023 city council elections, saying that he "always [had] looked at public service as something that you do temporarily".

Personal life Johnson married Sara Vine in June 2016.

Minneapolis City Council Ward 12 election, 2013 Political party/principle Candidate % 1st Choice Round 1 DFL Andrew Johnson 54.33 4,553 DFL Ben Gisselman 17.04 1,428 Independent Charlie Casserly 13.79 1,156 Green Party of Minnesota Chris Lautenschlager 10.93 916 DFL Dick Franson 3.51 294 N/A Write-ins 0.41 34 Maximum possible threshold 4,372 Valid votes 8,381 Undervotes 360 Overvotes 1 Turnout 39.54% 8,742 Registered voters 22,108