Sheldon Johnson, Jr. (Johnsonverse)

Sheldon Robert Johnson, Jr. (b. June 24, 1963) is an American activist, philanthropist, and politician. He was the CEO of Johnson Industries from October 11, 1991 to December 30, 2009, at which point his son Tim Johnson took over. He was the 39th Governor of California from January 3, 2011 to January 7, 2019, succeeding Arnold Schwarzenegger, and is running for President in the 2020 Democratic primaries; experts and strategists alike have predicted that Johnson will win the primaries and the election (both the popular and electoral vote). In 2015, Forbes Magazine ranked him as the richest person in the world, with a net worth of approximately $132.5 billion. His father, Sheldon Johnson, was CEO of Johnson Industries from 1967 to 1981, and ran for President in 1984, 1988 and 1992.

Johnson was also an actor, producer, director, and writer, beginning his acting career in the 1970s with the 1977 film adaptation of Richie Rich as Reggie van Dough, which won him a Juvenile Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1978. His debut as an author was the 1980 bestselling science-fiction novel Hotter Than the Sun!, which won him the 1981 Pulitizer Prize and acclaim. His directorial debut was 1983's smash hit Return of the Jedi, which he also wrote, and won an Oscar and Emmy for Best Director in 1984.

Early Life
At an early age, Johnson had a keen eye for politics; at five he memorized the names of every American President up until then, and the first seven amendments of the Constitution. His lifelong dream was to run for President; while he was CEO of Johnson Industries, Johnson studied American history and read copies of American documents, including the Bill of Rights, in his spare time.

Johnson married Tammy Jo Chalke on July 30, 1990; the wedding occurred without Phil Stacker's permission, and as Johnson family members were banned from all Johnson properties at the time for the frivolous accusation of harassment, all involved had to sneak into the studio, hold the ceremony quickly, and get out before Stacker called the SJPD. Several guests were arrested for trespassing, which ultimately spurred the Johnson family to speed up their effort on buying up the company's increasingly undervalued stock to regain control of the company, which they ultimately did on October 10, 1991.

Johnson Industries
After Stacker and Associates CEO Phil Stacker resigned from Johnson Industries on October 10, 1991, Johnson assumed control of the company. Under his reign, Johnson bought many companies, including PrimeStar, Yahoo!, YouTube, and Dog n Suds, and oversaw Monster World, the EarthBound movie series, and Detective Jenny. Johnson is often cited as "the greatest CEO in Johnson history", though Tim quickly became a contender for that title within two years of taking over.

Johnson hosted The Casino of Luck from its 1998 debut until 2010, and was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1999.

Personal Life
Johnson has been married to Tammy Jo Johnson since July 30, 1990. They have four children, Timothy Daniel "Tim" and Chloe Elizabeth (b. July 9, 1995), James Walker (b. May 19, 1998), and Jaya Leigh (b. August 7, 2007). He has five brothers: William Kerry "Bill" (b. June 29, 1965), Oliver James "Olly" (b. January 30, 1969), Kenneth Jeffery (b. March 1, 1972), Mark Lawrence (b. July 8, 1980), and Craig Vincent (b. October 5, 1968), and three sisters: Linda Anne (b. December 31, 1963, five minutes younger than Sheldon), Olympia Destiny (b. January 30, 1969, eight seconds older than Olly), and Ashley Nicole (b. August 1, 1979). He also has four grandchildren, Isabella Addison and Richard Timothy (b. November 2014) and James Sheldon (b. June 21, 2016) from Tim, and James Walker Johnson, Jr. (b. March 17, 2018), from James.

Politics
Just like all of his predecessors at Johnson Industries, Johnson is highly liberal, a member of the Democratic Party, ran for President in 2000 with Linda Anne Johnson as his Vice President (his wife Tammy Jo ran the company from August 1, 1999, when the campaign was announced, to August 18, 2000; Johnson himself lost the nomination by only one vote in his campaign, and assured his supporters that he would open the door for a future Presidential run "maybe in 20 years, who knows."), and is running for the Democratic presidential nomination again in 2020 on a platform of making "hardcore" improvements to America, with Craig Johnson as his Vice President. Johnson has said that he began considering a second presidential run following Hillary Clinton's surprise defeat by Republican nominee Donald Trump in the 2016 election. Already, polls are stating that around 97% of Americans would vote for him due to his success and fame. Despite this, Trump himself has been quoted as saying on his Twitter account, "I assure you, I have a far better chance of winning the 2020 Election than Sheldon Johnson, Jr. and the Dems. They will definitely be crushed by me and the Republicans in 2020, no question about it. Johnson's just made the biggest mistake of his life". Johnson rebutted in a speech at Sioux City, SD on September 12, 2018, to which the crowd applauded and cheered. On June 15, 2018, at 8:35 PM, he submitted an FEC Form 2 in compliance with the Federal Election Campaign Act. Johnson has been cited as the de-facto leader of the Democratic Party after Hillary Clinton's loss in the 2016 election, and his age (57 on inauguration day) has been cited as Johnson "bringing a fresh face to the party".

Johnson believes that the Democratic Party needs to be a big tent. He intends to appeal to voters that are dissatisfied with the increasingly radicalized stances which both parties have adopted. In addition, Johnson has promised that, if elected president, he will bring unity to a confused and divided nation. Among other things, his platform will illegalize smoking and dismantle the tobacco industry, as he has been quoted saying said industry killed great people such as Walt Disney, Bill Cullen, and George Harrison, causing criticism from the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, which notoriously tried to defend the industry by saying, "Our products never did anything to our customers, who we care for deeply. We love them", illegalize loot boxes, referring to them as "methods of exploiting gambling addictions for the companies' selfish profit gain", legalize abortion, roll back Trump's travel ban on Muslims, crack down on state-sponsored terrorism, roll back Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and split Jerusalem into two, try to get back in the Iran nuclear deal, illegalize racial profiling and excessive use of force, abolish the Electoral College, on the grounds that "it's too outdated, complicated, susceptible to corruption, bribery, and hacking, majority deserves to rule, and if not for the College, Al Gore would be our 43rd President", reduce the list of deporting immigrants to members of violent gangs and other criminals, commission a new class of battleships to fill the roles of heavy shore bombardment, port raiding, and commerce raiding (tentatively called the California-class, with six ships), heavily crack down on actual fake news and Russian bots, crack down on terrorists buying guns, including forcing every American gun store to use a "do not allow" list containing American criminals, create a standard for expiration dates on food and drink, renationalize student loans and dismantle the Sallie Mae company, end the decency standard on art, fight political correctness, heavily tax the fossil fuel industry and begin moving towards clean energy sources and synthetic substitutes for coal and oil, root out corporate lobbyists and make such a practice illegal, and curb the influence of the automobile and airline lobbies in Congress (conservatives have criticized the latter, stating Johnson is only doing so to benefit Continental Rail). Johnson also plans to repeal the Patriot Act, stating, "In the government's mind, every citizen, even the most patriotic, myself included, is a potential terrorist planning to bring down America and everything American in order to impose their own will on the people". Johnson also promises to build a Tower of Freedom in New York, as a tribute to all the people who were influential to American culture, and as a complete museum of American history, with statues of Abraham Lincoln, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Thomas Jefferson, Ronald Reagan, and other famous American figures such as Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Walt Disney, Neil Armstrong, Steve Jobs, Martin Luther King Jr., Susan B. Anthony, the Wright brothers, Frank Sinatra, Dale Earnhardt, Stanley Kubrick, and Hirohito, Last Emperor of Japan, among others, topped with a statue of George Washington. Finally, Johnson has said he will finish the Mount Rushmore monument as originally planned by Gutzon Borglum, along with the additions of Ronald Reagan and Harriet Tubman.

His favorite Presidents include George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, Theodore Roosevelt, and Barack Obama. He also believes that Americans "no longer know how to be decent citizens", and intends to "do something about it".

Governor of California
On May 1, 2010, Johnson announced his intentions to run for Governor of California in 2011 with Phil Stacker as his Lieutenant Governor. Critics thought Johnson would not win unless he "pulled a (Tonya) Harding" and use vicious tactics against the person ahead of him. However, his vow to run a positive campaign and refusal to stoop to dirty tricks, coupled with his fame, were factors that led to him being nominated over Jerry Brown, who was also the 34th Governor, and then elected over Meg Whitman. He got reelected for a second term in 2014.

Under Johnson, California saw an uptick in jobs and housing, a mass tax cut, a downturn in crime, a decrease in pollution, and a rise in economic growth. His approval rating among Californians is 99% as of November 2018, the highest of any United States governor. Despite this, some conservatives, notably Rush Limbaugh and Pat Robertson, have criticized Johnson's left-wing policies, calling them "foolish and crazy". In response to this, Tim gave a very short, very blunt statement to Limbaugh on MySpace: "F*ck off". Johnson has stated that, once his term is up, he will boost his presidential campaign efforts and visit more major cities.

With the end of his term, Johnson endorsed eventual winner Gavin Newsom in the 2018 California governor elections.