(AP) Dusty Johnson, the Republican winner in a U.S. House primary, says voters rewarded a “hardworking, policy-focused, positive campaign.”
Johnson, a former Public Utilities commissioner, beat Secretary of State Shantel Krebs and state Sen. Neal Tapio in Tuesday’s primary. Heading into November, Johnson says his campaign will build an enormous coalition of people who care about the country and believe limited government could make it better.
Johnson will face Democratic former judge Tim Bjorkman in the fall. They are competing for the seat that U.S. Rep. Kristi Noem is vacating to seek the governor’s office.
Johnson was endorsed by his former boss, Gov. Dennis Daugaard, and ran a well-funded campaign as a more traditional conservative in the Republican primary race.
