{"rewrite":{"id":"r_9bbe874cf6b22df3c1965285","clusterId":"c_f2a60703c774666be9a7f3a1","slug":"dragon-ball-z-dub-composer-nathan-johnson-wins-texas-attorney-general-race","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Dragon Ball Z Dub Composer Nathan Johnson Wins Texas Attorney General Race","summary":"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. 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.","whyItMatters":"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.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eJohnson declared his win on Tuesday and called it \u0026#34;a tremendous honor, and a tremendous responsibility.\u0026#34; He ran as a Democrat against Mayes Middleton and Tom Oxford.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe vote count was not the only anime-adjacent item from the midterms. Terri Hawkes, one of the lead voice actors on Sailor Moon\u0026#39;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\u0026#39;s Office. Separately, the White House posted a generative AI One Piece image on X the evening before Election Day.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Nathan Johnson takes Texas Attorney General with 52.4% while still credited on Dragon Ball Z's English dub. The industry tends to treat that dub work as a footnote rather than a resume line voters weighed.","twitterPost":"Nathan Johnson won Texas Attorney General with 52.4%, a role that sits far from his Dragon Ball Z dub composing credit.","threadsPost":"Nathan Johnson's Dragon Ball Z dub credit is how anime fans know him. His 5,133,762 votes for Texas Attorney General came from a far wider electorate than any dub fanbase, which is why the composer line reads as trivia in statewide coverage.","newsletterBlurb":"Nathan Johnson, a composer on the Dragon Ball Z English dub, won his bid for Texas Attorney General, taking 52.4% with an estimated 99% of votes counted. Terri Hawkes, a lead voice actor on Sailor Moon's first English dub, lost her Toronto City Council race with 11.1%. The White House also posted a generative AI One Piece image on X the night before Election Day.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2026-11-05/dragon-ball-z-english-dub-composer-elected-as-texas-attorney-general/.243558\",\"title\":\"Dragon Ball Z's English Dub Composer Elected as Texas Attorney General\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":5574,"outputTokens":871,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1793940593,"createdAt":"2026-11-06T04:43:57.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-11-06T04:48:51.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-06T04:48:51.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_f2a60703c774666be9a7f3a1","canonicalTitle":"Interest\nDragon Ball Z's English Dub Composer Elected as Texas Attorney General","representativeArticleId":"a_ed348c667ce884e26942e4e5","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Dragon Ball Z\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Nathan Johnson\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"industry\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-11-06T04:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-11-06T04:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-06T04:48:52.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2026-11-05/dragon-ball-z-english-dub-composer-elected-as-texas-attorney-general/.243558","title":"Interest\nDragon Ball Z's English Dub Composer Elected as Texas Attorney General"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Dragon Ball Z"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Nathan Johnson"],"type":"news","domain":"industry","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["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."],"pageLinks":{"healthSlugs":["dragon-ball-z","nathan-johnson"],"storySlugs":[],"entities":[{"slug":"dragon-ball-z","supported":5,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":7,"overall":"green","story_count":15,"has_dossier":true},{"slug":"nathan-johnson","supported":1,"disputed":0,"contradicted":1,"unverified":0,"overall":"red","story_count":1,"has_dossier":false}],"stories":[],"entitiesOk":true,"storiesOk":true}}