Former US Senator Tim Johnson has died

SIOUX FALLS, SD (Dakota News Now) – The family of longtime Senator Tim Johnson announced that he passed away Tuesday evening in Sioux Falls. He was 77.

After nearly a decade in the South Dakota state legislature, Johnson served five terms as a U.S. Representative from 1987 to 1997 and then as a three-term U.S. Senator from 1997 to 2015.

He is the last Democrat to hold statewide or congressional office in South Dakota.

The Vermillion native's family cited complications from a recent stroke and said Johnson was surrounded by his family at the time.

Johnson and his wife Barbara have three children and eight grandchildren.

Details of the services will be published shortly. Stay with Dakota News Now for all developments.

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