sentences:  In 1990, he won election to the Shasta County Board of Supervisors, serving as its chairman in 1992.He ran for the California State Senate in a 1993 special election for the 4th district left vacant when Democratic incumbent Mike Thompson won election to the neighboring 2nd district (where his home wound up after redistricting).Johannessen defeated former 7th district Assemblywoman Bev Hansen in the August GOP primary by a wide margin and went on to win reelection in 1994 and 1998.