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Dusty Johnson

Dusty Johnson

Republican · SD U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

Service history

8 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2019

  • Representative SD 2019–present

Background

  • role U.S. representative for South Dakota's at-large congressional district since 2019
  • role Served as South Dakota Public Utilities Commissioner from 2005 to 2011
  • role Chief of staff to Governor Dennis Daugaard from 2011 to 2014
  • role Member of the Problem Solvers Caucus
  • background Was vice-president of Vantage Point Solutions in Mitchell, South Dakota
  • background Born September 30, 1976

Campaign finance

2026 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House SD-00 · 2026 General Election

  • $1,694,900 raised
  • $5,546,921 spent
  • $1,393,104 cash on hand
$1.69M
$1.14M
$812.82K
Itemized (≥ $200)$805.62K
Unitemized (< $200)$7.20K
Other committees (PACs)$322.40K
Transfers from other committees$305.27K
Offsets to expenditures$157.98
Other receipts$254.25K
$5.55M
Operating expenditures$476.56K
Contribution refunds$69.65K
Transfers to other committees$5.00M
Other disbursements$712.51
Cash on hand$1.39M
Debts owed by committee$0.00

Through June 30, 2026 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Jun 30, 2026)

Finance updated: not yet pulled

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Dusty Johnson campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2016$104,942$1,641$103,301
2018$1,668,538$1,715,847$55,993
2020$1,694,504$700,356$1,050,141
2022$2,588,610$1,316,537$2,322,214
2024$4,377,059$1,454,148$5,245,125
2026$1,694,900$5,546,921$1,393,104

Contributions received

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions: $222,872 ·

Track record

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

These are verifiable facts from the public record, assembled in one place and presented without judgment. They are not a score, a grade, or a ranking. Context matters: a missed vote may be excused, on leadership or committee duty, or paired; a party-unity rate reflects agenda alignment, not virtue or independence; a disclosed trade or a documented relationship is a required public filing, not evidence of wrongdoing. Each fact links to its full source below.

  • 100.0%
    Roll-call participation →

    voted in 3 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%

    Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.

  • 38
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 135 cosponsored

    A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

  • 1
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 38 bills sponsored

    Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

  • 0
    Documented positions →

    no positions documented yet

    Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.

  • 8
    Committee assignments →

    committees and subcommittees

    Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Dusty Johnson. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Voting record

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

100.0%
of House roll calls voted House median 100.0%

Full voting record (3 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 3 of 645 recorded roll calls

See the participation leaderboard →

Committee assignments (8)

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

  • NULL $68,175
  • SANFORD HEALTH $31,000
  • STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA $28,050
  • AVERA HEALTH $18,200
  • VANTAGE POINT $15,205
  • AVERA $14,850
  • FIRST PREMIER BANK $14,550
  • MIDCONTINENT MEDIA INC $13,200
  • FORTRESS INVESTMENT GROUP $13,200
  • BLACK HILLS AMMUNITION $13,200

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

  • 2024 cycle $124,736 supporting · $0 opposing · 1 outside group

See the outside-money leaderboard →

Issue positions (1)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Stock trades (STOCK Act)

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

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Documented relationships

Documented facts about Johnson, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

No documented relationships of this kind on record — absence is not a finding.

Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

The members Johnson most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

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Connections network

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Johnson connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

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Sponsored / cosponsored bills (173)

Data from Congress.gov

173
Page 1 of 7 · 173 bills
  • HR 9785South Dakota Water Feasibility Studies ActsponsoredJul 19, 2026
  • HR 9250Great American Outdoors Act 250cosponsoredJun 9, 2026
  • HR 9191National Fossil ActcosponsoredJun 7, 2026
  • HCONRES 98Expressing support for America's law enforcement professionals.cosponsoredMay 11, 2026
  • HR 8700Protecting U.S. Farmland and Sensitive Sites From Foreign Adversaries ActcosponsoredMay 6, 2026
  • HRES 1257Expressing support for the designation of May 5, 2026, as the "National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls".cosponsoredMay 3, 2026
  • HRES 1220Condemning the attempted assassination of President Donald J. Trump on April 25, 2026, condemning the multiple attempts against the President's life, and recognizing the critical mission of the Department of Homeland Security.cosponsoredApr 27, 2026
  • HR 8497Supporting Energy and Economic Development (SEED) ActcosponsoredApr 26, 2026
  • HR 8104Fertilizer Transparency Act of 2026sponsoredMar 25, 2026
  • HR 8092Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Modernization Act of 2026cosponsoredMar 25, 2026
  • HR 8028SNAP Fraud Reporting Act of 2026cosponsoredMar 18, 2026
  • HR 7781Parity for Tribal Educators ActcosponsoredMar 2, 2026
  • HR 7699Tribal Police Department Parity ActsponsoredFeb 24, 2026
  • HR 7698Tribal Firearm Access ActsponsoredFeb 24, 2026
  • HR 7530Assistance for Rural Water Systems Act of 2026cosponsoredFeb 11, 2026
  • HR 7539SAFE ActcosponsoredFeb 11, 2026
  • HR 7373Trade Cheating Restitution Act of 2026cosponsoredFeb 3, 2026
  • HR 7364Kamisha’s LawsponsoredFeb 3, 2026
  • HR 7331Dakota Mainstem Water Supply Project Feasibility Study ActsponsoredFeb 2, 2026
  • HRES 1034Relating to questions of privilege in the House of Representatives during the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress.sponsoredFeb 2, 2026
  • HR 7288Western South Dakota Water Supply Project Feasibility Study ActsponsoredJan 29, 2026
  • HR 7287Lewis and Clark Regional Water System Expansion Feasibility Study ActsponsoredJan 29, 2026
  • HR 7300Make Elections Great Again ActcosponsoredJan 29, 2026
  • HR 7137Shutdown Fairness ActsponsoredJan 15, 2026
  • HR 7008Stop Insider Trading ActcosponsoredJan 11, 2026
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