The Dusty Johnson for Governor filed their end of the year state campaign report this morning. And damn, Dusty raised a lot of money in the race to become our next Governor, as he hasn’t even touched his reserves in his federal account.. yet he still has a sliver under $1 million to rocket into 2026 with.
Here’s the hard copy:
Dusty for Governor 2025 EOY Report by Pat Powers
Wow. Dusty raised a staggering $1,605,902.71, with $704,095.59 coming from individuals opening up their checkbooks to support his candidacy. (a chunk of the remaining was transferred over from his federal committee).
The committee spent $650,621.85, leaving them $955,280.86 as seed money for the 2026 leg of the election cycle.
And let’s not kid ourselves – this is a drop in the bucket compared to the financial reserves Dusty has raised – mainly from from South Dakotans over the years – available to help this former Ft. Pierre kid in his campaign to become South Dakota’s next Governor.
Adding in his state PAC, that’s like $2.5 million raised in six months.
Oddly enough, I spoke to several people who wrote their checks to him in 2025 for Congress (not Governor), Their words, not mine.