1. Dustin Michael Johnson was born on September 30,1976 and is an American politician serving as the US representative for South Dakota's at-large congressional district since 2019.
22 Facts About Dusty Johnson
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Between his state political career and congressional service, Dusty Johnson was the vice president of Vantage Point Solutions in Mitchell, South Dakota.
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Dusty Johnson graduated from the University of South Dakota with Omicron Delta Kappa honors with a BA in political science in 1999, and was a member of fraternity Phi Delta Theta.
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Dusty Johnson earned his MPA from the University of Kansas in 2002.
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In 2004, Dusty Johnson was elected to the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission.
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Dusty Johnson was the youngest utilities commissioner in the nation.
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Dusty Johnson served on the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners' executive board.
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Dusty Johnson was appointed chair of the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission in 2007, and he served in that capacity until his resignation in 2011.
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In 2014, Dusty Johnson resigned as chief of staff, leaving the public sector to work for Vantage Point Solutions in Mitchell, South Dakota.
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Dusty Johnson was succeeded as chief of staff by Daugaard's son-in-law, fellow Truman Scholar Tony Venhuizen.
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Dusty Johnson resigned his position with Vantage Point Solutions in 2018 upon his accession to Congress.
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On November 15,2016, Dusty Johnson announced his candidacy for US Representative for.
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On February 19,2020, Dusty Johnson announced his bid for reelection to the House.
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Dusty Johnson was sworn into the US House of Representatives on January 3,2019, and joined the Problem Solvers Caucus soon after.
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In 2022, Dusty Johnson was one of 39 Republicans to vote for the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022, an antitrust package that would crack down on corporations for anti-competitive behavior.
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On March 26,2019, Dusty Johnson was one of 14 Republicans to vote with all House Democrats to override President Trump's veto of a measure revoking Trump's declaration of a national emergency at the southern border.
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Dusty Johnson voted to certify both Arizona's and Pennsylvania's results in the 2021 United States Electoral College vote count.
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On May 19,2021, Dusty Johnson was one of 35 Republicans who joined all Democrats in voting to approve legislation to establish the January 6,2021 commission meant to investigate the storming of the US Capitol.
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In 2022, Dusty Johnson voted against the Respect for Marriage Act, alongside South Dakota's two US senators, John Thune and Mike Rounds.
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Dusty Johnson has an "F" rating from the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws for his voting history regarding cannabis-related causes.
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Dusty Johnson has been actively involved as a state advisor for South Dakota Teen Age Republicans and its Black Hills camp leader.
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Dusty Johnson has served as an adjunct professor at Dakota Wesleyan University.