St. Louis State Rep. Connie Johnson kicked off her campaign for senator of the 5th District with an event Friday at a gallery which was actually located in the 4th Senate District.

About 35 friends and supporters — mostly female — joined Johnson at the Diversity Gallery, 6150-6152 Delmar Blvd, to help her start her campaign. Among those in attendance were Keena Carter, daughter of former State Senator Paula Carter, who passed away in 2001; state rep candidate Mike Roberts, Jr.; and political consultant Harold Brown.

PubDef’s Danielle Belton interviewed Johnson at the event. She asked her why she chose to run for state senate and what she thought about some people calling her a “spoiler” or a “stalking horse”.

Johnson is one of three candidates seeking to replace the term-limited Sen. Maida Coleman. The other two are Rodney Hubbard* (watch his campaign kick-off video here) and Robin Wright-Jones (watch her campaign kick-off video here).

*Hubbard is a client of PubDef.net publisher Antonio D. French.