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Daugaard’s Chief Of Staff Leaving

Daugaard’s Chief Of Staff Leaving

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The Chief of Staff for South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard, Dusty Johnson has announced he will be leaving that position in early November.

Johnson says he has lived in two towns for the past twelve years…

 

Johnson has accepted a job in Mitchell. He says leaving state government is difficult…

 

Johnson, who had been elected to the Public Utilities Commission before joining the Governor’s staff, says a return to public service in the future is possible…

 

Johnson had been a policy advisor for former Governor Mike Rounds before being elected to the PUC in 2004. He had been re-elected in 2010.

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