Congressman Dusty Johnson posted his congressional campaign report to the FEC yesterday. And as hinted, it teases the depths of the resources that Dusty has available to throw at the 2026 South Dakota gubernatorial campaign.
While after consolidating all of the money in his committees under his main campaign account, Governor Larry Rhoden filed a report noting resources of around $512,000 in the hunt for campaign cash. Yet in his main federal account his chief opponent Dusty Johnson dwarfs his campaign’s fundraising ability by a factor of ten.
Dusty Johnson FEC Report 4q 2025 by Pat Powers
$386,578.26 in receipts into Friends of Dusty Johnson, against minor expenses of $5121.93. Leaving Congressman Johnson $5,582,908.98 just hanging around in that federal account checkbook that he can transfer to his Gubernatorial campaign with a moment’s notice.
These campaigns are going to change significantly over the coming months as they switch from a quiet mode to a more amplified state. And a lot will depend on the resources they have to sustain them in their efforts. And whether it is in terms of manpower to knock on doors or financial reserves to press a message forward to the people of South Dakota, it is more than clear that the Dusty Johnson campaign lacks neither.
Unlike the other candidates, Dusty can and does run a campaign frugally and actually takes the time to listen to people instead of telling them what to believe or what they want to hear.
I can’t wait to put up a yard sign and do what I can to get DJ elected.
Bull roar He espouses the same right wing reactionary hogwash as Rhoden. Down to a popularity contest
We get it, you hate Republicans.
We hate panda bears.
Or pander bears if you will.
Agreee
I want to see Toby’s FEC report
Should be blank because he wasn’t going to accept any campaign donations?
Still wanna see them
No doubt Dusty has more than Rhoden. This is not a secret. Has anyone calculated per day fundraising? Half million since November 21 to December 31st? What will count are the actual votes. Polls matter (Rhoden winning those) but votes matter more. Time will tell.
Rhoden is not winning polls.
Where have you been? The polls in both April and October showed them 1% point apart with I believe a +-3 or 4% error margin. Rhoden hadn’t even announced yet. So, essentially the same poll %. Money spent by Johnson heavily outweighed Rhoden’s (obviously since again, Rhoden hadn’t announced yet). If you’re going to comment, at least state facts.