Current Position: US Representative since 2019
Affiliation: Republican
Former Positions: Chief of Staff to the Governor of South Dakota from 2011 – 2014; US Senator; South Dakota Public Utilities Commission from 2005 – 2011
Dusty Johnson served as South Dakota Public Utilities Commissioner from 2005 to 2011, when he was appointed chief of staff to Governor Dennis Daugaard, a position he held until 2014. Between his state political career and congressional service, Johnson was the vice president of Vantage Point Solutions in Mitchell, South Dakota.
In 1998, Johnson was named a Truman Scholar. As a Truman Scholar, he worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. In 2003, Johnson worked as a senior policy advisor for then-South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds.
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Today I joined @RepTenneyand 175 of my fellow Republicans in defense of the Second Amendment. In some states across the country, conceal carry permits aren’t often permitted — we filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court to fight for lawful gun owners right to conceal carry.
USDA Implements Johnson Cattle Proposals