Dusty Johnson

In 2004, Johnson ran for the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission. He was elected statewide to South Dakota Public Utilities Commission. Upon his election, he subsequently became the youngest utilities commissioner in the nation.[5] He was re-elected in 2010. Johnson was also a member of the executive board of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. In 2007, he became the Chairman of the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission a position he held until his resignation in 2011. In 2010, he led a South Dakota delegation that included then-Governor Mike Rounds and state regulators that met with FCC Commissioners on concerns with the FCC's National Broadband Plan and its impact on small and rural providers in South Dakota.

In 2011, he resigned his PUC position to become chief of staff for Governor Dennis Daugaard.[7] Johnson served four years as chief of staff to Governor Dennis Daugaard. As chief operating officer for much of state government, he supervised Cabinet Secretaries, policy advisors and many of the Governor's projects and initiatives.

On November 15, 2016, Johnson announced bid to become a Republican candidate for U.S. Representative for South Dakota's at-large congressional district.[10] The announcement came shortly after Kristi Noem had announced she would not seek re-election to Congress in order to run in the 2018 South Dakota gubernatorial election.[10] He defeated Secretary of State of South Dakota Shantel Krebs and businessman Neal Tapio, a state senator, in the June 5, 2018, GOP primary. He defeated Democrat Tim Bjorkman, a retired circuit court judge, and two minor candidates in the November general election.

On February 19, 2020, Johnson announced his bid to seek re-election to the U.S. House. [11] On February 4, 2020, Former State Rep. Liz Marty May announced she was challenging Johnson in the Republican primary.[12]

Two Democrats candidates Brian Wirth of Dell Rapids, and Whitney Raver of Custer, announced their candidacy for the US House seat. [13] Both Wirth and Raver failed to get the required number of signatures to make the ballot. [14] According to state party chairman Randy Seiler, Wirth and Raver's canvassing efforts were hampered by the coronavirus pandemic.[15] On June 2, 2020, Johnson won the Republican primary 77%–23%. [16]

Johnson was sworn into the U.S. House of Representatives on January 3, 2019, and joined the Problem Solvers Caucus soon after.

On March 26, 2019, Johnson was one of fourteen Republicans to vote with all House Democrats to override President Trump's veto of a measure unwinding the latter's declaration of a national emergency at the southern border.[17]

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• Committee on Education and Labor
  • Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services
  • Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
• Committee on Agriculture
  • Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations
  • Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit