Democratic member of the Texas State Senate for District 16 (Dallas) since January 2019, a lawyer and mediator, and the Democratic nominee for Texas Attorney General in the November 2026 election.
Case
Networked automated license-plate cameras can assemble searchable records of vehicle movements. Candidates and officials disagree over whether to ban the systems, keep them with limits, or defend them as investigative tools. This tracker separates outright bans from narrower restrictions.
Case
Tarrant County approved 92 fewer Election Day polling sites for 2026 than in 2022. Compare Richardson's election-rigging accusation with Wren's account of the county's rationale and countywide vote-center rules.
Role at the time: 2026 Democratic candidate for Texas attorney general
Statement summary
Nathan Johnson said Flock cameras can help police but called for slowing deployment until Texas has stronger legal controls over access and sharing.
“I don't think that they have been deployed responsibly.”
The reference point is whether networked license-plate reader systems such as Flock should exist and be used. Johnson said the cameras have not been deployed responsibly and called for slowing deployment until Texas has stronger legal controls over access and sharing. Allowing the cameras after a pause and with controls fits Mixed or conditional.
Role at the time: Texas state senator (District 16) and Democratic nominee for attorney general
Response to this claim
Tarrant County commissioners' reduction of 2026 polling places was an attempt to rig the election.
“We have not heard a remotely convincing argument that this reduction of polling locations serves any purpose other than to make it more difficult to vote. While County officials say this saves resources, to close polling places seven weeks out from a midterm election, in the county where voter participation is surging, does not read as a budget decision.”
Johnson rejects the cost rationale and says the only apparent purpose is to make voting harder, which condemns the decision and attributes an improper purpose that remains contested.
Statement dates: September 2, 2026 to September 20, 2026
Statement dates: September 20, 2026
Statement dates: September 20, 2026
Statement dates: September 20, 2026
Statement dates: September 2, 2026
