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U.S. Representative for South Dakota (at large)

Dusty Johnson

Republican 4th term Not running · open seat

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 4, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$1.7M raised · top PACs: The Farm Credit Council, American Hospital Association, Norpac Breaks with Republicans most onEconomics and Public Finance: broke on 4 of 48 party-line votes (8%; most Republicans: 7%)
99LoyaltyMed 98
95AttendMed 98
13BipartMed 12
4BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2019–now
7 years in CongressMore senior than 46% of the House
Committees
  • Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party 7th majority
  • Agriculture 10th majority
  • Transportation and Infrastructure 13th majority
Age
50

2026 election

Not on the November ballot
General election Nov 3, 2026

On the ballot for this seat

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 5, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date1303931416744
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—3322091,23530

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Government Operations and Politics 31% 3%
Transportation and Public Works 10% 13%
Agriculture and Food no statements 15%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Armed Forces and National Security and Transportation and Public Works; bills go to Agriculture and Food and Native Americans; the two overlap on Transportation and Public Works.

  • He talks most about: Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Transportation Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works), Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics), Constituent Services (Government Operations and Politics), Workforce Development (Labor and Employment).
  • 39 bills sponsored, most on Agriculture and Food.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
ChairCommodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development SubcommitteeAgriculture
MemberSelect Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party7th majority
MemberAgriculture Committee10th majority
MemberTransportation and Infrastructure Committee13th majority

Chair of the Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee, more senior than 46% of the House, in the majority.

  • 7 years in Congress: more senior than 46% of the House.
  • Majority: Republicans and the independents who caucus with them hold 219 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Democratic bills

16% · peer median 9%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Johnson.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

16% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 9%); closest in his party: Johnson and Yakym.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peerLaw inside another bill

Introduced 36 · expected 27
Action in committee 15 · expected 7
Beyond committee 5 · expected 4
Passed House 3 · expected 2
Became law 1 · expected 0 · +1 inside another bill
EffectivenessRank 23 of 433 in the House

2.92expected 1.22 · average member 1.00

3 of 36 bills passed the House; 1 became law; 1 more became law inside another bill; effectiveness 2.92 against a peer median of 1.22.

  • On the move: H.R. 9785 (out of committee), H.R. 2130 (out of committee), H.R. 165 (became law).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE +0.47

With his party on all 12 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 10 of the 10 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Republicans on 99% of party-line votes, breaks 4 times (peer median 7).

  • Position: +0.47, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Economics and Public Finance 4 of 48.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Johnson$1.7M raised47%19%33%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

48% of what he raised came from individuals; 1% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$1.7M raised, 19% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 44.1 points.

69 PACs of the 123 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Taxation, Budget/Appropriations and Transportation.

  1. The Farm Credit Council32% D
  2. American Hospital Association48% D
  3. Norpac29% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

108 bills

Johnson voted Yea on 54, Nay on 3, did not vote on 1, and sponsored or cosponsored 50 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.