Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and former Vice President Mike Pence.Drew Angerer and Erin Schaff-Pool/Getty Images GOP Sen. Ron Johnson tried to hand Mike Pence slates of alternate electors from Michigan and Wisconsin on January 6. That's according to a string of text messages revealed by the January 6 committee on Tuesday. "Do not give that to him," said Pence legislative director Chris Hodgson in a text to Johnson's chief of staff. According to a series of text messages first displayed by the January 6 committee on Tuesday, Republican Sen.