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Who funds Dusty Johnson?

South Dakota U.S. House, at largeRepublicanFiled as incumbentFEC H8SD01055
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What they did in office.

Sitting member of Congress · Dusty Johnson

In the U.S. House (SD at-large) since 2019 · current term ends Jan 3, 2027

  • Recorded yea or nay on 24 of the 24 key House floor votes captured in Hugin's snapshot
  • 3 committees: Agriculture, Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, Transportation and Infrastructure · 5 subcommittees
  • 154 committees reported contributions to them this cycle

Linked to this filing by its exact FEC candidate ID (H8SD01055) in the congress-legislators roster of Oct 21, 2026. Votes are one key floor vote per bill on bills named in contractor lobbying reports (Oct 29, 2026); committee seats are the roster as of Oct 24, 2026; money counts are FEC reports for 2026 as of Oct 24, 2026. These are what Hugin's snapshots captured, not complete records, and none of them is a score or evidence of motive.

The money.

Dusty JohnsonFEC filing: Dusty Johnson · H8SD01055 ↗
Raised
$1.4M
Spent
$5.6M
Cash on hand
$1.4M
  • Individuals 58% $813K
  • PACs & other committees 23% $322K
  • Other receipts 19% $266K

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $305K moved between the candidate's own committees.

No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PACTrade association PAC · American Hospital Association $10K
  2. THE FARM CREDIT COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEETrade association PAC · The Farm Credit Council $10K
  3. NORPACPAC with no sponsoring organization $6,500
  4. ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ABC PAC)Trade association PAC $5,000
  5. INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURPAC)Trade association PAC · Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers Of America, Inc. $5,000

Who gave.

Who gives

71% from South Dakota · 29% from elsewhere

Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address; $1,000 had no usable state. Giving from other states is lawful and common.

30% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. South Dakota $532K
  2. New York $54K
  3. California $20K
  4. Illinois $19K
  5. Florida $16K
  6. Minnesota $15K
  7. Texas $14K
  8. Virginia $13K

Top employers named by donors

  1. SANFORD HEALTH $16K
  2. VANTAGE POINT $9,500
  3. AVERA HEALTH $9,000
  4. STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA $7,500
  5. AVERA $6,500
  6. STATE OF SD $3,500
  7. ALSTON BIRD $1,500

Employers as donors wrote them on the form. A company listed here did not give this money; people who work there did.

Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $156K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $537K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Itemized gifts dated Jan 2, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025, net of refunds (535 entries). Every itemized contribution on FEC.gov ↗

From the principal campaign committee's FEC reports; joint-fundraising transfers and later reports are not included, and no donor is named here. A contribution is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.

Outside money in the final weeks.

No 24- or 48-hour report in the FEC file read November 4, 2026 names Dusty Johnson.

Where it went.

Where the money went $472K in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $472K of the $5.6M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Aug 6, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 8% $36K
  • Consultants & strategy 14% $64K
  • Staff & payroll 18% $82K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 9% $44K
  • Polling, research & data 12% $54K
  • Travel, meals & events 9% $41K
  • Office, technology & overhead 29% $136K
  • Legal & compliance 1% $4,568
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds 1% $5,479
  • Other or unclassified 0.9% $4,365

Largest payees

  1. U.S. TREASURY $101K
  2. 814 CONSULTING $58K
  3. AXIS RESEARCH $54K
  4. BLUESTONE STRATEGIES $21K
  5. BORNS GROUP $18K

Paid to individuals: $108K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Jan 1, 2025 to Aug 6, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (287 entries). Every payment on FEC.gov ↗

Grouped by each campaign's own description of the payment, so the groups are approximate. Payments of $200 or less to one payee need not be itemized, detail filed only as memo entries counts under other or unclassified, and spending by the candidate's other committees or by outside groups is not included. A payment is not evidence of a favor or wrongdoing.

Others who filed for this seat.

Questions worth asking.

Money shows who backed a campaign, not how a person will act. Compare it with what they did and said: their votes or official actions if they have held office, their own statements, and their answers to a finding. Use the same questions for every candidate.

FEC bulk data read November 4, 2026. Campaign totals come from each filing's own FEC summary through its latest processed report. Outside spending is independent expenditures itemized in committee reports in the FEC bulk files, primaries included; late 24- and 48-hour reports, party coordinated spending, communication costs and groups that do not report to the FEC are not included. Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate, and it is not the candidate's money. A contribution or expenditure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing. This page identifies the filing by its FEC candidate ID; a person can hold more than one filing.