[2][3] Following Nancey Harrington's resignation from the Kansas Senate in 2003, Journey was appointed to complete her term, starting in 2004.
[4] His daughter is Carol Journey, a houseguest on CBS' Big Brother 8 in 2007.
[5][6] Journey is a board member of the National Rifle Association of America (NRA).
[7] In 2021 during NRA bankruptcy proceedings, Journey asked the bankruptcy court to appoint an independent examiner to investigate allegations of fraud by senior leadership at the NRA.
[10] Having personally incurred significant legal costs, Journey founded the "Restore The NRA" campaign to raise legal defense funds and call for organisational reform.