Dustin Johnson
Republican Representative of South Dakota
Representative
South Dakota
January 3, 2019 - January 3, 2021
Representative
South Dakota
January 3, 2021 - January 3, 2023
Representative
South Dakota
January 3, 2023 - January 3, 2025
3
Congresses Served
3
House Terms
September 30, 1976 (48 years old)
Birthday
- Serving as the U.S. representative for South Dakota’s at-large congressional district since 2019
- Previously served as South Dakota Public Utilities Commissioner from 2005 to 2011
- Appointed chief of staff to Governor Dennis Daugaard from 2011 to 2014
- Worked in the private sector as vice president of Vantage Point Solutions between state political career and congressional service
- Member of the centrist Problem Solvers Caucus, considered a moderate Republican
- Voted to revoke Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the southern border and to keep Liz Cheney as the Republican Conference Chair
- Supported legislation to establish the January 6, 2021 commission to investigate the storming of the U.S. Capitol
- Graduated from the University of South Dakota with a BA in political science and earned an MPA from the University of Kansas
- Named a Truman Scholar in 1998 and worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C.
- Led a South Dakota delegation to meet with FCC Commissioners about concerns over the National Broadband Plan’s impact on small and rural providers
- Voted for the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022 to address anti-competitive behavior by corporations
- Did not support the majority of Republican members of Congress in contesting the 2020 presidential election results
- Voted against the Respect for Marriage Act, citing insufficient protections for individuals or institutions with religious beliefs about marriage
- Actively involved in community service, including serving as a state advisor for South Dakota Teen Age Republicans and on various boards
- Has served as an adjunct professor at Dakota Wesleyan University