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Public disputes concerning the 2026 U.S. midterm election cycle, including campaigns, candidates, conventions, advertising, endorsements, and election-related policy promises.
Counts show individual statements. They do not assign an overall position.
2 statements on this page. Dates: September 2, 2026 to September 20, 2026
2 matching statements. Dates: September 2, 2026 to September 20, 2026
2 published statements. Dates: September 2, 2026 to September 20, 2026
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.”
Candidate interviews with Nathan Johnson and Mayes Middleton
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)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.”
Campaign press release from Texas state Sen. Nathan Johnson, the Democratic nominee for attorney general, responding to the Tarrant County Commissioners Court's vote to reduce the number of Election Day polling locations by 92 compared with the 2022 midterms.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)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.
