Editing Kevin Johnson (basketball)

{{Short description|American basketball player and politician (born 1966)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name            = Kevin Johnson
|image           = Kevin Johnson, Mayor of Sacramento, CA, skyline of Sacramento.jpg
|alt             = Johnson smiling
|office          = 55th [[List of mayors of Sacramento, California|Mayor of Sacramento]]
|term_start      = December 2, 2008
|term_end        = December 13, 2016
|predecessor     = [[Heather Fargo]]
|successor       = [[Darrell Steinberg]]
| office2             = 72nd [[President of the United States Conference of Mayors]]
| term_start2         = 2014
| term_end2           = 2015
| Deputy2             = 
| predecessor2        = [[Scott Smith (Arizona politician)|Scott Smith]]
| successor2          = [[Stephanie Rawlings-Blake]]
|birth_name      = Kevin Maurice Johnson
|birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1966|3|4}}
|birth_place     = [[Sacramento, California]], U.S.
|death_date      = 
|death_place     = 
|party           = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|spouse          = {{marriage|[[Michelle Rhee]]|2011}}
|alma_mater      = [[University of California, Berkeley]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}}
|module          = {{Infobox basketball biography
|embed           = yes
|height_ft       = 6
|height_in       = 1
|weight_lbs      = 190
|highschool      = [[Sacramento Charter High School|Sacramento]]<br />(Sacramento, California)
|college         = [[California Golden Bears men's basketball|California]] (1983–1987)
|draft_year      = 1987
|draft_round     = 1
|draft_pick      = 7
|draft_team      = [[Cleveland Cavaliers]]
|career_start    = 1987
|career_end      = 1998, 2000
|career_position = [[Point guard]]
|career_number   = 11, 7
|years1          = {{nbay|1987|full=y}}
|team1           = [[Cleveland Cavaliers]]
|years2          = {{nbay|1987|end}}–{{nbay|1997|end}}; {{nbay|1999|end}}
|team2           = [[Phoenix Suns]]
|highlights      = 
* 3× [[List of NBA All-Stars|NBA All-Star]] ({{nasg|1990}}, {{nasg|1991}}, {{nasg|1994}})
* 4× [[All-NBA Team|All-NBA Second Team]] ({{nbay|1988|end}}–{{nbay|1990|end}}, {{nbay|1993|end}})
* [[All-NBA Team|All-NBA Third Team]] ({{nbay|1991|end}})
* [[NBA Most Improved Player Award|NBA Most Improved Player]] ({{nbay|1988|end}})
* No. 7 [[Phoenix Suns#Ring of Honor and retired numbers|retired by Phoenix Suns]]
* 2× First-team [[List of All-Pac-12 Conference men's basketball teams|All-Pac-10]] (1986, 1987)
* No. 11 [[California Golden Bears men's basketball#Retired numbers|retired by California Golden Bears]]
|stats_league    = NBA
|stat1label      = [[Point (basketball)|Points]]
|stat1value      = 13,127 (17.9 ppg)
|stat2label      = [[Assist (basketball)|Assists]]
|stat2value      = 6,711 (9.1 apg)
|stat3label      = [[Steal (basketball)|Steals]]
|stat3value      = 1,082 (1.5 spg)
|bbr             = johnske02
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}}

'''Kevin Maurice Johnson''' (born March 4, 1966) is an American former professional basketball player and politician who served as the 55th [[List of mayors of Sacramento, California|mayor of Sacramento, California]] from 2008 to 2016. Elected in 2008 and re-elected in 2012, Johnson is the [[List of African American firsts|first African American]] to serve as mayor of [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]].<ref>{{Cite web |agency=Associated Press |title=Election-night wins for Kevin Johnson, Heath Shuler, Sam Wyche; loss for Joe Mesi |url=http://www.espn.com/espn/news/story?id=3683217 |work=ESPN |date=November 5, 2008 |access-date=May 21, 2019}}</ref><!--Author listed as Fred Lief in previous revisions, but is not mentioned in new article--> Before entering politics, Johnson was a professional [[basketball]] player in the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA).

After a stint with the  [[Cleveland Cavaliers]] during a portion of his rookie year, the [[point guard]] played as a member of the [[Phoenix Suns]] for the remainder of his NBA career.

During his 12-year playing career, Johnson was a three-time [[NBA All-Star]] as well as four-time second team [[All-NBA]] selection and held numerous records for the Phoenix Suns organization.<ref name="basketball-reference.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/johnske02.html|title=Kevin Johnson|publisher=Sports Reference LLC.|access-date=January 20, 2009|archive-date=February 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110224201525/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/johnske02.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> At the [[University of California, Berkeley]], Johnson was named a two-time [[List of All-Pac-12 Conference men's basketball teams|All-Pac-10 Conference]] player and an honorable-mention [[All-American]] by the [[Associated Press]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:SFCB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0EB4EF462938C214&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420|title=Sports Digest|access-date=January 20, 2009|date=May 19, 1987|publisher=[[Newbank]]|work=San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:SJMB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0EB728092E2B326F&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420|title=Berry No. 1 On AP All-America Team|access-date=January 20, 2009|date=March 11, 1986|publisher=[[Newsbank]]|work=[[San Jose Mercury News]]}}</ref>

Johnson holds a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in [[political science]] from U.C. Berkeley that he completed after his initial retirement from the NBA. Since founding St. HOPE in 1989, Johnson has been active in education reform. As Mayor of Sacramento, Johnson launched two education initiatives: Stand UP and Sacramento READS!, to benefit students in Sacramento. Johnson also helped to deter the [[Sacramento Kings]] basketball team from moving to Anaheim, and, later, to Seattle, Washington.

==Early life==
Johnson, the son of Georgia West and Lawrence Johnson, was born March 4, 1966, in Sacramento. After his father died in a boating accident when he was three, Johnson was raised by his grandparents, the Peat family. He attended [[Sacramento High School]], where he starred in both baseball and basketball. In his senior year, Johnson led the state of California in scoring (32.5 ppg) and was named the Northern California Player of the Year.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.nba.com/suns/news/00382488.html|title=Kevin Johnson: The Spirit of Giving|author=Jeramie McPeek|website=[[NBA.com]]|date=December 1, 1995}}</ref>

==Basketball career==

===University of California===
Johnson accepted a scholarship to play basketball for the [[University of California, Berkeley]]. As a four-year starter, Johnson ended his college career in 1987 as the school's all-time leader in assists (since eclipsed by [[Jason Kidd]]), steals, and scoring (since eclipsed by [[Lamond Murray]], [[Sean Lampley]], [[Patrick Christopher]], [[Joe Shipp (basketball)|Joe Shipp]] and [[Jerome Randle]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.calbears.com/documents/2016/11/11/2016_Cal_Info_GUide.pdf|title = 2016 MBB Record Book}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://igs.berkeley.edu/people/nac/johnson.html|title=Kevin Johnson|date=August 16, 2012|publisher= IGS National Advisory Council}}</ref> Johnson was named to the [[List of All-Pacific-12 Conference men's basketball teams|Pac-10's All-Conference]] First Team in his junior and senior seasons, averaging 17.2 points and 5 assists in his final year. He led Cal to the program's first post-season appearances in 26 seasons with NIT bids in 1986 and 1987 and was the first player in the [[Pac-10 Conference]] to post a [[triple-double]].<ref name="calbears.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/johnson_kevin00.html. |title=Kevin Johnson Profile |publisher=Cal Men's Basketball }}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In 1992, Johnson became the first Golden Bear to have his jersey (No. 11) retired.<ref name="calbears.com"/>

Johnson briefly played for Cal's baseball team<ref>[https://archive.today/20130124205615/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6TEuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2dYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4270,2477407&dq=kevin-johnson+baseball+cal+virtually&hl=enWill Cal's Johnson follow Bo's lead?"]</ref> and the [[Oakland Athletics]] drafted him as a [[shortstop]] in the 23rd round of the [[1986 Major League Baseball draft|1986 MLB draft]]. After playing a couple games with Oakland's minor-league team in [[Modesto, California]] during the summer of 1986, Johnson ended his baseball career, finding the road to professional baseball more arduous and risky compared to basketball.

===Cleveland Cavaliers===
Following his senior season of college basketball, the [[Cleveland Cavaliers]] selected Johnson with the seventh pick in the [[1987 NBA draft]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VYCSNjk_sg|title=1987 NBA Draft −7- Kevin Johnson, California|website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> Originally drafted by Cleveland to challenge the incumbent point guard [[Mark Price]] for the starting spot, Johnson found himself playing limited minutes as Price's backup during the [[1987–88 NBA season]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ilovethisgamesite.wordpress.com/2016/03/31/kevin-johnson/|title=Kevin Johnson|date=March 31, 2016|access-date=April 7, 2017}}</ref>

===Phoenix Suns===
On February 28, 1988, Johnson, [[Mark West (basketball)|Mark West]], [[Tyrone Corbin]], and a future draft pick were traded to the [[Phoenix Suns]] in exchange for forward [[Larry Nance]], [[Mike Sanders (basketball)|Mike Sanders]], and a future draft pick.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://basketball.realgm.com/player/Kevin_Johnson/Summary/1183|title=Kevin Johnson|publisher=RealGM Basketball|access-date=June 28, 2012}}</ref> Adjusting quickly to the change of scenery and much-increased playing time, Johnson excelled and the league named him the NBA Rookie of the Month for April 1988 as he averaged 15.1 points, an 86.4% free throw percentage, 10.6 assists, and 5.6 rebounds.<ref name="basketball-reference.com"/>

In his first full season with Phoenix, Johnson grew into one of the game's elite players, averaging 20.4 points, 12.2 assists, a 50.5% field goal percentage, and an 88.2% free-throw percentage.<ref name="basketball-reference.com"/> With those numbers, Johnson joined [[Magic Johnson]] and [[Isiah Thomas]] as the only players in NBA history to average at least 20 points and 12 assists in a season.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}} His rapid improvement earned him the 1988–89 [[NBA Most Improved Player Award|NBA's Most Improved Player Award]]. The 1988–89 season was the first of three straight seasons in which Johnson averaged at least 20 points and 10 assists, joining [[Oscar Robertson]] and Isiah Thomas as the only players in league history to accomplish that feat.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}} It also represented the beginning of a new era for the previously moribund Suns' franchise. In K.J.'s first seven full seasons in Phoenix from 1989 to 1995, the Suns won the most regular season games in the NBA (394, an average of 56 and never fewer than 53), constituting the only club to win at least 50 every year during that span, and they won the second-most playoff games (46), trailing only the Chicago Bulls.

Johnson received berths to the [[List of NBA All-Stars|NBA All-Star]] Team in 1990, 1991, and 1994. In the 1991 All-Star Game in Charlotte, Johnson wore number 41 instead of his familiar number 7. [[NBA on NBC|NBC]] announcers [[Bob Costas]] and [[Mike Fratello]] speculated that the decision represented K.J.'s quiet way of honoring teammate Mark West, the Suns' stoic, largely unrecognized center who thanklessly executed the dirty work on the glass and in the paint.<ref name="basketball-reference.com"/>

In the [[1991 NBA All-Star Game]], Johnson started alongside [[Magic Johnson]] in the Western Conference backcourt. In anticipation of the game, the ''Sporting News'' asked whether K.J. may have surpassed Magic as the best player on the court.<ref name="basketball-reference.com"/> The previous spring in the 1990 Western Conference Semifinals, Johnson led the Suns past Magic's league-best, 63-win [[Los Angeles Lakers]], four games to one. Over the last two games, Johnson closed out the series by averaging 33.5 points and a dozen assists as the Suns won both Game Four and Game Five, with K.J. vastly outplaying Magic Johnson in the fourth quarter of both contests. Indeed, Johnson's clutch performances led Hall of Fame center and NBC commentator [[Bill Walton]] to later remark, "Kevin Johnson ... really came to the top of this league in the 1990 playoffs when he waxed Magic Johnson and the Lakers in the early rounds. Kevin Johnson—and the Suns—taking care of business in 1990, four to one over the Lakers ... Kevin Johnson just totally outplaying Magic."<ref>See NBC's telecast of Game Seven of the 1995 Western Conference Semifinals, Houston at Phoenix, during the second quarter, on May 20, 1995.</ref> Johnson's performance during the 1990 playoffs led the Suns to a second consecutive berth in the Western Conference Finals as Phoenix became the only team to ever defeat [[John Stockton]]'s Jazz (55 wins) and Magic Johnson's Lakers (63 wins) in the same postseason.

Johnson made the playoffs every year of his career after his rookie season, reversing the fortunes of the perennially losing Phoenix Suns. The [[1992–93 Phoenix Suns season|1992–93 Suns]], led by Johnson and new teammate [[Charles Barkley]], posted an NBA-best 62–20 record and managed to make it to the [[1993 NBA Finals|NBA Finals]], where they lost to the [[Michael Jordan]]-led [[Chicago Bulls]] four games to two. Johnson averaged 17.8 points and 7.9 assists in the playoffs and established an NBA record for Finals minutes played by logging 62 minutes in Game 3 (a 129–121 triple-OT victory) vs. the Bulls.<ref name="basketball-reference.com"/>

But even before Johnson played his first regular season game with Charles Barkley, he suffered an undiagnosed [[sports hernia]] in October 1992 when he attempted to lift heavy-set rookie teammate [[Oliver Miller]] off the ground during warmups before a preseason game.<ref>Lee Shappell, ''Phoenix Suns: Rising to the Top with the "Team of Oddities"'' (Champaign, Illinois: Sagamore, 1993), 115.</ref><ref name="web.archive.org">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/suns/news/00382486.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20020207070743/http://www.nba.com/suns/news/00382486.html|archive-date = February 7, 2002|title = Phoenix Suns News Headlines|website = [[NBA.com]]}}</ref> By the middle of the 1995–96 season, Johnson had suffered a second undiagnosed  [[sports hernia]].<ref name="web.archive.org"/> Primarily due to the groin, hamstring, quadriceps, and other muscle strains stemming from these undiagnosed hernias, Johnson missed 109 regular season games during his four seasons with Barkley from 1992–93 through 1995–96 (although he only missed one playoff game during his entire career). When diligent off-season workouts during the summer of 1996 failed to erase the abdominal and groin pain that had been plaguing Johnson since the middle of the last season, the Suns' doctors finally diagnosed the second hernia just before the start of training camp in the fall of 1996. Then, during surgery to repair the  [[sports hernia]], the Phoenix doctors discovered the second, "hidden" hernia that had existed for four years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/28/sports/surgery-for-suns-guard.html |title=Surgery for Suns Guard – New York Times |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 28, 1996 |access-date=December 13, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/suns/news/00382487.html |title= One More Climb |first=Jeramie |last=McPeek |date=October 6, 1996 |access-date=December 13, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041212132630/http://www.nba.com/suns/news/00382487.html |archive-date=December 12, 2004 |website=[[NBA.com]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/suns/news/00382486.html |title=Going Out On Top |first=Jeramie |last=McPeek |access-date=December 13, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050925122234/http://www.nba.com/suns/news/00382486.html |archive-date=September 25, 2005 |website=[[NBA.com]] }}</ref>

Despite the undiagnosed hernia problems, K.J. continued to thrive in the postseason.

In 1994, he averaged 26.6 points and 9.6 assists in the postseason, scoring 38 points three different times in ten games and averaging 11.0 assists in those three contests.

In 1995, after an injury-riddled regular season, Johnson returned to form in the postseason. He averaged 24.8 points on 57.3% shooting from the field and 9.3 assists in ten games, including 43 points (18–24 FG) with 9 assists, 6 rebounds, 3 steals, and just 1 turnover in Game Four of the Western Conference Semifinals at Houston and 46 points (21–22 FT) with 10 assists against only 1 turnover in Game Seven. During that series, K.J. sank more three-pointers (5) than he'd hit in the entire 1994–95 regular season (4).

In game four of the previous year's series with Houston, Johnson completed a remarkable play, driving the baseline and dunking over Rockets' center [[Hakeem Olajuwon]]. The shot became an oft-played highlight for the ages and was part of a second consecutive 38-point, 12-assist effort by the point guard.<ref name="youtube.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVcSndz52DE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/oVcSndz52DE| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Kevin Johnson posterize Olajuwon 1994 WCSF G4|website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

===International competition===
In the summer of 1994, Johnson played with the [[United States men's national basketball team|U.S. national team]], otherwise known as Dream Team II, in the [[1994 FIBA World Championship]], reuniting with old teammate and point guard rival Mark Price to win the gold medal. Johnson led Dream Team II in both total assists (31) and assists per game (3.9), while shooting 47.1% (16–34) from the field and 50.0% (16–32) on two-point field goal attempts. The U.S. head coach, Don Nelson, stated, "I really like having KJ on the court. The thing that stood out is how he sacrificed his scoring to be a distributor of the ball and make his team win. We didn't need his offense on this team. We did need his defense, penetration and assists. He gave us all three."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/suns/news/00382493.html |title=Was There Ever Any Doubt? |first=Jim |last=Brewer |date=February 7, 2002 |access-date=December 13, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422040724/http://www.nba.com/suns/news/00382493.html |archive-date=April 22, 2012 |website=[[NBA.com]] }}</ref>

===Retirement and comeback===
Johnson retired after the [[1997–98 NBA season|1997–98 season]], but returned briefly after receiving a call from his former coach and friend [[Cotton Fitzsimmons]] during the [[1999–2000 NBA season|1999–2000 season]] to replace the injured [[Jason Kidd]] during the [[2000 NBA Playoffs|playoff run]]. Johnson helped the Suns win their first playoff series in five years. After Phoenix lost in the second round to the Los Angeles Lakers, he retired for the second and final time.

In 2001, Johnson's No. 7 was [[retired number|retired]] by the Suns and he was inducted into their [[Phoenix Suns Ring of Honor|Ring of Honor]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Young|first=Bob|title=KJ is added to the Ring; 6 numbers are retired|date=March 8, 2001|newspaper=The Arizona Republic|page=C5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/49205025/kevin-johnson-retired-number/|access-date=April 21, 2020|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

==NBA career statistics==
{{NBA player statistics legend}}

===Regular season===
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nowrap|[[1987–88 NBA season|1987–88]]}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1987–88 Cleveland Cavaliers season|Cleveland]]
| 52 || 3 || 20.1 || .460 || .222 || .821 || 1.4 || 3.7 || 1.2 || .3 || 7.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1987–88 NBA season|1987–88]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1987–88 Phoenix Suns season|Phoenix]]
| 28 || 25 || 31.2 || .463 || .200 || .859 || '''4.3''' || 8.7 || 1.5 || .3 || 12.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1988–89 NBA season|1988–89]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1988–89 Phoenix Suns season|Phoenix]]
| '''81''' || '''81''' || '''39.2''' || .505 || .091 || .882 || 4.2 || '''12.2''' || 1.7 || .3 || 20.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1989–90 NBA season|1989–90]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1989–90 Phoenix Suns season|Phoenix]]
| 74 || 74 || 37.6 || .499 || .195 || .838 || 3.6 || 11.4 || 1.3 || .2 || '''22.5'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1990–91 NBA season|1990–91]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1990–91 Phoenix Suns season|Phoenix]]
| 77 || 76 || 36.0 || .516 || .205 || .843 || 3.5 || 10.1 || '''2.1''' || .1 || 22.2
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1991–92 NBA season|1991–92]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1991–92 Phoenix Suns season|Phoenix]]
| 78 || 78 || 37.2 || .479 || .217 || .807 || 3.7 || 10.7 || 1.5 || .3 || 19.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1992–93 NBA season|1992–93]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1992–93 Phoenix Suns season|Phoenix]]
| 49 || 47 || 33.5 || .499 || .125 || .819 || 2.1 || 7.8 || 1.7 || '''.4''' || 16.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1993–94 NBA season|1993–94]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1993–94 Phoenix Suns season|Phoenix]]
| 67 || 67 || 36.6 || .487 || .222 || .819 || 2.5 || 9.5 || 1.9 || .1 || 20.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1994–95 NBA season|1994–95]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1994–95 Phoenix Suns season|Phoenix]]
| 47 || 35 || 28.8 || .470 || .154 || .810 || 2.4 || 7.7 || 1.0 || '''.4''' || 15.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1995–96 NBA season|1995–96]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1995–96 Phoenix Suns season|Phoenix]]
| 56 || 55 || 35.8 || .507 || .368 || .859 || 3.9 || 9.2 || 1.5 || .2 || 18.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1996–97 NBA season|1996–97]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1996–97 Phoenix Suns season|Phoenix]]
| 70 || 70 || 38.0 || .496 || .441 || .852 || 3.6 || 9.3 || 1.5 || .2 || 20.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1997–98 NBA season|1997–98]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1997–98 Phoenix Suns season|Phoenix]]
| 50 || 12 || 25.8 || .447 || .154 || .871 || 3.3 || 4.9 || .5 || .2 || 9.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1999–2000 NBA season|1999–00]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1999–2000 Phoenix Suns season|Phoenix]]
| 6 || 0 || 18.8 || '''.571''' || '''1.000''' || '''1.000''' || 2.7 || 4.0 || .3 || .0 || 6.7
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 735 || 623 || 34.1 || .493 || .305 || .841 || 3.3 || 9.1 || 1.5 || .2 || 17.9
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| All-Star
| 3 || 1 || 17.0 || .500 || – || .333 || 1.0 || 4.3 || 1.3 || .3 || 4.3
{{S-end}}

===Playoffs===
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1989 NBA Playoffs|1989]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Phoenix Suns|Phoenix]]
| 12 || 12 || 41.2 || .495 || .300 || '''.927''' || 4.3 || '''12.3''' || 1.6 || .4 || 23.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1990 NBA Playoffs|1990]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Phoenix Suns|Phoenix]]
| 16 || 16 || 36.4 || .479 || .182 || .821 || 3.3 || 10.6 || 1.6 || .0 || 21.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1991 NBA Playoffs|1991]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Phoenix Suns|Phoenix]]
| 4 || 4 || 36.5 || .302 || .143 || .600 || 3.3 || 9.8 || .5 || .3 || 12.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1992 NBA Playoffs|1992]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Phoenix Suns|Phoenix]]
| 8 || 8 || 41.9 || .484 || '''.500''' || .861 || 4.1 || 11.6 || 1.5 || .3 || 23.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1993 NBA Playoffs|1993]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Phoenix Suns|Phoenix]]
| '''23''' || '''23'''|| 39.7 || .480 || .000 || .795 || 2.7 || 7.9 || 1.5 || '''.6''' || 17.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1994 NBA Playoffs|1994]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Phoenix Suns|Phoenix]]
| 10 || 10 || '''42.7''' || .458 || .300 || .852 || 3.5 || 9.6 || 1.0 || .1 || '''26.6'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1995 NBA Playoffs|1995]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Phoenix Suns|Phoenix]]
| 10 || 10 || 37.1 || '''.573''' || '''.500''' || .845 || 4.1 || 9.3 || .9 || .4 || 24.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1996 NBA Playoffs|1996]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Phoenix Suns|Phoenix]]
| 4 || 4 || 37.8 || .474 || .250 || .824 || 4.3 || 10.8 || .5 || .5 || 17.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1997 NBA Playoffs|1997]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Phoenix Suns|Phoenix]]
| 5 || 5 || 41.6 || .295 || .136 || .879 || '''4.4''' || 6.0 || '''2.6''' || .0 || 16.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1998 NBA Playoffs|1998]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Phoenix Suns|Phoenix]]
| 4 || 1 || 30.5 || .548 || .250 || .667 || 2.3 || 4.8 || .5 || .3 || 13.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2000 NBA Playoffs|2000]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Phoenix Suns|Phoenix]]
| 9 || 0 || 14.3 || .324 || .000 || .833 || 1.4 || 2.6 || .3 || .1 || 3.2
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 105 || 93 || 36.9 || .469 || .244 || .833 || 3.3 || 8.9 || 1.3 || .3 || 19.3
{{S-end}}

==The Kevin Johnson Corporation==
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The Kevin Johnson Corporation includes operations of several subsidiary organizations specializing in real estate development and management, sports management, and business acquisition. A key component of The Kevin Johnson Corporation includes appearances and public speaking engagements for corporations, academic institutions, and community organizations.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

==St. HOPE==
In 1989, while still an NBA player, Johnson founded St. HOPE (Helping Others Pursue Excellence) as an after-school program for kids in his native [[Oak Park, Sacramento, California|Oak Park]] neighborhood of Sacramento, California. St. HOPE eventually expanded to run as a nonprofit umbrella organization that consisted of three divisions: St. HOPE Academy, St. HOPE Public Schools, and St. HOPE Development Corporation. This encompassed the new vision to be a nonprofit community development corporation whose mission is to "revitalize communities through public education, civic leadership, economic development, and the arts." Johnson served as CEO of St. HOPE until January 2008.

The St. HOPE Development Corporation, founded in 1994, has focused its efforts on Oak Park. The Development Corporation has enabled the renovation of a number of projects including a historic bank building that is now a local [[U.S. Bancorp|U.S. Bank]] branch, a Victorian house that has been converted to office space, and a 25,000 square foot art gallery and retail complex that includes the Guild Theater and 40 Acres Art Gallery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sthopepublicschools.org/office/press_releases/SHPS%20Opens%20First%20National%20School%20in%20Harlem%208.12.08.pdf|title=St. HOPE Public Schools Opens First National School in Harlem|author=Lesley Miller|date=August 12, 2008}}</ref>

St. HOPE Public Schools is a pre-K-through-12th-grade independent [[Charter schools in the United States|charter school]] system that provides education to nearly 2,000 students in seven small schools.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20148956,00.html|title=Rebound Artist|author=Alex Tresniowski|magazine=People|date=December 15, 2003}}</ref> One of the schools St. HOPE impacted was Sacramento High School (colloquially known as Sac High and now the [[Sacramento Charter High School]]), where three generations of Johnson's family including him attended. In October 2002, Sac High was at risk of being shut down and restricted into five smaller schools due to low test scores.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.centerforcsri.org/pubs/restructuring/KnowledgeIssues2Chartering.pdf|title=Reopening as a Charter School|publisher=The Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement|access-date=July 3, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006170729/http://www.centerforcsri.org/pubs/restructuring/KnowledgeIssues2Chartering.pdf|archive-date=October 6, 2014}}</ref> But by January 2003, Johnson had raised seed money from the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation|Gates Foundation]] and drafted a petition to reopen Sac High as an independent charter school. On September 2, 2003 Sac High reopened as Sacramento Charter High School, a charter school with 1,450 students. Since St. HOPE's involvement with Sac High, student performance has improved. In 2010 Sac High's API score improved to 719, compared to 610 in 2006. The number of students who completed all courses required for [[University of California]] or [[California State University]] Admission also rose between those years from 84% to 90.6%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sachigh.org/pdfs/10-11SCHSSARCpub11-12.pdf|title=Executive Summary School Accountability Report Card, 2010–11}}</ref>

These improved test scores attracted the attention of a school in New York and St. HOPE eventually expanded into Harlem at the St. HOPE Leadership Academy Charter School which opened in 2008. Since 2007, the decision to expand St. HOPE to New York has been taught as a case study in the Entrepreneurship in Education Reform class at [[Harvard Business School]]. Following presentation of the case study, Johnson discusses it over lunch with the Harvard students and faculty. The class works as a feeder program for students to participate in the Mayoral Fellowship Program in Sacramento.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hbs.edu/centennial/businesssummit/business-society/the-role-of-social-entrepreneurship-in-transforming-usa-public-education.pdf|title=The Role of Social Entrepreneurship in Transforming U.S.A. Public Education|publisher=Harvard Business School|access-date=July 13, 2012}}</ref>

==Election for Mayor's Office of Sacramento==
{{see also|2008 Sacramento mayoral election}}

[[File:Kevin Johnson.jpg|Johnson at a mayoral rally in May 2008|thumb]]
On March 5, 2008, Johnson announced he would run for [[List of mayors of Sacramento|mayor of Sacramento]], his hometown, challenging incumbent [[Heather Fargo]].<ref>{{cite news|author1=Terri Hardy |author2=Marcos Bretón | title = Kevin Johnson announces he is running for mayor| work=[[The Sacramento Bee]]|date= March 5, 2008| url = http://www.sacbee.com/749/story/762343.html| access-date = March 5, 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080306211001/http://www.sacbee.com/749/story/762343.html |archive-date = March 6, 2008}}</ref> Election day was June 3, 2008. Since no candidate received a majority of the vote in the [[Nonpartisanism|nonpartisan]] election, there was a [[Two-round system|runoff]].

Johnson garnered the endorsement of the Sacramento Police Officers Association (SPOA),<ref>[http://cbs13.com/local/kevin.johnson.police.2.686446.html cbs13.com – Police Assoc. Endorses Kevin Johnson For Mayor<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080328161136/http://cbs13.com/local/kevin.johnson.police.2.686446.html |date=March 28, 2008 }}</ref> the Region Builders,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news10.net/display_story.aspx?storyid=40276 |author=Jason Kobeley |title=Councilmembers Cohn, Sheedy Shift Alliances; Endorse Johnson for Mayor |date=April 3, 2008 |access-date=April 26, 2008 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>[http://www.kevinjohnsonformayor.com/news/item/id:986/pid:1289 Sacramento Builders Exchange Endorses Kevin {{!}} Kevin Johnson for Mayor], kevinjohnsonformayor.com {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111064746/http://www.kevinjohnsonformayor.com/news/item/id%3A986/pid%3A1289 |date=January 11, 2009 }}</ref> the Chamber of Commerce, Realtors' Association and Labor Council, among others.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sacbee.com/102/story/896521.html|title=Kevin Johnson endorsed by Realtors|author=Mary Lynne Vellinga|date=April 28, 2008|work=[[The Sacramento Bee]]|access-date=April 28, 2008|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130815204505/http://www.sacbee.com/102/story/896521.html|archive-date=August 15, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Johnson was also endorsed by [[Sacramento City Council]] members Steve Cohn (Vice Mayor) and Sandy Sheedy, and by former Sacramento Mayor [[Jimmie R. Yee|Jimmie Yee]].<ref name=officialbio>[http://www.kevinjohnsonformayor.com/about/bio Kevin's Biography – Kevin Johnson for Mayor] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705035106/http://www.kevinjohnsonformayor.com/about/bio |date=July 5, 2008 }}</ref>

On June 4, 2008, Kevin Johnson, who led by 8 percentage points, forced a runoff election for mayor versus the two-term incumbent. 374 of 378 precincts were reported, and Johnson was ahead of Mayor Heather Fargo 47% to 40%. Five other candidates split the rest of the vote.<ref>[http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gV_sxP0mFm4zf-Nc5mpMM0NyK9cwD9134F800 Afp.google.com, 3rd-oldest senator wins nomination for 5th term] {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The candidates needed more than 50% to win the election.<ref>[http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20080604-0031-ca-sacramentomayor.html signonsandiego.com, Former NBA star headed for runoff in Sacramento mayoral race]</ref> Third place finisher [[Leonard Padilla]] endorsed Mayor Fargo on June 4, 2008.<ref>[http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/987573.html sacbee.com, Mayor's race outcome still pending] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080607022355/http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/987573.html |date=June 7, 2008 }}</ref> Johnson, by late May, loaned his campaign $500,000 and raised $490,000, while Fargo raised $340,000 despite having started fundraising in 2005.<ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/04/BAV610VJRK.DTL&type=politics sfgate.com, Incumbent mayor, ex-NBA player headed for runoff]</ref>

===2008 primary election for mayor of Sacramento===
{| class="wikitable" 
|-
! Candidate
! Votes<ref name="saccounty1">[http://www.eresults.saccounty.net/ Voter Registration and Elections, Sacramento County, California, USA<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
! Outcome
|- style="background:#ddd;" 
| Kevin Johnson
| 32,160 (46.58%)
| Runoff
|-
| Heather Fargo
| 27,472 (39.36%)
| Runoff
|- style="background:#ddd;" 
| Leonard Padilla
| 4,231 (6.06%)
| Defeated
|-
| Shawn D. Eldredge
| 2,462 (3.53%)
| Defeated
|- style="background:#ddd;" 
| Muriel Strand
| 2,104 (3.01%)
| Defeated
|-
| Richard Jones
| 679 (0.97%)
| Defeated
|- style="background:#ddd;" 
| Adam Daniel
| 407 (0.58%)
| Defeated
|-
| Write-in
| 280 (0.40%)
| Defeated
|}
Johnson and Fargo had a runoff election in November, won by Johnson.<ref name="SB051108">''[[The Sacramento Bee]]'', November 5, 2008, [https://archive.today/20130815204556/http://www.sacbee.com/734/story/1371956.html Race for mayor was costly, contentious]</ref>

===2008 runoff election for mayor of Sacramento===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Candidate
! Votes<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sacbee.com/elections/story/1431464.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130815204653/http://www.sacbee.com/elections/story/1431464.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 15, 2013 |access-date=November 7, 2009 |title=- the Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, California }}</ref>
! Outcome
|- style="background:#ddd;" 
| Kevin Johnson
| 92,288 (57.4%)
| Winner
|-
| Heather Fargo
| 67,348 (41.9%)
| Defeated
|}

==First term==
[[File:Mayor Kevin Johnson and bike patrol.jpg|Mayor Kevin Johnson at the 2010 Sacramento Grand Prix bike race|thumb]]
Johnson launched nine initiatives in his first term as Mayor.

Volunteer Sacramento was launched alongside Cities of Service, a bipartisan coalition of mayors founded in 2009 to encourage public service. As one of the founding cities, Sacramento logged 1.7 million hours of service and created $22 million in economic impact in 2009.<ref name="cityofsacramento.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.cityofsacramento.org/mayor/documents/MKJ_Year1.pdf |title=Year One: A Look Back at Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson's First Year in Office |access-date=June 29, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605080519/http://cityofsacramento.org/mayor/documents/MKJ_Year1.pdf |archive-date=June 5, 2012 }}</ref> In 2010, 3 million hours of service were logged, adding a $70 million economic impact in the region.<ref name="cityofsacramento.org"/> For these efforts, Sacramento was awarded a City of Service Leadership Grant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citiesofservice.org/2010/01/18/cities-of-service-and-rockefeller-foundation-award-first-ever-cities-of-service-leadership-grants-to-ten-cities-to-hire-chief-service-officers/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604191431/http://www.citiesofservice.org/2010/01/18/cities-of-service-and-rockefeller-foundation-award-first-ever-cities-of-service-leadership-grants-to-ten-cities-to-hire-chief-service-officers/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |title=Cities of Service and Rockefeller Foundation Award First-Ever "Cities of Service Leadership Grants" to Ten Cities to Hire Chief Service Officers |publisher=Cities of Service |date=January 18, 2010 }}</ref>

For Arts' Sake was launched to increase interest and support of Sacramento's local art. In response to this commitment, Sacramento was chosen by the [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]] in Washington, D.C. as the first city in the nation to pilot the "Any Given Child" program. The program is designed to bring equal access to arts programming for children K-8. It currently operates in [[Sacramento City Unified School District]] and [[Twin Rivers Unified School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sacramentopress.com/headline/19305/Any_Given_Child_survey_for_arts_education |title=Any Given Child survey for arts education |author=Jonathan Mendick |publisher=Sacramento Press |access-date=June 29, 2012 |date=December 15, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920035131/http://www.sacramentopress.com/headline/19305/Any_Given_Child_survey_for_arts_education |archive-date=September 20, 2011 }}</ref>

Sacramento Steps Forward is an initiative launched to end chronic homelessness in Sacramento. Johnson assumed leadership as Chair of the regional Policy Board to End Homelessness and joined the U.S. Conference of Mayors' Task Force on Hunger and Homelessness in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sacramentopress.com/headline/17288/Sacramento_Steps_Forward_initiative_announced |title=Sacramento Steps Forward initiative announced |author=Jonathan Mendick |publisher=Sacramento Press |date=November 5, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100112092938/http://www.sacramentopress.com/headline/17288/Sacramento_Steps_Forward_initiative_announced |archive-date=January 12, 2010 }}</ref> By 2011, 2,350 households were moved into permanent housing and Sacramento was awarded approximately $6 million through the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-housing Program.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityofsacramento.org/mayor/documents/MKJ_Year1.pdf |title=Year Two: A Look Back at Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson's Second Year in Office |access-date=June 29, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605080519/http://cityofsacramento.org/mayor/documents/MKJ_Year1.pdf |archive-date=June 5, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.usmayors.org/pressreleases/uploads/USCMHungercompleteWEB2009.pdf|title= Hunger and Homelessness Survey – A Status Report on Hunger and Homelessness in America's Cities|publisher= The United States Conference of Mayors|date= December 1, 2009|page= 42|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091210034719/http://www.usmayors.org/pressreleases/uploads/USCMHungercompleteWEB2009.pdf|archive-date= December 10, 2009|df= mdy-all}}</ref>

Johnson launched the STAND UP education initiative to increase student achievement in Sacramento schools with $6 million being raised to bring education reform and innovative programming to Sacramento.<ref name="cityofsacramento.org"/>

In 2010, Johnson was the founding chair of the U.S. Conference of Mayors' Public Schools Task Force and the Co-Chair of [[United States Secretary of Education|U.S. Secretary of Education]] [[Arne Duncan]]'s Mayoral Advisory Council.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://usmayors.org/workforce/documents/2010-6-4ReleaseTaskForceonPublicSchools.pdf|title=Sacramento, CA Mayor Kevin Johnson Appointed Chair of the Newly Created Mayors Task Force on Public Schools}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://cityofsacramento.org/mayor/documents/MayorPressRelease042610.pdf |title=Mayor Kevin Johnson Appointed to National Education Task Forces |date=April 26, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401163256/http://www.cityofsacramento.org/mayor/documents/MayorPressRelease042610.pdf |archive-date=April 1, 2013 }}</ref>

The Greenwise initiative was launched to diversify economic development, go green, and promote Sacramento as the "Emerald Valley."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/vision-of-an-emerald-valley/content?oid=1899722|title= Vision of an Emerald Valley|author= Jeff vonKaenel|publisher= News Review|date=January 6, 2011}}</ref> Sacramento was selected by President Obama to participate in the Better Buildings Challenge which provides federal investment to achieve energy efficiency. Sacramento committed to reducing energy use 20% by 2020 in 12 million square feet of building space.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2011/12/02/we-cant-wait-president-obama-announces-nearly-4-billion-investment-energ|title=We Can't Wait: President Obama Announces Nearly $4 Billion Investment in Energy Upgrades to Public and Private Buildings|author=Office of the Press Secretary|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|date=December 2, 2011}}</ref> The Greenwise initiative works to establish programs to achieve this commitment.

Think Big was launched to facilitate the economic development of Sacramento, including the construction of a new entertainment and sports complex. Think Big oversees progress at the downtown [[Sacramento Railyards|Railyards]], an area that has been left unutilized since the 1980s and is currently one of the largest urban infill project in the country.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/12/realestate/commercial/12rail.html|title=Sacramento Project 'Almost a City in Itself'|author=Morris Newman|date=August 12, 2009|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityofsacramento.org/SED/Railyards_Development.pdf |title=Railyards Redevelopment |publisher=City of Sacramento |access-date=July 16, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060322002801/http://www.cityofsacramento.org/SED/Railyards_Development.pdf |archive-date=March 22, 2006 }}</ref>

In 2011 Johnson launched another education initiative, Sacramento READS!, in response to the "literacy crisis in Sacramento." Beginning in 2011, Sacramento READS! was designed as a 10-year initiative to ensure all children in Sacramento can read at grade level by the end of 3rd grade by focusing on school readiness, attendance, and limiting summer learning loss.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sacramentoreads.com/sacramento-reads/our-program/|title=Our Program|publisher=Sacramento Reads|access-date=July 16, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510214127/http://www.sacramentoreads.com/sacramento-reads/our-program/|archive-date=May 10, 2012}}</ref>

The City-Schools Collaborative was launched to better align city services with school districts to maximize resources to support public education.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityofsacramento.org/mayor/actionPlan/greatSchools.html |title=Action Plan |access-date=July 16, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801143953/http://www.cityofsacramento.org/mayor/actionPlan/greatSchools.html |archive-date=August 1, 2012 }}</ref>

The Gang Prevention Task Force was launched to form a three-year city-county partnership to reduce gang violence through school-based and job-training programs. Johnson acquired over $17 million in federal and state stimulus dollars for law enforcement and community policing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityofsacramento.org/mayor/documents/MKJ_Year2.pdf |title=Year Two: A Look Back at Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson's Second Year in Office |access-date=June 29, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605075321/http://cityofsacramento.org/mayor/documents/MKJ_Year2.pdf |archive-date=June 5, 2012 }}</ref>

==2012 re-election==
{{see also|2012 Sacramento mayoral election}}

Johnson announced he would run for reelection for Mayor of Sacramento on September 14, 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sacbee.com/2011/09/15/3911661/sacramento-mayor-kevin-johnson.html |title=Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson to seek second term, more congenial council |author=Ryan Lillis |newspaper=The Sacramento Bee |date=September 15, 2011 }}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Election day was June 5, 2012. Johnson was challenged by three individuals: Jonathan Michael Rewers, [[Leonard Padilla]], and Richard Jones. Since Johnson received a majority of the vote (more than 50% of the vote), no run-off was required.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.smartvoter.org/2012/06/05/ca/sac/race/5010/|title=Mayor; City of Sacramento Voter Information|publisher= Smart Voter (June 28, 2012).}}</ref> Johnson raised at least $841,394 in his reelection bid and spent $500,000 of that on the race.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kcra.com/news/politics/Sac-mayor-raises-841k-in-re-election-bid/-/11797268/14183982/-/smp46sz/-/index.html|title=Sac mayor raises $841k in re-election bid|author=David Bienick|publisher=KCRA|date=May 25, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127071635/http://www.kcra.com/news/politics/Sac-mayor-raises-841k-in-re-election-bid/-/11797268/14183982/-/smp46sz/-/index.html|archive-date=January 27, 2013|access-date=July 12, 2012}}</ref>

Johnson was endorsed by [[Sacramento City Council]] members Angelique Ashby (Vice Mayor), Steve Cohn, and Jay Schenirer. Johnson also received support from the Sacramento Police Officers Association, the Sacramento Area Firefighters Local 522, and the Sacramento Metro Chamber along with California Senate pro Tem President [[Darrell Steinberg]], Governor [[Jerry Brown]], and Senator [[Dianne Feinstein]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.teamkj.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=r7i4zUNLB3M%3d&tabid=39|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120625164829/http://www.teamkj.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=r7i4zUNLB3M%3D&tabid=39|url-status= dead|archive-date= June 25, 2012|title= Moving Sacramento Forward – Mayor Kevin Johnson|access-date= June 28, 2012}}</ref>

===2012 primary election for Mayor of Sacramento===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Candidate
! Votes<ref name="saccounty1"/>
! Outcome
|- style="background:#ddd;" 
| Kevin Johnson
| 40,823 (58.74%)
| Winner
|-
| Jonathan Michael Rewers
| 16,551 (23.81%)
| Defeated
|- style="background:#ddd;" 
| J. Leonard Padilla
| 8,989 (12.93%)
| Defeated
|-
| Richard L. Jones
| 2,679 (3.85%)
| Defeated
|- style="background:#ddd;" 
| Write-in
| 459 (0.66%)
| Defeated
|}
Johnson defeated the three other candidates with 58.74% of the votes.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://sacresults.e-cers.com/resultsSW.aspx?type=CTY&map=MPRC|title= Sacramento County Election Results – Mayor of Sacramento|access-date= June 28, 2012|archive-date= June 10, 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120610042318/http://sacresults.e-cers.com/resultsSW.aspx?type=CTY&map=MPRC|url-status= usurped}}</ref>

==Leadership roles and accolades==
In June 2012 Johnson was elected the second vice president of the [[United States Conference of Mayors]] (USCM). He became the first Sacramento mayor to be elected to the second vice president position and became the first Sacramento mayor to serve as president, which he was set to assume in 2014. This was the second national leadership position Johnson assumed in 2012, as he was previously elected to the first vice president of the [[National Conference of Black Mayors]], where he assumed the presidency in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47846330/ns/local_news-sacramento_ca/t/sacramento-mayor-takes-big-role-conference-mayors/ |title=Sacramento mayor takes big role in Conference of Mayors |publisher=msnbc |date=June 16, 2012 }}{{dead link|date=August 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> After becoming president of the National Conference of Black Mayors (NCBM), Johnson took steps that resulted in the dissolution of the organization.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://deadspin.com/whos-funding-kevin-johnsons-secret-government-1731005808 |title=Who's Funding Kevin Johnson's Secret Government? |date=September 18, 2015 |access-date=September 18, 2015}}</ref>

Johnson has served on the board of directors for the University of California Alumni Association, Phoenix Suns Charities, Christian Athlete Ministries, Phoenix Symphony, the School House Foundation, Jobs for America's Graduates (JAG), and on the advisory board for the Caring Institute.<ref name="igs.berkeley.edu">{{cite web|url= http://igs.berkeley.edu/people/nac/johnson.html|title=Kevin Johnson|publisher= IGS National Advisory Council|access-date=June 28, 2012}}</ref>

Johnson has received numerous awards for his dedication and contributions to his community. In 1991, Former President [[George H. W. Bush]] honored Johnson with as the 411th Point of Light recipient in recognition of Johnson's concern and compassion for children and education. In addition to being selected as one of the "15 Greatest Men on Earth" by ''[[McCall's]]'', Johnson has received the NBA's [[J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award]], the John R. Wooden Lifetime Achievement Award 2008, the Good Morning America Award from ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'', the "Most Caring American" award by the Caring Institute, and induction into the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame in [[Boise, Idaho]].<ref name="igs.berkeley.edu"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sthope.org/press_releases/Rick%20Maya%20Press%20Release%20Final.pdf|title=Kevin Johnson to receive John R. Wooden Lifetime Achievement Award|date=February 19, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172313/http://www.sthope.org/press_releases/Rick%20Maya%20Press%20Release%20Final.pdf|archive-date=March 3, 2016}}</ref>

==Controversies==

===Sexual assault and harassment allegations===
A teenager told Phoenix police in 1996 that Johnson had allegedly [[molested]] her in his home during the summer of 1995, when she was sixteen years old. During a phone conversation secretly recorded by detectives, Johnson apologized to the girl after she confronted him with the accusation. However, he also stated that "what you're saying happened, I'm not entirely agreeing happened."<ref>{{cite news| url = http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2008-05-22/news/can-former-phoenix-sun-kevin-johnson-overcome-his-past-to-become-sacramento-s-mayor/| title = Can Former Phoenix Sun Kevin Johnson Overcome His Past to Become Sacramento's Mayor?| date = May 22, 2008| access-date = May 22, 2008| archive-date = May 30, 2008| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080530023133/http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2008-05-22/news/can-former-phoenix-sun-kevin-johnson-overcome-his-past-to-become-sacramento-s-mayor/| url-status = dead}}</ref> ''[[The Sacramento Bee]]'' stated that they had received a copy of a proposed settlement agreement, under which Johnson would have paid the girl's family $230,000.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Hardy, Terri |author2=Korber, Dorothy | url = http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/951761.html| title = Johnson agreed to pay teen girl $230,000, draft of document shows| date = May 20, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081203011947/http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/951761.html|archive-date=December 3, 2008}}</ref> After conducting an investigation, the Maricopa County Attorney's Office declined to prosecute, on the grounds that there was not a reasonable likelihood of conviction.<ref>{{cite news| url = http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1997-05-08/news/the-summer-of-95/| title = The Summer of '95| date = May 8, 1997| access-date = May 11, 2008| archive-date = October 18, 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121018144827/http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1997-05-08/news/the-summer-of-95/| url-status = dead}}</ref> On October 8, 2015, press accounts surfaced of a 1996 police video which showed detectives saying there was a likely chance that he was abusing her and others.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://deadspin.com/police-video-shows-teen-girl-graphically-accusing-kevin-1735279363| title = Police Video Shows Teen Girl Graphically Accusing Kevin Johnson Of Sexual Abuse| date = October 8, 2015 | access-date = October 9, 2015}}</ref>

===High school investigation===
On April 16, 2008, rival mayoral candidate Leonard Padilla distributed a 2007 report of similar allegations made against Johnson at St. HOPE [[Sacramento Charter High School|Sacramento High School]]; these accusations were investigated by local police, but no charges were filed. On April 29, 2008, a group of female civic leaders that included former Sacramento Mayor [[Anne Rudin]], Sacramento Municipal Utility District board member Genevieve Shiroma, and former State Senator [[Deborah Ortiz]] demanded the release of the police report on the matter.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.kcra.com/news/16058863/detail.html | title = Women Seek Release of Kevin Johnson Files |publisher=KCRA| date = April 29, 2008 | access-date = May 11, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306032600/http://www.kcra.com/news/16058863/detail.html|archive-date=Mar 6, 2012 }}</ref>

The teacher to whom the student initially brought the complaint subsequently resigned over the incident, claiming, "St. HOPE sought to intimidate the student through an illegal interrogation and even had the audacity to ask me to change my story."<ref name="Investigation of girl's allegations against Kevin Johnson raises questions">{{cite news|url=http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/889083.html|title=Investigation of girl's allegations against Kevin Johnson raises questions|author1=Hardy, Terri|date=May 7, 2008|work=The Sacramento Bee|access-date=May 11, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080429020357/http://www.sacbee.com/101/v-print/story/889083.html|archive-date=April 29, 2008|author2=Korber, Dorothy}}</ref> Two classmates and a school counselor confirmed the teacher's version of events.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sacbee.com/101/v-print/story/889083.html |title=Investigation of girl's allegations against Kevin Johnson raises questions - sacbee.com |website=www.sacbee.com |access-date=January 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080429020357/http://www.sacbee.com/101/v-print/story/889083.html |archive-date=April 29, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Sacramento Police Chief Rick Braziel responded, saying, "I think the allegations at the school were handled in the way that you would want them handled. Immediately they followed all the normal protocols that they were supposed to follow. I think it was pretty clear there was nothing there... We did ask the young lady whether anyone had influenced her—her answer was no."<ref name="Investigation of girl's allegations against Kevin Johnson raises questions"/> The Sacramento County Sheriff John McGinness said on May 30, 2008, that Johnson's actions, though ill-advised, were not illegal.<ref>''[[USA Today]]'', May 31, 2008, [https://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/2008-05-31-2628919317_x.htm Sacramento sheriff won't reopen Johnson probe]</ref>

===St. HOPE Academy's misuse of AmeriCorps funds===
On April 9, 2009, Acting [[United States Attorney|U.S. Attorney]] [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of California|Lawrence G. Brown]] announced that St. HOPE Academy had agreed to pay $423,836.50 over ten years in [[settlement (litigation)|settlement]] of allegations that it did not appropriately spend [[AmeriCorps]] grants and education awards and did not adequately document spending of grants.<ref name="settlement">{{cite web|author=Brown, Lawrence G. |date=April 9, 2009 |title=United States settles claims arising out of St. HOPE Academy's spending of AmeriCorps grants and education awards |location=Sacramento |publisher=[[United States Department of Justice|U.S. Department of Justice]] |url=http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/cae/press_releases/docs/2009/04-09-09JohnsonSettlement.pdf |archive-date=June 27, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090627000602/http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/cae/press_releases/docs/2009/04-09-09JohnsonSettlement.pdf |access-date=July 3, 2009 |url-status=dead }}<br />{{cite web|author1=Lillis, Ryan |author2=Walsh, Denny |date=April 10, 2009 |title=U.S. funds can flow to city; Deal to repay grants lifts Mayor Johnson's aid ban |work=[[The Sacramento Bee]] |page=A1 |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SB&p_theme=sb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_dispstring=%28DEAL%20TO%20REPAY%20GRANTS%20LIFTS%20MAYOR%20JOHNSON%27S%20AID%20BAN%29%20AND%20date%282009%29&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=2009&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=%28%22DEAL%20TO%20REPAY%20GRANTS%20LIFTS%20MAYOR%20JOHNSON%27S%20AID%20BAN%22%29&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no |access-date=July 3, 2009 }}</ref> The settlement amount represented one half of the $847,673 in AmeriCorps funds received by St. HOPE Academy over three years from 2004 to 2007.<ref name="settlement"/> Johnson, St. HOPE Academy's founder and former CEO, agreed to pay $72,836.50 of St. HOPE Academy's $73,836.50 initial payment.<ref name="settlement"/> In settlement, St. HOPE Academy acknowledged not adequately documenting a portion of its AmeriCorps grant expenditures, and the [[Corporation for National and Community Service]] terminated its September 24, 2008 suspension of St. HOPE Academy and Johnson from receiving federal funds, ending questions about Sacramento's eligibility to receive federal [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009|stimulus]] funds.<ref name="settlement"/>

===Problems with real estate===
In 2007, ''The Sacramento Bee'' investigated Johnson's real estate holdings in the [[Oak Park, Sacramento, California|Oak Park]] neighborhood of Sacramento and found that more than half the properties owned by Johnson and his entities had been cited for various code violations, including fire risk from overgrown vegetation, dead animals, junk and debris on the properties, as well as decaying and fire-damaged buildings. A local group, Oak Park United against Slumlords (OPUS), complained that Johnson was "stopping progress" in the neighborhood by refusing to develop some of its key properties.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/431260-p4.html |title=News - Investigative Report: Neglect taints a star's legacy - sacbee.com |website=www.sacbee.com |access-date=January 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016044748/http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/431260-p4.html |archive-date=October 16, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Kevin Johnson Has Little Use For Your Meat|url=https://deadspin.com/kevin-johnson-has-little-use-for-your-meat-311180|access-date=March 21, 2021|website=Deadspin|date=October 16, 2007 |language=en-us}}</ref>

===Pieing incident===
Johnson attended a charity event at Sacramento Charter High School on September 21, 2016, when a man approached him and hit him in the [[Pieing|face with a pie]]. Johnson then allegedly assaulted his assailant, later alleging self-defense. The perpetrator, Sean Thompson, was arrested on a felony charge of assaulting a public official and misdemeanor charge of battery on school property.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article103361597.html|title=Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson assaulted with pie at benefit dinner |publisher=sacbee.com|author1=Ellen Garrison |author2=Jessica Hice|date=September 21, 2016|access-date=September 21, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2016/09/22/mayor-kevin-johnson-beats-up-protester-who-pied-him/|title=Mayor Kevin Johnson beats up protester who pied him|publisher=nypost.com|author=Staff|date=September 22, 2016|access-date=September 22, 2016}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Johnson married [[Michelle Rhee]], the former Chancellor of the [[District of Columbia Public Schools|District of Columbia School System]], on September 3, 2011, in front of 40 people at Tennessee mountain resort [[Blackberry Farm (resort)]].<ref name="washingtonpost.com">Reliable Source blog: [https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/post/michelle-rhee-and-kevin-johnson-kept-their-wedding-under-the-radar/2011/09/07/gIQAZIXIAK_blog.html Michelle Rhee and Kevin Johnson kept their wedding under the radar], ''The Washington Post'' (September 7, 2011). Retrieved on November 20, 2011.</ref> They had originally planned to get married the year before,<ref>Reliable Source blog: [https://web.archive.org/web/20100825180546/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/reliable-source/2010/08/michelle_rhee_and_kevin_johnso.html Michelle Rhee and Kevin Johnson downsize their wedding], ''The Washington Post'' (August 25, 2010). Retrieved on November 20, 2011.</ref> but decided to postpone it in the wake of a large amount of press attention to their nuptials.<ref>[http://www.sacbee.com/2011/09/07/3889552/sacrramento-mayor-johnson-rhee.html Sacramento Mayor Johnson, Rhee marry quietly in Tennessee]{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925061301/http://www.sacbee.com/2011/09/07/3889552/sacrramento-mayor-johnson-rhee.html |date=September 25, 2011 }}, ''The Sacramento Bee'' (September 7, 2011). Retrieved on November 20, 2011.</ref>

==See also==
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==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090218233952/http://cityofsacramento.org/mayor/index.html Sacramento Mayor's Office]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080414005224/http://www.kevinjohnsonformayor.com/ Official Kevin Johnson for Mayor Website]
* [http://www.pmakid.com/2011/09/interview-with-mayor-kevin-johnson-of.html Interview with Kevin Johnson on PMAKid.com]
* [http://www.sthope.org/ St. HOPE]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120801133243/http://www.volunteersac.com/ Volunteer Sac]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120719204846/http://forartsake.org/ For Arts' Sake]
* [http://sacramentostepsforward.org/ Sacramento Steps Forward]
* [http://www.standup.org/ STAND UP]
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120801055447/http://greenwisejv.org/ Greenwise]}}
* [http://www.thinkbigsacramento.com/ Think Big Sacramento]
* [http://www.sacramentoreads.com/ Sacramento READS!]
* [http://media.sacbee.com/smedia/2008/04/15/21/Phoenix_Police.source.prod_affiliate.4.pdf#page=32 Allegations of sexual misconduct with minor by Kevin Johnson found in the 16-year-old alleged victim's statement in the Phoenix Police Department Report] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326220451/http://media.sacbee.com/smedia/2008/04/15/21/Phoenix_Police.source.prod_affiliate.4.pdf#page=32 |date=March 26, 2009 }}
* [http://media.sacbee.com/smedia/2008/04/15/21/Phoenix_Police.source.prod_affiliate.4.pdf#page=80 Transcript of recorded conversation between Kevin Johnson (KJ) and alleged victim (AK) contained in Phoenix Police Department Report] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326220451/http://media.sacbee.com/smedia/2008/04/15/21/Phoenix_Police.source.prod_affiliate.4.pdf#page=80 |date=March 26, 2009 }}
* [http://media.sacbee.com/smedia/2008/04/15/21/Child_Abuse_Report.source.prod_affiliate.4.pdf 4/30/07 Suspected Child Abuse Report filed alleged against Kevin Johnson at ST Hope Sacramento High] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326220455/http://media.sacbee.com/smedia/2008/04/15/21/Child_Abuse_Report.source.prod_affiliate.4.pdf |date=March 26, 2009 }}
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===NBA===
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110306132554/http://www.nba.com/history/players/kevjohnson_stats.html NBA Encyclopedia profile]
* [http://www.nba.com/suns/history/00826007.html Phoenix Suns Legends]

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