Former three-term U.S. Senator and five-term U.S. Representative Tim Johnson has died.
Johnson had a long career in politics that took him all the way from his hometown of Vermillion, South Dakota to the nation’s capitol in Washington, D.C.
Johnson died at 8 p.m. Tuesday, according to a family spokesperson. He was 77.
He had more than 30 years of public service in state and federal government and remains the last Democrat to serve in statewide office for South Dakota. Johnson never lost an election as a candidate and won one of South Dakota’s most memorable elections by defeating Republican John Thune by more than 500 votes in 2002.
