You may remember the Eddie Murphy movie called The Distinguished Gentleman (1992) in which Murphy plays a Florida con man who happens to share the same name of the recently deceased Congressman from his district--Thomas Jefferson Johnson.  The Eddie Murphy character decides to run for Congress.  For the rest of that story, you will have to rent the video.

Here in North Texas, life imitates art as two Johnsons square off against one another in the March Republican primary race for the 3rd Congressional district.  Bob Johnson, a database consultant who ran for Congress as a Libertarian in Florida in 2004, has filed to run against the incumbent Sam Johnson.  The challenger is critical of the incumbent's support for  the war in Iraq and blames Republicans like Rep. Sam Johnson for voting to increase federal spending.  Since winning election in 1991, Rep. Sam Johnson has not faced any serious opposition in either the primary or the general election.  It will be interesting to see if it will be any different this year in the Johnson vs. Johnson race for Congress.

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