# Dusty Johnson Dusty Johnson is a Republican member of the Colorado House for district 63. - Party: Republican - Seat: Colorado House, district 63 - Serving since: 2025-01-08 - Current term: CO 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/f38f9f4b-9d3a-4e79-a96f-fab94d553d89 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f38f9f4b-9d3a-4e79-a96f-fab94d553d89 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set]. ## Headline 11% of Johnson’s statements discuss policy, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans (average 32%). ## What Johnson says (CO 2025–26 session) 561 classified statements: 561 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Johnson | State House Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 | | Policy criticism | 2.1% | 9.3% | 583 of 791 | | Policy discussion | 10.9% | 31.9% | 689 of 791 | | Bipartisanship | 0.7% | 1.8% | 462 of 791 | | Credit claiming | 4.6% | 12.7% | 569 of 791 | | Extreme labels | 0.2% | 1.4% | 435 of 791 | Most discussed policy areas: Agriculture and Food 30% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Health 18% (State House Republicans 10%); Water Resources Development 11% (State House Republicans 1.4%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 9.8% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Education 9.8% (State House Republicans 15%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.34 (standard error 0.02), from 110 donors and 299 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 47% of State House Republicans score lower. ## Votes (CO 2025–26 session) 2,020 roll calls. Attendance 99.0% (Colorado House 96.6%). Party unity 94.8% (94.7%). 101 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-05-13 · voted nay · REPASS · HB 1306 Wild Horse License Plate · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1306/ - 2026-05-13 · voted nay · REPASS · HB 1363 Temporarily Reduce General Fund Reserve · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1363/ - 2026-05-13 · voted yea · BILL · SB 169 Revisor's Bill · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB169/ - 2026-05-13 · voted yea · CONCUR · HB 1102 Funding for Colorado DRIVES Account · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1102/ - 2026-05-13 · voted nay · CONCUR · HB 1223 Modifying Certain Tax Expenditures · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1223/ - 2026-05-13 · voted nay · REPASS · HB 1289 Modification of Certain Tax Expenditures · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1289/ - 2026-05-13 · voted nay · CONCUR · HB 1430 Transportation Funding Adjustments · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1430/ - 2026-05-13 · voted nay · CONCUR · HB 1272 Extreme Temperatures Worker Protections · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1272/ - 2026-05-13 · voted nay · REPASS · HB 1236 Arbitration Reform · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1236/ - 2026-05-13 · voted yea · BYD SCP · SB 193 Local Ordinances & State Employees · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB193/ ## Legislation (CO 2025–26 session) Sponsored 37 bills: 36 reached committee, 33 passed one chamber, 30 passed both, 18 became law. Cosponsored 128. 97.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Colorado House 92.5%; rank 18 of 64). Recent sponsored bills: - HJR 1027: Holocaust Memorial (passed both chambers, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HJR1027/ - HCR 1004: Person's Rights Related to Their Children (in committee, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HCR1004/ - SJR 20: Recognize Home Education Day (passed both chambers, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SJR20/ - SJR 19: Colorado & Taiwan Sister-State Relations (passed both chambers, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SJR19/ - HJR 1025: Sexual Assault Awareness Month Denim Day 2026 (passed both chambers, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HJR1025/ - HB 1341: Colorado Agricultural Development Authority Bond Allocation Service Period (became law, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1341/ - SB 147: Lobbyist Regulation (passed both chambers, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB147/ - SB 140: Exempt Drugs from Prescription Drug Affordability Board Reviews (passed one chamber, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB140/ - SJR 17: Reappoint Kerri L. Hunter as State Auditor (passed both chambers, 2026-03-20) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SJR17/ - SB 126: Licensure for Experienced Out-of-State Teachers (became law, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB126/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $19.7K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 76% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Recent statements Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only. - 2026-03-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/DustyAJohnson/status/2028924276087394547 - 2026-03-02 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/DustyAJohnson/status/2028546323323253186 - 2026-03-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/DustyAJohnson/status/2027987092018762031 - 2026-02-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/DustyAJohnson/status/2027573581430067410 - 2026-02-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/DustyAJohnson/status/2027826178753806554 - 2026-02-26 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/DustyAJohnson/status/2027026166251700671 - 2026-02-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/DustyAJohnson/status/2026509971723268502 - 2026-02-23 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/DustyAJohnson/status/2026048866437750810 - 2026-02-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/DustyAJohnson/status/2026048993395187912 - 2026-02-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/DustyAJohnson/status/2025644515093049487 ## Links - Official site: https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/dusty-johnson - X: https://x.com/DustyAJohnson - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Dusty-Alvina-Johnson-100000903550722/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dusty-a-johnson-30a7b58b/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f38f9f4b-9d3a-4e79-a96f-fab94d553d89