Rep. Dusty Johnson Will Run for Governor of South Dakota

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Johnson has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2019. His entry makes the Republican primary competitive.

WASHINGTONโ€”U.S. Rep. Dustin Michael โ€œDustyโ€ Johnson (R-S.D.) has announced that he will run for governor of South Dakota during the general election to that office in 2026, implying that he will not seek another term in the House of Representatives.

Johnson, 48, represents the whole of South Dakota as part of its โ€œat-largeโ€ congressional district. While in Congress, he has been a member of the โ€œProblem Solvers Caucusโ€ and taken positions contrary to the majority of the Republican Conference, such as voting to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election, and supporting then-Rep. Liz Cheneyโ€™s continuance as the House Republican Conference chair in 2022.

Johnsonโ€™s entry makes the primary competitiveโ€”the speaker of the South Dakota House of Representatives, Jon Hansen, has announced a campaign, and incumbent Gov. Larry Rhoden (R-S.D.) may also run.

โ€œI am proud to announce that I am running for Governor of South Dakota,โ€ Johnson wrote via his campaign account on social media platform X.

He spoke of general opportunities in South Dakota as his objectives, including cutting public spending, championing โ€œconservative values,โ€ supporting President Donald Trump, and โ€œstanding up to China,โ€ against whom South Dakotaโ€™s farmers compete for agricultural sales.

South Dakota is a heavily Republican state, meaning that the winner of the Republican gubernatorial primary is the clear favorite to win the general election. No Democrat has served as the governor of South Dakota since 1979.

Holders of South Dakotaโ€™s at-large congressional seat, which is effectively a statewide office, have often used the position to run for higher political office later. The incumbent U.S. Senate majority leader, Sen. John R. Thune (R-S.D.), also held the stateโ€™s at-large House seat from 1997 to 2003, after which he was elected to the Senate from the state.

By Arjun Singh

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