South Dakota Searchlight has a wide-ranging interview with Congressman Dusty Johnson on the primary election, and what the future may hold for him in the coming years. He hits on what the fiture holds, why he believes he came in a close third, and the fact that in part because of his support, South Dakota will have a functional legislature in January:
Johnson will remain a U.S. representative until January. He has no specific plan for his future after that, other than remaining in Mitchell, where his wife has a business and one of their three sons is still in high school.
He did not rule out a return to politics, but said his “heart isn’t set on that,” adding that his motivation has always been “to do something” rather than “to be something.”
“It’s about the impact,” he said.
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I mean, at some point, we know that these primaries are going to be hard-fought. I’m not a sore loser. Toby and Larry won, and I didn’t.
And I think one of the reasons that I can handle the loss so well is that my motivator has never been to be something. It’s always been to do something. And we still have an opportunity to work together to improve South Dakota education, improve South Dakota public safety.
I don’t have to be governor for our state to make great things happen. And we deserve a great state. We deserve a great governor. And I’m committed to those things even if I’m not going to be the guy.
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I don’t think there’s any irony that Larry and Toby will have a more functional Legislature because of my hard work. I want South Dakota to have a good Legislature, regardless of who was governor.
I’m not interested in a functional South Dakota only if Dusty Johnson’s governor — I love the state, regardless.
Read the entire interview here.
Good interview for a man who has a lot to offer South Dakota. There are still many chapters left to be written in Dusty’s book.
You mean he isn’t claiming the dems hacked the election and stole it from him?