Maggie Johansen

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Lore & Background

Maggie Johansen does not appear in the Bobiverse series. The Deltans, a primitive species encountered by Bob-1, were never involved in peace negotiations with a replicant named Maggie Johansen. No replicant with a psychology background named Maggie Johansen exists; the only known replicant with such a background is Bridget, who is a separate character.

In Their Own Story

After graduating from Yale Law School in 2016, Goodlander served as a law clerk to Chief Judge Merrick Garland of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 2016 to 2017 and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer from 2017 to 2018. She was an associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in 2019. Goodlander has worked as a senior foreign policy advisor for U.S. Senators Joe Lieberman and John McCain. She served as an intelligence officer in the United States Navy Reserve for 11 years, reaching the rank of lieutenant. Goodlander served as counsel to the House Judiciary Committee during the first impeachment of Donald Trump, where she co-authored a 55-page report describing the constitutional grounds for impeaching Trump. Following Trump's acquittal by the U.S. Senate in February 2020, she began working as counsel to Co-Equal, an activist organization that advocates for increased congressional funding and support for federal agencies that provide research and policy advice to members of Congress. Goodlander taught constitutional law at the University of New Hampshire and Dartmouth College from 2019 to 2021. She also served on the boards of the New Hampshire Women's Foundation, New Hampshire Legal Assistance, the World Affairs Council of New Hampshire, and the Rudman Center Advisory Board. In January 2021, Goodlander joined the United States Department of Justice as counselor to the attorney general under Garland, who had become U.S. attorney general under President Joe Biden and under whom Goodlander clerked after law school. She served as a deputy assistant attorney general for the Antitrust Division from September 12, 2022 to February 23, 2024, overseeing the international, appellate, and policy work, preceded by Rene Augustine and succeeded by John Elias. After leaving the Justice Department, she briefly served as a White House senior advisor, where she led the Biden administration's Unity Agenda for the Nation.

Reader's Guide

On May 9, 2024, Goodlander announced her candidacy in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district in the 2024 elections to succeed retiring U.S. Representative Annie Kuster. Her mother, Betty Tamposi, ran for the same seat as a Republican in 1988 but lost the primary to Chuck Douglas, who had asserted that it would be inappropriate for a mother to hold political office while raising young children. Goodlander defeated former New Hampshire Executive Councilor Colin Van Ostern, who had been endorsed by Kuster, with 63.8% of the vote to Van Ostern's 36.2%. In the general election, Goodlander defeated Republican nominee and libertarian activist Lily Tang Williams 52.9% to 47.1%. Goodlander assumed office on January 3, 2025. She succeeded retiring U.S. Representative Annie Kuster. Goodlander had initially expressed interest in a 2026 Senate run, but announced in April 2025 that she would not run. In November 2025, Goodlander was one of six people, all Democratic lawmakers, to be part of a video telling servicemembers they can refuse illegal orders. In response later that month, President Trump posted on social media calling those in the video, including Goodlander, traitors who should be charged with sedition punishable by death, and shared a social media post calling for them to be hanged. In June 2026, she was one of 10 House Democrats to sign onto Promise to America, a pro-capitalist, anti-socialist initiative, launched after three candidates backed by the Democratic Socialists of America won Democratic primary elections. For the 119th Congress, her committee assignments include the Committee on Armed Services (Subcommittee on Military Personnel; Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces) and the Committee on Small Business (Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access; Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations; Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Supply Chains). Her caucus memberships include the New Democrat Coalition, Future Forum, Labor Caucus, and House Baltic Caucus.

Did You Know?

• No replicant named Maggie Johansen appears in the Bobiverse series.
• The Deltans were encountered by Bob-1, not by a replicant named Maggie Johansen.
• No replicant line specializing in diplomacy and administration is named Maggie Johansen.
• No character named Maggie Johansen has a background as a psychologist in the series.
• The Bobiverse has no replicant considered a moral compass named Maggie Johansen.