Dragon Ball Z Dub Composer Nathan Johnson Wins Texas Attorney General Race
Nathan Johnson, a composer on the English dub of Dragon Ball Z, won his bid for Texas Attorney General in the 2026 midterms, declaring victory on Tuesday.
1 source 1h ago
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Why it matters
The result puts an anime dub credit on a statewide ballot line, and the same election cycle saw a Sailor Moon voice actor lose a Toronto council race, which is where the crossover between anime talent and electoral politics now sits.
Key Facts
- Nathan Johnson, a composer on the Dragon Ball Z English dub, won his bid for Texas Attorney General in the 2026 midterms.
- Johnson received 5,133,762 votes (52.4%) with an estimated 99% counted, against Mayes Middleton's 4,502,859 (45.9%) and Tom Oxford's 165,574 (1.7%).
- Johnson is a Democrat and has served as a Texas state senator for District 16.
- Terri Hawkes, a lead voice actor on Sailor Moon's first English dub, lost her Toronto City Council race in University-Rosedale (Ward 11) with 3,782 votes (11.1%).
- The White House posted a generative AI One Piece image on X on the evening before Election Day.
With an estimated 99% of votes counted, Johnson took 5,133,762 votes (52.4%) to Mayes Middleton's 4,502,859 (45.9%) and Tom Oxford's 165,574 (1.7%). Johnson, a Democrat, has served as a Texas state senator for District 16.
Johnson declared his win on Tuesday and called it "a tremendous honor, and a tremendous responsibility." He ran as a Democrat against Mayes Middleton and Tom Oxford.
The vote count was not the only anime-adjacent item from the midterms. Terri Hawkes, one of the lead voice actors on Sailor Moon's first English dub, lost her bid for Toronto City Council in University-Rosedale (Ward 11), taking 3,782 votes (11.1%) of 41,944 cast, according to the October 26 declaration by the Toronto City Clerk's Office. Separately, the White House posted a generative AI One Piece image on X the evening before Election Day.
Written with AI by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited. See our editorial policy.
Add Yomimono as a preferred source on Google
Sources
- Anime News Network Dragon Ball Z's English Dub Composer Elected as Texas Attorney General